tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post6086324375365446480..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Wait a Minute Mr. PostmanKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-84293438450971856792014-10-30T07:45:56.043-04:002014-10-30T07:45:56.043-04:00Cartoonist Brian Duffy captures the real “Snap” in...Cartoonist Brian Duffy captures the real “Snap” in this Jim Hightower post:<br /><br />http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/2927#.VFISy8J0ybM<br /><br />“The USPS is an unmatched bargain, a civic treasure, a genuine public good that links all people and communities into one nation. So, naturally, it must be destroyed.”<br /><br />The drive towards privatization of the USPS is equal alarming as postal surveillance program.<br /><br />One cannot help but wonder how much of the ever increasing costs of postage went to this surveillance program rather than to improving the delivery of mail and working conditions for postal workers.Denis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-76168148271032900032014-10-29T11:52:04.824-04:002014-10-29T11:52:04.824-04:00Full disclosure: In case anybody was wondering, I ...Full disclosure: In case anybody was wondering, I adopted the snap of Snap from Google Images in hopes of warding off pinging elite postal officials and their unwanted rings. In real life, all I have are three watch-goldfish (common, not "fancy," in line with my proletarian worldview) in a 20-gallon tank. I'm actually very fond of my friendly mail delivery person.<br /><br />I agree that with rare exceptions, pit bulls are the pits. Pit bull owners always swear that Cuddles was such a sweet dog who actually baby-sat their kids unattended, like Nana in Peter Pan... until that fateful day when he was "provoked" into mauling the neighbor's puppy... or toddler, who obviously teased and tormented Cuddles into "defending" itself.<br /><br />It's the same explanation used by parents whose child got into the unlocked gun cabinet and accidentally shot himself or a friend. It was God's will and they're in a better place now praise the lord.Karen Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-89042962894846486702014-10-29T09:06:43.435-04:002014-10-29T09:06:43.435-04:00Wait a minute “Snap”
Postal workers who deliver m...Wait a minute “Snap”<br /><br />Postal workers who deliver mail are one of the favorite targets for large, strong and fierce dogs.<br /><br />Pitbull attacks on letter carriers:<br /><br />http://www.dogsbite.org/blog-posts-dog-attacks-letter-carriers.php<br /><br />I have seen more than my share of the results of dog attacks than I ever care to see again.<br /><br />My experience with dog owners is that too many of them do not train and control their dogs. They are worthless dog owners and idiots.<br /><br />“Pit Bulls Should be Boiled Alive like Lobsters and Fed to Their Idiot Owners”<br /><br />http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/pit_bulls_should_be_boiled_alive_and_fed<br /><br />Pitbull zealots always go postal over criticisms of their favorite dog breed and really know how to “boil a dead dog.” <br /><br />http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boil%20a%20dead%20dog<br /><br />http://www.esquire.com/features/american-dog-0814Denis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-67684939795753002612014-10-28T19:39:31.079-04:002014-10-28T19:39:31.079-04:00See this great comment from "Clark" at T...See this great comment from "Clark" at The Intercept:<br /><br />https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/28/youve-got-mail-government-reading/#comment-84926Fred Drumlevitchhttp://www.freddrumlevitch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-39691318367132373642014-10-28T17:35:21.536-04:002014-10-28T17:35:21.536-04:00For some years now, I've often received packag...For some years now, I've often received packages (usually books, from used-book sellers) with a small cut or tear in the packaging just about the size and location I'd expect from the insertion of a small fiber-optics probe for "inspection".<br /><br />And when I order something with tracking, it often makes fast progress through the USPS system until it gets to Colorado, where there will be no further "movement" for an extended period of time --- sometimes more than a week. So my guess is that the USPS has some sort of facility in Colorado where such mail spying is done (though there may be others elsewhere).<br /><br />Finally, I once ordered a book from a supposedly small seller in Nevada --- but the package arrived with a postmark from a town in Maryland where there is reportedly a large NSA presence!<br /><br />As far as using USPS delivery vans to collect "other" data --- remember the flap some years back when Google vans were collecting/associating wi-fi network addresses with location data? After the past few years of spying revelations, something like that, not "information about weather or air pollutants", seems well within the bounds of possibility and government interest.<br /><br />I think that Sheldon Wolin is largely correct about this country being mostly an "inverted" totalitarianism. But that doesn't mean that the powers-that-be aren't willing to additionally employ methods that would be quite normal in a more traditional totalitarian state.Fred Drumlevitchhttp://www.freddrumlevitch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-17431817522274298282014-10-28T15:41:00.490-04:002014-10-28T15:41:00.490-04:00Karen: Is your dog a Republican? Certainly looks l...Karen: Is your dog a Republican? Certainly looks like one.<br /><br />As for opened letters (and packages) that was common during the McCarthy years and done in a crumpled way that was a warning.<br /><br />And great to see your comment to Krugman at the very top of the heap. Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-5777776744604547382014-10-28T15:11:05.379-04:002014-10-28T15:11:05.379-04:00I wish more people were aware of Naomi Wolf's ...I wish more people were aware of Naomi Wolf's book, "The End of America." It was published in 2007 and in just seven more years we've marched steadily down the road to Fascism (thanks, President Lesser Evil). I don't normally associate Naomi Wolf with political commentary and I've never read anything else by her, but it is spot on.<br /><br />voice-in-wildernessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-48065881305635260732014-10-28T12:09:58.818-04:002014-10-28T12:09:58.818-04:00Such a cute puppy, Karen.
I usually open my mail...Such a cute puppy, Karen. <br /><br />I usually open my mail with an antique letter opener that I'm fond of. However, I've noticed I hardly need to use it anymore since most things are already open. It's a wonder the contents haven't fallen out. <br /><br />Here's my comment to the NYT:<br /><br />'I've been wondering what that little orange tag hanging on the inside of my PO box meant. It's barely visible for me see it from my side. My box rent is paid up. Hmmm. Thanks, PO staff, for leaving me a clue ;-)<br /><br />Seriously though, are the PO employees under gag orders when they are told to monitor who sends us what from where? Is the monitoring done at the regional sorting center or at the end point?<br /><br />I'm hoping postal employees would do as the great librarian Jessamyn West did when, in response to FBI National Security Letters being issued under gag orders to libraries, she hung a sign in the library saying 'THE FBI HAS NOT BEEN HERE (Watch very closely for the removal of this sign)'. I think the Gov has since made even that illegal.<br /><br />Whether it's the FBI, the NSA, Homeland Security, or Border Patrol, which now patrols 100 miles from the border which encompasses 90% of the US population, the one thing we can be certain of is that Big Brother has us covered - with an Iron Curtain of surveillance.<br /><br />We know we're in big trouble now that the Government is discussing cancelling passports for us to get OUT.' annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-47072427269536042212014-10-28T12:02:20.815-04:002014-10-28T12:02:20.815-04:00With that nice doggie in the front yard, it’s a wo...With that nice doggie in the front yard, it’s a wonder you still have home delivery.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.com