NFT- MLB has moved All Star Game out of Atlanta

[Slugsy-Narrows]

That

[T200]

Slavery was terrible.  But should I apologize for it? Most of my family came here in the early 1900

[GiantsRevival2]

You keep interjecting something new into the discussion. No one said anything about an apology.

If someone is racist and they hold a position of power in a company or other organization that controls who gets hired, fired or promoted, then it surely has the potential to hurt more than just themselves.

Just because there are millions of "good black people" who work their way up the social chain doesn't absolve a racist system, no more than lottery officials or casino owners can say their systems are for the good of all people just because they have big money winners. Those "good black people" made it despite the system, not because of it.

I know it happens.  And I hate that it happens.  Only problem is it

[LennG]

I'm not going to get involved in this as it has gotten too far for me to chime in now.

What I do want to say, and it has been the reinvolving theme of most of this thread, I believe, Red, Black, Blue, Yellow, whatever, every American should have some sort of photo ID. I don't care how they get it, how it may help anyone with anything. All Americans have a SSN, they should also have some sort of photo ID. In this day and age, that really shouldn't be too much of a problem. AND, not just for voting. Whoever it benefits, it will always benefit that particular person to have that ID.

[GiantsRevival2]

I'm not going to get involved in this as it has gotten too far for me to chime in now.

What I do want to say, and it has been the reinvolving theme of most of this thread, I believe, Red, Black, Blue, Yellow, whatever, every American should have some sort of photo ID. I don't care how they get it, how it may help anyone with anything. All Americans have a SSN, they should also have some sort of photo ID. In this day and age, that really shouldn't be too much of a problem. AND, not just for voting. Whoever it benefits, it will always benefit that particular person to have that ID.

Good point.  It

[Philosophers]

Racism whether overt or subtle is insidious.  If a white person

[EdS]

I

[T200]

Tim: I do hear an occasional story about SSA paying benefits to a person who has been dead for many years, but I'm not sure how prevalent the problem is.

You know something, I was going to tell you I would think it over, but by the time I had typed the sentence, an answer came to me (as sometimes happens).

Every dead person has a death certificate issued by a doctor.  There would be a requirement that SSA be notified whenever a death certificate is issued.

Most patients have given a SS number in the process of receiving treatment, so those cases would be easy to report.

As for cases when the health care people don't have the decedent's SS number, they would send any other known personal info (name,address) to the SSA and they would determine if that person is in their records.

Bob

Bob,

I would certainly be in favor of that. Detractors should keep in mind that this is just for voter registration of a unique ID number, nothing more or less. Even in rare situations where a deceased person has a voter ID number, it doesn't mean that that number would always be used to vote in every election.

[Ed Vette]

Bob,

I would certainly be in favor of that. Detractors should keep in mind that this is just for voter registration of a unique ID number, nothing more or less. Even in rare situations where a deceased person has a voter ID number, it doesn't mean that that number would always be used to vote in every election.

We

[T200]

We

[Ed Vette]

Right! And we'll be tracked by the 5G cell towers! 

Don

[T200]

Don

[Bob In PA]

Bob,

I would certainly be in favor of that. Detractors should keep in mind that this is just for voter registration of a unique ID number, nothing more or less. Even in rare situations where a deceased person has a voter ID number, it doesn't mean that that number would always be used to vote in every election.

Tim: Stopping dead people from voting would be much easier with a voter ID of the type I suggested, when combined with a requirement that doctors who sign death certificates forward the decedent's social security number to the Social Security Administration on a simple form.  Then the SSA would mark the person deceased in their records.  The system won't automatically clear out dead people who are voting now, but none of the people who die after the law is enacted will ever be able to vote, because the Voter ID Number of everyone who votes from now on will be run through the SSA's records to confirm that they are a real person who SSA believes to be living.  That was a long-winded explanation, but I think it's readable. LOL

[Slugsy-Narrows]

True. Most people never let their cell phones leave their side.

Back to the original topic, I don't follow baseball but I'm curious to know how the baseball community feels about the decision overall. Anyone on baseball forums that care to chime in?

I read they are now moving the game to Colorado. 

Higher taxes then Ga which will affect the players and the voting laws in Ga are actually better/more flexible then the voting laws in Colorado.  Now this is what I read I haven

[Bob In PA]

Right! And we'll be tracked by the 5G cell towers! 

Tim: Not me.  I don't have a cell phone.