I have two contrasting appointments in my calendar. One is past the other is future. It is interesting what is required for each.
This summer I am going to see a doctor for an eye examination. This is for two reasons. First, I am diabetic and need to have my retinas checked on a regular basis. Second, it is getting harder to focus when I read so I think I need a new prescription. I have been going to this doctor for years. He knows me. My bills have always been paid. This should be routine but when my wife made the appointment I was told that three things would be required. The third was only an irritation. Now I had to bring my own sun-glasses. In the past they would give us these cheap plastic things that fit behind my glasses. I guess they can’t afford that any more.
That is the mundane. What got my attention was that they demanded that I bring ID and my insurance card. I am the same person who has been in their office many times. I have the same insurance but I am required to produce ID before they will see me.
This brings me to my second appointment, on Tuesday, June 5, to be exact. I was scheduled to vote. In order to exercise this most important activity I was not required to show any ID or proof of insurance (citizenship). The person checking the role could not even find my last name on my sample ballot. None of the people behind the table seemed to have done this before. I was the first one in line and I was not allowed to examine the ballot box to see if it was empty.
What a contrast. I need ID and proof of qualification in order to have my eyes examined. I can vote for the leadership of my society with no checks at all. I will concede that I live in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia. It may be different where you live but the Democratic Party seems to go ballistic when people are expected to produce ID to vote. If they were consistent they would also be demonstrating against my optometrist.
I needed my eyes examined. We need our heads examined.
Vote the suckers out while you still can, if you still can.
homo unius libri
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