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Monday, July 12, 2010

I Am Still Traveling: Posting Less Often

My political note for the day:

I will be traveling later this week, boarding an airplane to return to Boston, and then later this summer, Amtrak to the Bakken. I was reminded that when traveling, because I am a legal citizen of the US, I must carry certain documents:

I must show my ID when:
  • Pulled over by the police
  • Making purchases on my department store credit card
  • When I show up for a doctor's appointment
  • When filling out a credit card or loan application
  • When applying for any kind of insurance
  • When filling out college applications
  • When donating blood
  • When obtaining certain prescription drugs
  • When making some debit purchases, especially when out of state
  • When collecting a boarding pass for airline or train travel
Exceptions apparently exist for undocumented folks living in some jurisdictions.

Speaking of passports, the price for a first-time passport goes up 35% today, from $100 to $135. I guess the recession has not hit some agencies in the US government.

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