Posted on 11/12/2007 6:19:03 PM PST by BGHater
the old man’s problem could be that they mail out a reminder that your license expires say on May 30th, we have always had a grace period where if you went to the tag agency within 30 days after May 30th you got your new license. Last time I went took about 5 minutes for pic and got new license, luckily this time I didn’t have to pay for it.
That, and purge the voter registration lists the day after any election.
I will drive without a license before I have to prove to anyone that I’m a citizen. We don’t deserve this kind of knee jerk feel-good “vote for me because I’m protecting you” type politics and legislation.
If I get a ticket, I’ll tear the damn thing up on the spot.
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Yhe last time I renewed in Virginia, I had to prove citizenship. The social seruity computers were down so it took most of the day to get it done.
Once again, God Bless the people in the Great State of Oklahoma!!
Maryland doesn’t care where you’re from, and it still takes 5 hours. Those two things aren’t related as the story would have you believe.
This poor old guy lived in Moore, Oklahoma - I went to colleage at OU - lots and lots of real small towns - Moore is one of them where everybody pretty much knows everybody - suspect this whole situation has been pretty much of a shock to all of them. They live in these small towns so they won’t have to deal with the “city” folks and all their crazy ideas. May God watch over them all.
Here in S. Calif. you half to work at it to let your license or tags expire.
DMV sends you an official letter that is unmistakably
not junk mail, usually 3 to 6 months in advance.
If you renew it immediately, you save money, because the longer towards the renewal date you wait, the more it costs.
You can renew everything and pay for it on their website,
BUT WAIT, THERES MORE, renew this instant and we’ll send you a set of GINSU KNIVES at no extra charge(Arnold needs the money and has the knives left over from trying to get people to pay to see Pumping Iron).
I think this ought to happen in every state.
That, and purge the voter registration lists the day after any election.”
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Agreed
I won't have to pay for license renewal, gasoline(to include the various taxes included), vehicle insurance, yearly inspections, parking tickets, speeding tickets, regular (and expensive) maintenance of said vehicle, or license plates. I won't have to worry about OwlGore and his d*mnable global warming or any other green-weenie who wants to restrict any and all emmisions.
As far as ID is concerned- I have a passport. When that expires (as if I will cease to exist), I'll be another nobody in flyover country. I'm sure the gov would send me an ID for free in that case.
What is the worst that can happen? I would probably have to live off of governmental socialist handouts in HUD housing, where I wouldn't be able to afford a vehicle and could walk everywhere. It's good exercise.
/semi-sarc, see tagline
Yeah, that’s the ticket, that’ll show ‘em who’s the boss.
My sister also lives in Virginia and she let her license expire. Unfortunately for her, she was born at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba and has a birth certificate without an embossed official U.S. seal. This was several months ago, she has not been able to renew her license yet. I don’t think they were accepting her Social Security information.
Man, that is a tough situation. Does Gitmo have any records?
She’s trying to get a new birth certificate through the State Department. She was born there before the Cuban revolution.
Yes, for decades we here in the US have been admonished that “driving is a privilege” (not a right).
Now it has automagically morphed into a right. Care to guess why?
I wonder if this couple has an amateur video posted somewhere?
Wait a minute - you all are missing the whole point that the author of the article is trying to make!
This is a major inconvenience, so we need to drop all these citizenship laws that right wing reactionaries are trying to push through their local governments.
I believe letting a license expire makes it harder to renew in any state, regardless of their immigration laws.
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