You must be at least *this white* to drive legally

Good God, have you seen the new TV ads sponsored by the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License?

We see images of a dusky-skinned man obtaining a new driver's license (he writes "Ali" as his first name on the application) and then coasting through airport security. Next we see a very blond, Aryan-looking mother and child waving farewell to the father of the family from the steps of their suburban home. "When will Daddy come home?" asks the adorable little towhead as we see Dad board what we can only presume is the same plane as Ali, the nasty brown terrorist.

A little heavy-handed on the racist undertones, don't you think? This group makes some valid national security arguments about tightening up state policies on issuing driver's licenses to immigrants, but one gets the feeling that their true agenda is to keep people darker than a paper bag out of our country as much as possible. I guess they gain a little legitimacy by having on their board an actual immigrant ... from Great Britain.