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Are You Really Who You Say You Are?



Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008

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Now some may think my writing is scary, negative, disheartening, separating, then again some find it truth and are happy to receive it. It is all in the eye of the beholder. How one chooses to interpret it. One thing though that is fact is that what I write to is based on fact and personal experience and as reported by reputable sources. No not mere words, opinion frormed on one's works. Take it for what you may but at least you are informed, that is if you care to be? if you should find grounds to correct, please do for all our sakes.

Many of us Americans think that our personal information is secure and few to none have access to it. After all we have an entire agency called Homeland Security that protects us, right? Well these are the ones in charge of building that fence on our border? Get the picture. Well just a play or pun on words. Yet, Are you really who you say you are?

I received a magazine book today out of the blue completely devoted to making Identity Badges, or whatever else you need to create ID's. Yes create your own and as they say

"learn how easy and effective Photo identification can be."

Yes that license you carry in your wallet that the banks, and stores and others require you to present, in my opinion meaningless. Are you really who it says you are? Do you really think the average American office clerk, or teller can tell the difference between a forged document and a real document? Oh theya re trained, yea, right. In many cases professional can't. In fact Pelosi and Reid and others in Congress are working on a bill for right after election that would place a chip inside of your drivers license. That would have all your information on it and when scanned they will now you are the right one. Hey you like that don't you. No problem, right? Yes too far fetched well think about it because it gets even more scary. Do you think that might have an impact on if you can buy or sell or do business?

Now do you think those people in India, Argentina, the Philippines and parts unknown don't have all your information right in front of them, do you really? Do you really think illegal workers when they get jobs use some poor Americans information, forged? That is a sin and a crime no? No Jesus understands and so does our lawmakers. It is called being a good Samaritan. Do you really think that birth certificates, drivers licenses, and other "official" identification can't be forged and copied?

So how does anyone including you know that you are really you? Scary, well we lived it with a college just 50 miles away. My child born and raised and schooled here in Florida had to get 4 affidavits and a notarized document that she was who she was, even though the school had her birth certificate, drivers license, school transcripts, etc. Yes but get this illegal workers can flash their phony ID and get just about anything, fact and no questions asked. Oh you don't believe it. Well stop over and I will be glad to show it to you, fact.

Yes and you elect the same bunch that brought it all to you. Democrats and yes Republicans, yes because you just know there will be change. Better yet, who gives a damn it doesn't effect me, right?

So let me ask Are you really who you say you are? Yes let me see that ID. It is as simple as that.

Robert T. Melaccio Sr. 2008 Copyright 2008 Robert Melaccio Sr.



Robert Melaccio Sr. has worked in the computer industry for 40 plus years in a diversified business and managerial environments. He enjoys freelance writing, giving seminars for young adults and teen groups as well as being an accomplished award winning poet of published poetry. He has worked teaching and as a youth minister. He is married and has three children and three grandchildren.

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