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few years back I read about a Cook County radical, who did some
interesting legal research, to say the least. He claimed he was not
required to have a drivers' license and that car registration wasn't
mandatory unless you sold it. Since he wasn't planning on selling his, he
took the tags off, carried no license or insurance, and even cut the seat
belts out. He got away with this for awhile. Last I heard, though, the DPS
came and confiscated his vehicles. At first, I scoffed at the notion a
drivers' license wasn't mandatory, reasoning as a child the Cook County
radical had been dropped on his head one too many times. I just couldn't
understand how millions of Americans could be tricked into believing a
law, that was not law, was actually law. However, the continuing troubles
we've had over our helmet statute and John Cornyn's dubious opinion on the
sticker issue, has shown me just how easily the law can be perverted and
twisted around. Drivers' licenses were not issued to private citizens in
Texas until around 1935. Like most states licenses were first mandated
only for commercial vehicle operators, because the right to drive was
considered an extension of the 5th Amendment right to travel. God given
rights cannot be licensed. Of course that was in the old days when
Americans would go to war and stomp tyrants into grape jelly. Now a days
our government adopts their policies. My state representative told me only
commercial drivers are required to give their social security numbers to
traffic cops. However, when I received my last helmet ticket, the officer
demanded my SS number as well. I don't know how wide spread this SS scam
is, but it's a prime example of a law that is not law, being enforced as
law. This is why it's so important that we keep the record straight on our
helmet statute. If not, everyone in Texas will believe the sticker is
mandatory, and if the public believes it, then in essence, it is
mandatory. Have we all been scammed into paying yearly registration fees?
Have the courts conned us into accepting drivers' licenses, which, in this
modern era, is basically a waiver of all rights under the Constitution? I
don't know. Frankly I'm scared to check. I'm afraid the Cook County
radical might be right. And, while I'm thinking about rights, politicos up
for reelection in Vermont are in a bind. They passed a gay rights union
statute and straight voters are pissed. Some constituents won't even talk
to their representatives who endorsed this. They are even boycotting their
private businesses. This shows just how out of touch elected officials can
be with the majority, and how successful a minority can be, if they are
active and vocal enough. Ride safe, vote, stay informed and be vocal.
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