On Thu, 15 May 2008 19:50:38 -0700, Nonnymus wrote:
>Bill wrote:
>> Nonnymus wrote:
>>> Perhaps I just don't get it, but why would someone NOT have a passport
>>> nowadays?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nonny
>>
>> Ugh, this topic again. You're right, you don't get it. Here is
>> the answer:
>>
>> 1) It is not a requirement that you have one.
>> 2) Not everyone travels to a place that requires them.
>> 3) They are not free (or close to it, especially for a family).
>> 4) They have a limited shelf life, so if you don't need it and
>> get it just for the hell of it, it will be valid for less time
>> once you actually need it (never mind the short valid period for
>> kids).
>> 5) They're not trivial to get (as in you fill in a form and mail
>> it).
>>
>> Is that good enough for you? When you start the "Nonnymus
>> Passport Fund" and pay for passports for everyone who doesn't
>> need or have one, then you can ask your question again.
>>
>
>. . . and when not having one is inconvenient, you get to moan and whine
>about how you should be exempted from the need. I bet that the same
>folk also don't get immunizations before visiting the jungle, resent
>having to carry liability insurance on their auto and don't feel a need
>to be registered or have ID to vote. It infringes on their "rights."
>Nope, if you're going out of the country, a passport speeds things up
>for you, the folk BEHIND you in line and for the poor Immigration folks
>trying to process all those people.
I don't feel a need to have ID to vote.
I guess you are one of those Republican bastards trying to keep poor
and elderly Americans from voting because they have no ID.
The Republicans figure they can stop many of the people I mentioned
who would probably vote Democrat.
Indiana just passed a law requiring ID to vote.
Some of the ridiculous rules written into the law were:
The authorities in Indiana wouldn't accept an expired passport as
valid ID.
The authorities in Indiana stopped many University of Notre Dame fro
voting because they had driving licenses from out-of-state. Of course
it was OK for the students to drive in Indiana but the students were
required to have an official ID from Indiana.
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