Originally Posted by
GaryD
Even with our recent slide downhill, I never thought I would live to see this.
When I was a kid, we could always call this a "free country" because, well, we could leave whenever we want, unlike those poor souls in Soviet Russia or East Germany.
Now, if a foreign country is willing to allow us to enter without a passport, our own country might stop us from doing that.

This is a joke isn't it?
Requiring a passport to travel is hardly a major issue.
iirc, as a US citizen there isn't an absolute "right" to a passport and the Government can withold issuance on certain grounds