Am I the only person who fears the nationalization of things such as health care and other services because I envision all my interaction with government on par with what I get at the DMV?

Speaking of, we registered the first of our two vehicles in California back in January. Got it paid, got the paperwork, went and got the car smogged and waited patiently for the new registration, tags and shiny license plates.

And waited. And waited some more.

It’s April and still no sign of anything remotely resembling tags and/or plates. After much frustration and it’s by-product, procrastination, I finally revisited our local DMV office to find out what the problem was.

"You were supposed to bring the smog certificate in."

Never mind the fact that I was explicitly told that the certificate would be sent to Sacramento electronically. Not just once at the DMV, but again at the smog station.

"You were supposed to bring the smog certificate in. Otherwise we wouldn't get it."

Stuff of nightmares.