Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (61050)	8/17/2004 12:03:32 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793640

<<And I also had to show my driver's license to check into hotels. Whatever happened to checking into hotels as "John and Mary Smith"?>> Too many TVs were stolen. What got me on a trip was I couldn't pay cash for a room without giving them my credit card.

To: Ilaine who wrote (61050)	8/17/2004 12:31:01 PM
From: t4texas	Respond to of 793640

yesterday i went in to renew a post office box. much to my pleasant surprise the post office now required a govt. issued photo id document of some sort, e.g., driver's license, etc., And another form of id, e.g., mortgage, deed of trust, rental contract, auto insurance, utility bill, etc. it appears they wanted some extra document that proves one is some type of resident in the area or that one actually receives normal mail at the post office box. i am glad the post office is finally doing this. for convenience in the past i have had multiple mail boxes at diverse locations in the usa. i thought the post office was nuts for having such lax standards.

To: Ilaine who wrote (61050)	8/17/2004 1:20:07 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793640

Is Romero arguing that he would be satisfied if the government included MORE personal information on the watch lists? This piece would have been more satisfying had he argued FOR some alternative. I couldn't tell from the piece what he might support. He did a good job, though, of demonstrating how irrational what we're doing is. I am not totally against the idea of carrying around identification cards. We're getting there anyway. I was arguing for a national ID on 9/12. It's taken me a long time to accept that. I remember when Uncle Sam first took my fingerprints thirty some years ago. I didn't like that idea at all. But I've gotten over it. I spend a good chunk of my career in MIS. You simply can't manage any widgets, which in this case are people, if you don't uniquely identify them and put them in a data base. Whatever happened to checking into hotels as "John and Mary Smith"? Gone the way of unlocked front doors.