Where's the Birth Certificate?

First off, just to let everyone know, this has nothing to do with the Obama birth certificate thing. I just thought the whole thing with the billboards and this situation was kind of ironic.

My husband is a truck driver. He hauls stuff to all places of the country. He goes on ports and military bases, steel mills, and lumber yards. All to haul raw materials or finished products back and forth. Over and over again.

In order to drive, the prospective company must do a 10 year background check, get a full report from his state's Department of Motor Vehicles - they are looking for a clean driving record of coarse, now they check his TSA 2010 score, and he must past medical physicals.

Recently his employer made it a requirement to obtain a TWIC. It's a card that allows you to go onto ports and military bases and such - though no one bothers to use it. They charge you nearly $150 to apply for this card and the government does a rigorous background check. I guess it's sort of like a security clearance. They verify that you are who you say you are and determine whether or not you are a threat to the nation. Well, my husband got this card, so the government acknowledged that he is who he is and that he is not a threat.

Then, of coarse, he has a driver's license. In order to get that, you have to show identification that you are you. I'm not sure how they do it now, but when I got my driver's license, I had to show my birth certificate . Seeing as how my husband is older than me, I'm fairly certain he had to provide that as well. So again, the government has declared that he is who he says he is.

So yesterday my husband's employer asked him if he had a copy of his birth certificate with him. My husband laughed, knowing where this was going. The place where he was either picking up, or delivering, would want to see it to prove that he is who he says he is. He said yes, and laughed again as his employer told him that he would be delivering to Boeing.

Why did he laugh? Because of the craziness of it all. He has a commercial driver's license, which by the way is more rigorous than a regular one, and a TWIC, in which the government has proclaimed he is who he is and not a terror threat. Why would they need to see his birth certificate?

My guess is that they are just being super anal about it. I would think a TWIC would suffice since he already had that. But I guess not.

It is so far ridiculous that it's funny. So off he goes, license, TWIC, and birth certificate in hand to Boeing. What's next? A DNA report? Yeah, I actually suggested that he have one of those handy! haha!