This Whole ID Discussion (My Ten Observations)

 1.  Factually, you can't cite any evidence that 1-percent or 10-percent of society have NO ID.  

2.  State by state, region by region.....it will differ.  If you asked me about Alabama, I'd take a logical guess that around 99.9 percent of people (adults) have an ID.  The folks without an ID?  Prisoners, people living under bridges, Mennonites and folks in some mental facility.  

3.  Trying to cash a check or open a bank account without a ID?  You can't do it.  There's around thirty-odd functions in life....like buying booze, smokes, or getting tags for your car....where it can't be done without an ID.

4.  By age thirty, I had around six different IDs on me (thanks to the Air Force lifestyle).  I counted today, and have around six valid IDs (counting that stupid German driver's license, and the visa I must always carry with me).

5.  I suspect that if you went by racial 'counts'.....more blacks have an ID than whites or Latinos.

6.  Every single time that the Democrats go to fight this situation....to prevent the ID requirement....I keep thinking....how does this poor guy survive without an ID to buy beer, or Jack Daniels?

7.  I used to have an Air Force entry-card (for a secure facility) which had a middle name of 'Sanchez' on it (no, my middle name is NOT Sanchez)...it was a screw-up with the kid making the card.  For three years, I used this to enter the facility....until one day the guard wanted me to show a second ID, and confiscated my 'Sanchez' card.  

8.  Every single country in the EU....mandates that you need a state-manufactured ID....to vote (no exceptions).  In my mind, our position is the same as Paraguay or Bolivia.

9.  The odds that around the US.....over 10-million Americans have a minimum of one fake ID on themselves, with a fake name?  Probably better than 50-percent of a chance.

10.  Couldn't we just issue a one-time check (like stimulus cash) to pay for a state ID for everyone?  It seemed so easy for those Covid-stimulus checks......this wouldn't be rocket science.. 

My Three Problems With the Hunter Biden Art 'Stuff'

 1.  If you bought the Hunter art piece for $330,000....what happens to it?  Do you place it in the office building hallway, your den, or in some art museum?

2.  After you buy it.....does it hold value?  I mean.....if three years pass, and the $400,000 art comes up for re-sale.....does it only sell for $99?  Can you even write it off on taxes as a loss?

3.  In 500 years, will Hunter art be listed at $10-million and treated like Van Gogh art, or will be be worth $9 at some local flea market?

Humble view:  On the money-laundering level....this is probably the most brilliant idea in a hundred years.  A drug cartel could set 'George' up with a brush, and a fake museum could buy his work weekly, stage reviews at the museum, and even talk about culture.  

Just Something You Notice

 After a while (viewing TV, reading newspapers, listening to 'experts')....people seem pepped-up to be concerned over health, sanitation, hygiene, saving-the-world, etc).

If you asked around today, it's probably an all-time record of guys wearing condoms. 

You might be sitting at McDonalds, and your co-worker or scripture-quoting girlfriend will start talking over sodium content or fat.  

It surprises you as the HR people now announce some new company policy over health, and you are shocked to discover all the soda machines in the building have removed regular sodas and placed health drinks instead.  

Social distancing has become so routine....you even arrive at home and treat the dog this way.....leaving them standing there with a puzzled look.

In some funny way, this all has become one single big cult.....with no real grasp of reality, just the wonderful thrill-feeling of helping to manage you.