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As if It Needed to, Virginia Bans Smiles at the DMV
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| 05/28/09
| Nick Miroff
Posted on 05/28/2009 11:14:38 AM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited
Naturally, the new software is programmed to reject attempts at exuberance or human warmth.Sounds like the software they load into the DMV employees.
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:04:31 PM PDT
by
Crolis
(Kill your television!)
To: Czar
Yeah, that’s what it was. Oi....
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:05:36 PM PDT
by
VaBthang4
("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
To: BerryDingle
Virginia should worry more about all those illegal and undocumented workers who do lawn care and carpentry and numerous other jobs for their rich white masters living in those McMansions in the suburbs of MD and D.C. , too
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:05:48 PM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
To: Dumpster Baby
I would’ve sworn you couldn’t put lipstick on a cat, but you’ve proven me wrong!
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:06:56 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Proud Veteran - Sworn to Defend The Constitution! - Caution: That makes me a Right-Wing Extremist.)
To: freespirited
I always smile when I have my government photos Passport, drivers license)taken. These workers want everybody to look as miserable as they probably are as human beings.
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:27:38 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Czar
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:55:07 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
To: Arrowhead1952
Thanks for the clarification. I'll pay more attention next time.
However, that dummy page may be prophetic; we'll see.
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posted on
05/28/2009 1:28:29 PM PDT
by
Czar
((Still Fed Up to the Teeth with Washington))
To: KoRn; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; ...
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posted on
05/28/2009 1:41:00 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: bamahead; Disco Dave
"As part of the DMV's effort to develop super-secure driver's licenses and foolproof identification cards, the agency has issued a smile ban, directing customers to adopt a 'neutral expression'in their portraits, thereby extinguishing whatever happiness comes with finally hearing one's number called." ~huh.
Oh well.
Virginians can gloat over the money saved when the photos can double as mug shots.
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posted on
05/28/2009 1:47:13 PM PDT
by
Landru
(Arghh, Liberals are trapped in my colon like spackle or paste.)
To: freespirited
I have bangs and I just got my DL renewed. When I got there, the lady said I had to pull my bangs away from my face, which wasn’t written anywhere on my renewal letter or else I would have. They wouldn’t stay because they were too short and she started getting snotty with me. I said, “What do you want me to do, lady? I don’t have a pin or a bret. You want me to hold them there?!” Finally she just took the damn picture with my head tilted back so they would stay. Now it looks like I have a football player’s neck. It doesn’t look anything like me, really.
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posted on
05/28/2009 1:48:47 PM PDT
by
JenB987
To: RexBeach
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posted on
05/28/2009 3:32:13 PM PDT
by
relee
('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
To: bamahead
Yeah... and the ‘Click it or Ticket’ program is all about seatbelts~
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posted on
05/28/2009 4:16:39 PM PDT
by
sweet_diane
(embracing Him.)
To: freespirited
They are creating a database of digital faces with identities so that surveillance cameras monitoring every move we make in public can identify anyone who walks by. BIG BROTHER is here.
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posted on
05/28/2009 4:34:41 PM PDT
by
A. Patriot
(CZ 52's ROCK)
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