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suffragette

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10. It's all about killing the union and the idea of secure retirement/pensions for working people and

Reply to SunsetDreams (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 02:54 PM

Feb 2012

privatizing public services.

A greedy 3-fer, if you will.

Great job of pulling the pertinent pieces together in your OP and this post.

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USPS Board of Governors Appointed Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe(MORE)UPDATE [View all] SunsetDreams Feb 2012 OP

Thank you for gathering this info! hedgehog Feb 2012 #1

You're welcome SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #3

Very educational lunatica Feb 2012 #2

It is "the busy invisible hand of the GOP in action" SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #5

Easier not to read and just blame Obama. great white snark Feb 2012 #4

I hear ya, you are very welcome :) SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #7

kick SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #6

How the Right Wing Destroyed the U.S. Postal Service SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #8

It's all about killing the union and the idea of secure retirement/pensions for working people and suffragette Feb 2012 #10

agreed, the GOP have been planning this for years SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #13

You may want to look at this as well suffragette Feb 2012 #15

Thank you so much for that, another update to the OP SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #16

Yes, a total Shock Doctrine set up with Issa a central player suffragette Feb 2012 #18

Geez, SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #29

Thanks for posting this. Swede Feb 2012 #9

You're welcome, I've updated it a few times SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #17

kick Swede Feb 2012 #43

Interesting, more ProSense Feb 2012 #11

You mean to tell me Obama can't fire the guy according to law? Thank you for facts! SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #12

Thanks. n/t ProSense Feb 2012 #14

anytime :) SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #31

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #19

This started with Nixon nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #20

Nixon and George W. Bush SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #21

thank you for upholding the high standard of DU! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #22

My pleasure and thank you SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #23

But the President can ignore all of this and order the PO to deliver mail twice a day!!!!!!!!!!!!! grantcart Feb 2012 #24

Obama has the power to stop postal closures w/ the stroke of his pen. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #26

No he doesn't and that is a law SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #27

Of course he does. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #35

Executive Order 13527 of December 30, 2009 related to a Biological Attack? SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #39

no he does not grantcart Feb 2012 #33

Of course he can. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #36

Is it a matter of national security... one_voice Feb 2012 #37

You are trying so hard..as a matter of National Security? Seriously? SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #38

Well looky at that! Truth does matter, doesn't it? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #25

Kick for the truth. nt geek tragedy Feb 2012 #28

The USPS Board of Governors needs to be investigated thoroughly New Yawker Feb 2012 #30

K & R n/t glinda Feb 2012 #32

thanks SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #40

. SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #34

Another kick for the sake of clarity. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2012 #41

kick SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #42