THE AUTHORITARIAN TYRANNY OF THE DMV
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES Kelleigh send us a stark warning about the encroaching tyranny that threatens every aspect of your human life. Renewing her driving license was not as easy as it was. Australians also see signs of tyranny reaching into people’s lives here I rejoice to remain relatively free of major interference in my zoo, long may it last. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley THE AUTHORITARIAN TYRANNY OF THE DMV By Kelleigh Nelson Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. C.S. Lewis There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. Montesquieu A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson My driver license expires on September 12, 2024. So, this morning I got up at 5 a.m. and dressed and drove to the Department of Motor Vehicles. I had received a notice in the mail that if I wanted a “Real ID,” I had to bring my Social Security card, my birth certificate, proof of residence, i.e. the deed to my home, electric bill, etc., my voter’s card and my driver’s license. I had all those things including my checkbook. The “Real ID” allows you in federal buildings and on airplanes. Without it or a passport, no dice. I arrived at 7:45 and there was already a line of ten people outside the door waiting for the 8 a.m. opening. I walked in, took a number and it…