Postal Service Loses $8.5 Billion

Posted on November 13, 2010 by BobMcCarty

The U.S. Postal Service’s just-released 2009 Annual Report contains some hard-to-swallow numbers about the agency’s efficiency, effectiveness and long-term viability. Most disturbing among them is the number reflecting net losses during fiscal year 2010: $8.5 billion.

The USPS only lost $3.8 billion the previous year despite, according to a Nov. 16, 2009, news release, implementing cost-cutting efforts that resulted in $6 billion in cost savings and a $4 billion reduction in required payments for retiree health benefits.

Makes one wonder how well government-run health care (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”) will work — or not work as the case will likely be.

Do We Really Need Obama’s Council of Governors?

Posted on January 14, 2010 by BobMcCarty

Only two weeks after he signed an executive order tasking the Postal Service with distributing countermeasures in case of bioweapon attack, it appears President Barack Obama is at it again. On Monday, he signed another executive order to establish something he calls a “Council of Governors.”

Among the national news media, only the Los Angeles Times ran a piece on it, and they did it without comment, simply publishing the text of the order. Therefore, I’m inviting you to help me answer the question, “Do we really need Obama’s Council of Governors?”

Please click here or on the image at the top of this post to read the document, then share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Hat tip: Magiman007

President Tasks Postal Service to Distribute Countermeasures in Case of BioWeapon Attack

Posted on December 30, 2009 by hotoffthepress2

Though the always-transparent (NOT!) White House web site contains no news of it, President Barack Obama has reportedly signed an executive order — yes, another one. This time, he’s tasked the United States Postal Service to help distribute countermeasures in the event of a biological weapons attack within the United States.

Why the Postal Service? Because, according to a New York Times report, of its ”capacity for rapid residential delivery.” Yeah, right.

AFP reports President Obama has given Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius 180 days to come up with the plan for the USPS. Sigh.

Among those likely to be excited about the prospects of letter carriers distributing countermeasures to bioweapons is the man shown in the video above. During an anti-socialism rally Oct 3 in O’Fallon, Mo., he was one of a handful of union-organized counter-protesters who showed up to express unbridled support for government-run health care. Incredibly, he cited the USPS as a prime example of government’s ability to run things “beautifully.”

Muslims View World Peace Very Differently

Posted on November 5, 2009 by hotoffthepress2

St. Louis native William J. Federer, who’s work has appeared on this blog several times, points out the ultimate result of U.S. deference to Muslims in an excellent piece published today at World Net Daily. An excerpt from Islam’s World Peace: Now or Later? appears below:

Moderate Muslims believe the world will submit to Allah later, maybe at the end of the world, or maybe just figuratively.

Since it is so far off in the distant future, moderate Muslims have a more relaxed, patient attitude that allows them to get along in a friendly way with non-Muslim infidels.

Moderate Muslims can live comfortably in a free, democratic society.

Fundamental Muslims, on the other hand, think the world is in the process of submitting to Allah now. They are very excited and want to establish Shariah law, even justifying threats of violence and terrorism.

What are moderate Muslims, who believe the world will submit to Allah later, supposed to think when they see unprecedented acts of acceptance of Islam right now?

Such as:

•   U.S. Postal Service issuing Islamic postage stamps (September 2001; October 2002)
•   President Bush removing his shoes and visiting a mosque (Dec. 5, 2002)
•   President Bush putting a Quran in the Presidential Library (October 2005)
•   President Bush celebrating Ramadan for the first time in the White House (Oct. 18, 2005)
•   U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Muslim, taking his oath of office upon a Quran (2007)
•   Presidential candidate Obama reciting Muslim prayers in Arabic, saying it is “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset” (New York Times, Feb. 27, 2007)
•   U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi putting on Muslim hijab veil during a trip to Syria (April 2007)
•   President Bush appointing a Muslim, Zalmay Khalilzad, to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (April 17, 2007)
•   President Bush removing his shoes and visiting a Mosque a second time (July 27, 2007)
•   U.S. First Lady Laura Bush putting on Muslim hijab veil during trip to Persian Gulf (Oct. 29, 2007, Jerusalem Post)
•   A second Muslim, Andre Carson, is elected to the U.S. Congress (2008)
•   Presidential candidate Obama mistakenly says in a George Stephanopoulos interview, “My Muslim faith” (Sep. 7, 2008)
•   President Barack Hussein Obama elected, whose middle name is that of Muhammad’s grandson (November 2008)
•   President Obama bows to Saudi King Abdullah (April 1, 2009)
•   President Obama says America is not a Christian nation (April 6, 2009)
•   President appoints devout Muslim Arif Alikhan to key position in the Department of Homeland Security (May 6, 2009)
•   President Obama does NOT publicly recognize America’s traditional National Day of Prayer (May 6, 2009)
•   President Obama says America is one of the largest Muslim countries (June 3, 2009)
•   President appoints Syrian-born devout Muslim Kareem Shora to key position in the Department of Homeland Security (June 5, 2009)
•   President Obama broadcasts a Ramadan message to Muslims of the world (Aug. 22, 2009)
•   President Obama publicly recognizes the Muslim Ramadan with a dinner at the White House (Sept. 1, 2009)
•   Hundreds of Muslims gather at the U.S. Capitol to bow toward Mecca (Sept. 25, 2009)
•   White House’s first full-veiled Muslim woman adviser, Egyptian-born Dalia Mogahed, praised Shariah law as “gender justice” (Oct. 4, 2009, on London-based TV discussion program “Muslimah Dilemma,” hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party)

