STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 2 May 2012

[Demeter]

26. Save the Post Office: Make up for the drop in physical volume with digital services

http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/save-the-post-office-make-up-for-the-drop-in-physical-volume-with-digital-services/

Well, I’ve got a suggestion for how to make up for “drop in mail volume due to e-mail” :

1. I would like it if the US Post Office could set up an email server with the same privacy guarantees that we have with the US Mail.
   
2. Require warrants to open and access messages, attachments and contact lists (for starters).
   
3. Forbid harvesting messages, attachments and contact lists (for starters) for marketing research.
   
4. I would pay a reasonable price for this service.

And this is just the start. They could provide VoIP, video & instant messaging. The Post Office could be the department that manages and maintains a high grade Public Internet. They could provide cell phone service. They could provide printing and delivery services — messages or attachments could be printed on postcards or some kind of security stationary at the Post Office closest to destination and then delivered in hard copy to the recipient — bridging the distance between traditional mail and email. And, hey! They already have the delivery part covered, don’t they?

The key element to all of these services is that just as with the physical documents delivered by the Post Office our digital documents would be protected by the sort of privacy we grew up expecting — and have been denied until now with our digital communication.

I never understood why public Internet services had to be delivered and controlled by private corporations — ESPECIALLY email. Now is the perfect time to start making our United States Postal Service relevant, useful AND profitable.

AND THAT, MY DEAR, IS YOUR PROBLEM...YOU KNOW NEITHER BIG BUSINESS NOR BIG GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO GIVE UP THAT MUCH POWER OVER THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LIVES AND POCKETBOOKS! IT'S ALL ABOUT POWER, AS IN, WE DON'T USE WHAT WE HAVE, AND SO WE ARE LOSING IT. THE ELITES HAVE DECIDED: THE PEOPLE (99%) ARE TO HAVE NEITHER PROFITS NOR PRIVACY.

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROJECT FOR THE OCCUPYING FORCE, BY THE WAY