Today's Environmentalists Are Really Luddites (2 Viewers)

[AccessBlaster]

Certainly, for many people, what you say is correct. At least for people that have lived their lives working for government or corporations.
They are used to being led, and they are used to bureaucracy and getting along to get along. And to people that have lived that way, it seems simple to take of all that.

Here is a reality. I got my DL in Texas in 1976, they took my thump print, I moved to Virginia in 1986, they took my thumb print.
Then I forgot to pay a ticket (it was a ridiculous ticket, I'll tell that story later) in 2008, and they revoked my license, I didn't even know about it until a guy rearended me. The Cop told me about it so I went the the DMV.
What a freaking night, I had to get in touch with the States of Texas, I had to get a copy of my social security card. go the the DMV twice, and all the time my prints were on file with both Virginia, Texas, and the FBI. I was being vetted for a TS Clearance at the time, so this whole ticket thing could have been important.
And wow, wouldn't you know it? I had to go through the exact procedure all over again in Texas in 2012 when i moved back. Sadly, there was a bad leak in my boat and all of my document were destroyed. And all the while I have the "Real" ID in two states, each requiring SS card, birth Certificate, and finger prints. And now our fatso President want's me to bring additional federally approved ID to vote in my Texas Election.

There is nothing legitimate about this ID thing. In most cases, Republicans and Libertarians would be out raged at the Central Government overreach. But, it seems that no overreach sanctioned by the Orange Cool Aid Man is too far.

Life is full of inconveniences we all have them. It’s part of how a functioning society works. I understand that some people fall through the cracks; they’re our friends and neighbors, and we should help them live good, productive lives. At some point, these individuals will need to travel or buy a car, and no one thinks it’s strange to require identification for those purposes. It only seems to strike a nerve when it comes to the balance of power "voting".

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Fingerprints on your ID aren't much of a problem for me any more, but when I had to maintain a security clearance, my last couple of rounds became tricky. When I went to the security station to get my updated CAC (smart-card, computer access card), my fingerprints didn't match the old one from about four years earlier. The electronic reader didn't know me. Fortunately, they had a senior operator who had seen this before. He pulled the print from the card chip and the print from the reader to do a side-by-side comparison. To keep it short, my fingers had become wrinkled due to age, so my current prints had extra vertical lines. But the underlying ridges and whorls matched, so the guy updated my records.
It WAS a bit unsettling to find that my fingerprints said I wasn't me. One of those existential moments, I guess.

 

[AccessBlaster]

I bought a Pistola in the ’80s. I filled out the proper DROS paperwork, but after the ten-day waiting period, I was rejected. It turned out I had a criminal record on file.
I went to the nearest sheriff’s station, submitted a full set of fingerprints, and updated my middle initial. It cost me an extra week and some frustration, but nobody said life was going to be easy.