Bobby Goldsboro is Anton Chigurh!

I think the music video for "Honey" explains some of the back-story to No Country For Old Men, which I have been yearning for. What you see in this video is a younger Anton Chirgurh, before a failed relationship and pop music career sent him down his path of destruction. When he wrote and performed this song, he was struggling to hold onto the last shreds of his former life, where flowers and singing birds had some meaning. His wife's instability and self destructive behavior eventually put him over the edge, and we can even see, reflected in his blank stare, the darkness of his horizon.

"she slipped and almost hurt herself ... and I laughed until I cried"

I grew up in the United States, and have immigrated to Denmark, which as mentioned by user FELSBY in the first posting to this discussion, is a state in which each resident has a "CPR Number" which uniquely identifies them in a state database. This unique ID is used in a variety of ways, and is employed by both private and public institutions for linking information to an individual. Contrary to Cory's posting above, it is used in different government agencies, for example, one's doctor uses the number, as does the civil registry of marriages, as does the university. Guess what? All is well here in Denmark. As for the US, I recently had a nightmare situation that could have been avoided if the federal government had a central database that contained either my physical or email address. My taxes were audited, and the notices were sent to the last address they "had on file" and these never reached me. Misery ensues. Keeping a database of individuals who reside in your country is a basic requirement for organizational efficiency. Employers, universities, charitable organizations, gyms, even BoingBoing all keep track of their users with unique IDs. Since we pay taxes and reside in a state, why shouldn't the state keep track of its citizens using standard methods? Conspiracy theories aside, a national database and ID card has great merits. In my opinion, the Danish example shows that equating national ID system to RFID implants, fascism, or some type of New World Order misses the point entirely.