Twisted Musings

I was born at White Cross Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio, on June 14, 1943.
    And I have a certified White Cross Hospital birth certificate to prove it.

    Yet when I went to a Florida Driver’s License bureau to renew my
    license, I was told my birth certificate was not valid because it was not
    ‘state certified’.  Now, I’m mostly of English descent, although there is
    some mixture of Irish and Native American, and I can tell you that my
    emotions were roiling.  However, the staid, reserved English emotion
    won out, and instead of airing my first impulse, which was to say something
    like “Now look here, you old prune-faced bat…..” I more calmly asked “You
    mean this certified hospital birth certificate….the one that got me into
    schools, and into the military, and different jobs, and even qualified me
    for Social Security benefits….you’re telling me that
    after 67 years ov use, this certificate is not valid?  Does this then mean
    that I am not a legal resident of the United States?”  To which she
    smugly replied….Well, it’s a nice keepsake, but it  is no longer valid for
    driver’s license purposes.  You must have a ‘state issued and state
    certified birth certificate before you can renew your license.”  She then
    directed me to another lady, who gave me an extension on my old
    license to cover me until I contacted Ohio for a new birth certificate.

    I have since contacted the State of Ohio, and learned it will cost about
    $35 and take several weeks to get my new birth certificate.  Now, the
    real irony of it is this:  where are they going to check to verify my
    birth…..could it be the White Cross Hospital birth records?

    One lady at the bank told me she had to go back 3 times to renew her
    driver’s license.  First, she had to get a new birth certificate.  Then,
    when she went in with that, they told her she had to have a copy of
    her marriage certificate to show her name change.  Then, you guessed
    it, her marriage license was not certified by the state, so she had to
    apply for a ‘state certified’ marriage license. 

    I understand the purpose of all this, of course, is to keep illegals from
    obtaining driver’s licenses.  Which I wholeheartedly agree with.  But this
    will not stop illegals from driving.  I read of two instances within the
    past month where illegals caused accidents resulting in the deaths
    of the other drivers…..and neither had a driver’s license.  The only
    sure cure for keeping illegals off the road is to get them out of this
    country.  Period.

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    By the way, there’s all this flap about whether Obama is a legal citizen
    of the United States, and I understand there’s been hundreds of thousands
    of dollars spent by groups on both sides of the issue.  How about this: send
    President Obama in to renew his driver’s license.  If he follows the same
    rules as you and I, and qualifies for a new driver’s license, drop the issue
    of his citizenship.  If he is denied a new driver’s license, boot him out of
    office.