All you need is a magazine article...

W.Va. Mayor Uses Magazine to Prove ID January 28, 2008 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Charleston Mayor Danny Jones had a problem as he tried to get through the security gate at a California airport: He had misplaced his driver's license, and the expired one in his wallet wouldn't do. (WTOP)

As funny as this article is, it points out two things that really need to be pointed out.

First, the regulations are fickle. If an expired driver's license is not acceptable proof if identification, why is an article in a magazine? The TSA and the Department of Homeland (In)security have been pounding into our heads the rules for the last six years. Any normal citizen would not be able to use a magazine article as proof if identity, why should the mayor?

Second, it comes back around to the concept of proof. If you are issued an ID that proves who you are and you loose it (a common occurrence for many), how do you proof who you are? And if you loose it on travel, you are destined to become a stranger in a strange land.

Yes, the rules are "there for our protection" but I am still awaiting instructions for what the rules are protecting me from.