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>>>> Dear Mrs. Ms. Or Sir:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am in the process of renewing my passport and still cannot believe
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and
>>>> knows that I bought a cable TV from them in 1987 (23 years ago), and
>>>> yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on
>>>> what date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? Ever heard of computers?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My birth date you have in my social security file. It's on EVERY income
>>>> tax form I've filed for the past 30 years. It's on my Medicare health
>>>> insurance card and my driver's license, It's on the last eight damn
>>>> passports I've had, It's on every stupid customs declaration form I've
>>>> had to fill out before being allowed off the plane for the last 30
>>>> years. And it's on all those census forms that we have to do at
>>>> election times.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's
>>>> name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'm reasonably
>>>> confident that neither name is likely to change between now and when I
>>>> die.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bureaucratic crap!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my #*&#%*&
>>>> address.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is going on? You must have a gang of bureaucratic Neanderthal
>>>> morons working there!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? And "No," I don't
>>>> want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for heaven sakes. I just want to go and
>>>> park my ass on a sandy beach.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And would someone please tell me, why would you give a darn whether I
>>>> plan on visiting a farm in the nex t 15 days?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat,
>>>> believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, I have to go now because I have to go to the other end of the
>>>> city and get another #*@&#^@*@& copy of my birth certificate to the
>>>> tune of $100.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would it be so difficult to have all the services in the same area so I
>>>> could get a new passport the same day? Nooooo, that would require
>>>> planning and organization. And it would be too logical for the @&^*^%@%
>>>> government.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our
>>>> heads cut off. Then, we have to find some asshole to confirm that it's
>>>> really me in the damn picture - you know, th e one where we're not
>>>> allowed to smile.......Hey, you know why we can't smile?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We're totally pissed off!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed - An Irate Citizen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> P.S.: Remember what I wrote about getting someone to confirm that the
>>>> picture is me? Well, my family has been in the United S tates of
>>>> America since 1776. I have served in the military for something over 35
>>>> years and have had security clearances up the ying yang. However, I
>>>> have to get someone important to verify who I am - you know, someone
>>>> like my doctor........ WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And you arsholes want to run our health care system
??
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>>>>
>>>> I am in the process of renewing my passport and still cannot believe
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and
>>>> knows that I bought a cable TV from them in 1987 (23 years ago), and
>>>> yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on
>>>> what date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? Ever heard of computers?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My birth date you have in my social security file. It's on EVERY income
>>>> tax form I've filed for the past 30 years. It's on my Medicare health
>>>> insurance card and my driver's license, It's on the last eight damn
>>>> passports I've had, It's on every stupid customs declaration form I've
>>>> had to fill out before being allowed off the plane for the last 30
>>>> years. And it's on all those census forms that we have to do at
>>>> election times.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's
>>>> name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'm reasonably
>>>> confident that neither name is likely to change between now and when I
>>>> die.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bureaucratic crap!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my #*&#%*&
>>>> address.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is going on? You must have a gang of bureaucratic Neanderthal
>>>> morons working there!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? And "No," I don't
>>>> want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for heaven sakes. I just want to go and
>>>> park my ass on a sandy beach.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And would someone please tell me, why would you give a darn whether I
>>>> plan on visiting a farm in the nex t 15 days?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat,
>>>> believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, I have to go now because I have to go to the other end of the
>>>> city and get another #*@&#^@*@& copy of my birth certificate to the
>>>> tune of $100.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would it be so difficult to have all the services in the same area so I
>>>> could get a new passport the same day? Nooooo, that would require
>>>> planning and organization. And it would be too logical for the @&^*^%@%
>>>> government.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our
>>>> heads cut off. Then, we have to find some asshole to confirm that it's
>>>> really me in the damn picture - you know, th e one where we're not
>>>> allowed to smile.......Hey, you know why we can't smile?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We're totally pissed off!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed - An Irate Citizen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> P.S.: Remember what I wrote about getting someone to confirm that the
>>>> picture is me? Well, my family has been in the United S tates of
>>>> America since 1776. I have served in the military for something over 35
>>>> years and have had security clearances up the ying yang. However, I
>>>> have to get someone important to verify who I am - you know, someone
>>>> like my doctor........ WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And you arsholes want to run our health care system
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>>>>
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