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51. "The Ed Show" gets it right -

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 02:18 PM

Dec 2013

"The Ed Show" gets it right -

Some in the media are finally paying attention. Maybe the country will start getting it too.

Video; http://savethepostoffice.com/ed-show-gets-it-right

Ed has covered this many times, its sad and maddening how ruthless Republicans really are, Paul Ryans Ayn Rand Philosophy.

Conservatives once ridiculed Ayn Rand

Today’s libertarian rightist radicals distinguish between “makers” and “takers.” In the flagship conservative magazine of the 1950s, Whittaker Chambers did not tolerate such crude sloganeering: Snip

Chambers did not live to see one of Ayn Rand’s early disciples, Alan Greenspan, become chairman of the Federal Reserve, the ultimate technocrat of the financial caste, if not of industrialists and engineers. Snip

What should we conclude from the fact that Ayn Rand’s works are admired by 21st century American rightists like Paul Ryan who have forgotten, if they ever knew about, sophisticated conservative intellectuals like Chambers and Buckley? Gore Vidal’s comments in 1961 seem chillingly prescient in 2013:

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/08/conservatives_once_ridiculed_ayn_rand/

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Congress is being bribed to kill the Postal Service. Even though they do better than FedEx or UPS. [View all] riqster Dec 2013 OP

I don't hear any reports about the postal service scrambling to deliver late Christmas packages liberal N proud Dec 2013 #1

They also have to deliver to everyone. riqster Dec 2013 #5

I think they could raise their rates MynameisBlarney Dec 2013 #8

It depends on where they're shipping to and from. pnwmom Dec 2013 #41

They are... mimi85 Dec 2013 #85

"They" cannot. SomeGuyInEagan Dec 2013 #89

My wife and I have been going out of our way to use the USPS more and more. onehandle Dec 2013 #2

Us, too. riqster Dec 2013 #3

46 cents USPS vs $12.50 UPS...... for a LETTER! ErikJ Dec 2013 #35

That is why they are trying to take that business away from the USPS. riqster Dec 2013 #37

EXACTLY...!!!! ardy Dec 2013 #48

Privatization mean PROFITS for the greedy. glinda Dec 2013 #58

As a former USPS city carrier, I never use anything but the post office. Those Nay Dec 2013 #91

I always use the post office wilt the stilt Dec 2013 #4

Good one to use. I just don't hear many complaints in my area. It's mostly wingnuts who say it here. freshwest Dec 2013 #32

Good thread malaise Dec 2013 #6

And to you! riqster Dec 2013 #7

The Post Office is in the Constitution--they CAN'T get rid of it Demeter Dec 2013 #9

They could privatize it. Another way of killing it. riqster Dec 2013 #12

No, they can't. Not any more than they have. Demeter Dec 2013 #18

Yes, Congress can, all they have to say is UPS is the Post Office. happyslug Dec 2013 #72

Awesome post. riqster Dec 2013 #73

They may not be able to get rid of it entirely mac56 Dec 2013 #13

Unfortunately they could. They already got the ruling back in 1969 or 1970. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #71

I always use the USPS to send things. HappyMe Dec 2013 #10

Congress doesn't work for Us - they work for the 1% FreakinDJ Dec 2013 #11

You got that right. nt riqster Dec 2013 #14

WTF? Octoberfurst Dec 2013 #15

The reason? The payments from FedEx and UPS. riqster Dec 2013 #20

This was a poison pill . . . aggiesal Dec 2013 #36

The reason? BobUp Dec 2013 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Dec 2013 #59

I live in a rural area. I can see the post office down the street. mountain grammy Dec 2013 #16

Oh yeah. Also some blighted urban areas. riqster Dec 2013 #19

My job requires me to be shipping packages all the time. Jetboy Dec 2013 #17

Replace "even though" in your OP title with "because" n/t Fumesucker Dec 2013 #21

When you are right, you're right. riqster Dec 2013 #26

+1 a significant amount.......nt Enthusiast Dec 2013 #82

Yep, USPS handles 160 billion pieces of mail per year, mbperrin Dec 2013 #22

the last sentence up there is the funniest damn thing iv'e read all week... Volaris Dec 2013 #87

