{"id":5207,"date":"2003-10-15T13:21:29","date_gmt":"2003-10-15T20:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5207"},"modified":"2003-10-15T13:21:29","modified_gmt":"2003-10-15T20:21:29","slug":"the_irony_gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/15\/the_irony_gods.html","title":{"rendered":"The irony gods are rolling on the floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Perry of Connecticut thought he was being really clever when he stole the identity of his old neighbor in Florida, Robert Kowalski, in order to get a driver&#8217;s license.  After all, he had four drunk driving arrests, and knew he&#8217;d have problems getting a license in his new home.  <\/p>\n<p>And, after all, what harm could it do for him to <a title=\"SexCriminals.com: Cops: Man steals ID of sex offender\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sexcriminals.com\/news\/15382\/\">pretend to be someone else<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Now <i>that&#8217;s <\/i>comedy.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billbarol.com\/blog\/000929.html#000929\">Blather<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><u>UPDATE<\/u>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_828985.html?menu=news.quirkies\">Lightning strikes twice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Perry of Connecticut thought he was being really clever when he stole the identity of his old neighbor in Florida, Robert Kowalski, in order to get a driver&#8217;s license&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1291,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/31\/when_is_an_id_n.html","url_meta":{"origin":5207,"position":0},"title":"When is an ID not an ID?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 31-Jan-02 7:35am","format":false,"excerpt":"The state of Florida is being sued by a Muslim woman, after the state suspended her Drivers License because she declined to take off her veil (which reveals only her...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Homeland Security&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/08\/not_my_best_pic.html","url_meta":{"origin":5207,"position":1},"title":"Not my best picture","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Aug-02 5:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Cool stuff: DriversLicenseSearch.com, which, via the National Drivers License Records Bureau, brings you their \"online database of over 220 million U.S. driver's license photos and driver's license information currently on...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hi-Tech&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128196,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/01\/first-require-ids-to-vote-then-close-drivers-license-offices-check.html","url_meta":{"origin":5207,"position":2},"title":"First require IDs to vote, then close drivers license offices &#8230; check","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-Oct-15 7:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are going to posit that a fundamental right -- voting -- requires some sort of positive ID, then you are morally required to make rightfully obtaining that ID as easy as possible.This sort of looks (and smells) like anything but. 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