For privacy, local control, or civil liberty advocates these times must be a lot like having permanent explosive diarrhea. And for the few of you left with functioning alimentary canals, the senate heard you and passed the so-called "Real ID act" as a rider to the sacred $82 billion "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief." Time to head over to Colostomy Bags R Us.com.