I don't understand the hate/complaining about USPS Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2013 #23

That last sentence is the killer question. riqster Dec 2013 #29

The PTB say we aren't using it anymore AllyCat Dec 2013 #56

Maybe not as much as we did in "the olden days" Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2013 #75

I agree with you, but the media tells us otherwise. AllyCat Dec 2013 #94

I hate that this is happening, and speak publicly about it often. byronius Dec 2013 #24

The USPS got all my xmas packages there a day before they said they would this year. cags Dec 2013 #25

Republican cronies have their eyes on some of the most valuable randr Dec 2013 #27

Diane Feinstein's husband is selling it off at this summerschild Dec 2013 #39

Like vultures pickin at the bones of America randr Dec 2013 #65

Is HR 1351 still being pushed or is there a new fix for this GOP nonsense? KurtNYC Dec 2013 #28

I believe it is still being blocked by the GOP. riqster Dec 2013 #44

We really can't say this enough, so I hope that your thread senseandsensibility Dec 2013 #30

USPS is a bargain ramapo Dec 2013 #31

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #33

Thanks back atcha, Uncle Joe. riqster Dec 2013 #34

My First Thought When I Heard of the FedEx/UPS Fiasco Stainless Dec 2013 #38

And all the Fox Addicts spreading the lies about how the USPS is soooo bad. riqster Dec 2013 #40

Kicking! go west young man Dec 2013 #42

If only one of these three services survives I prefer it be the US Postal Service. GoneFishin Dec 2013 #43

If the USPS goes down, triple rates AND less service from the other two. riqster Dec 2013 #45

A reader pointed this out: riqster Dec 2013 #46

We need to fight this. I live 10 miles from the nearest post office. jwirr Dec 2013 #47

I think the subject line of that blog post is a little extreme! George II Dec 2013 #49

Seems fair to me. But then, UPS isn't giving me tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. riqster Dec 2013 #54

Well, let's just look at the contribution from UPS... George II Dec 2013 #68

weak attempt nt U4ikLefty Dec 2013 #88

Reality George II Dec 2013 #92

These same "bribes" are what is ruining this country by taking away any semblance of Representative Dustlawyer Dec 2013 #50

"The Ed Show" gets it right - mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #51

USPS Flat Rate Priority shipping. Free franking. Best things ever for personal and small business. haele Dec 2013 #52

This post should be an OP. riqster Dec 2013 #53

Excellent post malaise Dec 2013 #64

Amen CaptCaribbean Dec 2013 #55

Much of the country is a right-wing echo chamber. riqster Dec 2013 #60

They busted Madame Marie, too. n/t Orsino Dec 2013 #61

Soul crushing Shibainu Dec 2013 #62

Not directed at you. riqster Dec 2013 #63

Large business shipping is what UPS was set up to do. haele Dec 2013 #67

Well put! riqster Dec 2013 #69

Oh no! I'm a rural carrier and saw you guys out hoofing it also! GobBluth Dec 2013 #70

Indeed! riqster Dec 2013 #74

Strange coincidence: JDPriestly Dec 2013 #66

Whoever has the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, MAKES THE RULES. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #76

The true "golden rule". riqster Dec 2013 #79

Our New and Improved Congress 2.0 does NOTHING unless bribed to do so. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2013 #77

The "capitalism can do it better" meme is pure bullshit KansDem Dec 2013 #78

Where are the mass xxqqqzme Dec 2013 #80

This is an example of, "Our Party leaving us." Enthusiast Dec 2013 #81

One more example of taking over swilton Dec 2013 #83

Bought cheaply Moral Compass Dec 2013 #84

K&R. USPS regularly delivers for UPS/FedEx in areas that the others deem "unprofitable". El_Johns Dec 2013 #86

Subsidizing is the word all right. riqster Dec 2013 #93

USPS should offer encrypted privacy rights protected email, as well as mobile internet/phone service grahamhgreen Dec 2013 #90