American-Manifesto.com In Defense of American Exceptionalism

The Brits are phasing in a plan to require non-EU foreigners to carry identity cards with them.  While I support enforcement of immigration laws here and abroad, this is way beyond what people should feel comfortable with.
In fact, I see no reason to think it will stop there.  Once it is fully implemented for foreigners [...]

Bitter has a post where she mentions a variety of ways the British authorities can get access to homes without authorization.  Needless to say I had to look some of these up.  Now, keep in mind this is national legislation in the country that gave us the Magna Carta and John Locke (toss in Adam Smith too if [...]