To read the rest of this eye-opening article, click here.

White House Forgets: Doctors Rallied Against Government-Run Health Care Last Month

Posted on October 5, 2009 by hotoffthepress2

When the White House used the headline, Doctors from All 50 States Come to Support Health Insurance Reform, atop an article a blog post about President Barack Obama’s rally on the White House lawn today, did they think Americans would just forget what happened in the nation’s capitol less than a month ago? I think they did; therefore, I offer a reminder from a BMW post published Sept. 11:

Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., Thursday to show their strident opposition to ObamaCare. The messages communicated in the photos above and below, shot by El Marco of Looking at the Left, shatter the government-created myth that there is unanimous support amongst health care professionals — including the nurses President Barack Obama “loves” so much — for Democrat plans to have the federal government take over health care. Many more photos and details are available here.

Highway Separates Patriots, Public Option Backers

Posted on October 3, 2009 by hotoffthepress2

Some 200 patriotic citizens lined one side of Highway K early this afternoon at the intersection of Highways K & N in O’Fallon, Mo. Their signs told the story of their passionate disdain for socialism, government-run health care and an out-of-control federal government. Across the street, barely a dozen individuals carried signs in support of the so-called “Public Option” and other liberal agenda items. In the video above, I showcase representatives from both sides of the street, allowing each to air their beliefs.

Rallies like the one today have become a weekly event, drawing as many as 300 conservative, Constitution-loving citizens weekly and outnumbering those with opposing views more than 10 to 1.

To learn more about Janet Allquist and what motivated her to organize the rallies, watch this video from Friday night’s St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party. Janet is one of many individuals I interviewed. Hint: She’s standing in front of a K-N-Patriots.org banner.

To learn more about the organization behind the weekly rallies, visit www.K-N-Patriots.org.

To see other videos of the Oct. 10 rally, click here.

Postal Service Changes Raise Cash, Fight Hunger

Posted on April 1, 2009 by hotoffthepress2

The U.S. Postal Service expects to save more than $100 million annually through a series of cost-cutting steps, but a handful of other steps reportedly being taken by the agency during its economic crisis will raise both cash and eyebrows.

Eighty district offices will be closed, according to a recent news release. In addition, more than 1,400 mail processing supervisor and management positions at nearly 400 facilities around the country are being eliminated and nearly 150,000 employees nationwide are being given the opportunity to take an early retirement.

According to an unidentified agency source, however, the agency is taking three other steps as follows:

The Postal Service will soon begin replacing its familiar red, white and blue outdoor mail receptacles with new coin-operated mailboxes. In addition to paying for stamps, Postal Service customers will be required to deposit 25 cents into a slot in order to deposit a letter at a mailing location other than their home mailbox. So as not to confuse customers who wait until the last day to mail their tax returns, this program will not begin until April 16 and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009.

In order to lower printing and production costs and boost affinity program revenues, the Postal Service will no longer offer self-adhesive stamps or stamps pretreated with nasty-tasting moisture-activated adhesives. Instead, customers will be able to choose from a variety of “Flavor-Lick” and “Fresh-Scent Spray” adhesives that capitalize upon unique marketing arrangements with several name-brand companies. To date, the list of companies said to be partnering with the Postal Service on the “Flavor-Lick” initiative includes — but is not limited to — Coca-Cola®, Listerine® and Red Bull®. A partial list of the companies said to be participating in the “Fresh-Scent Spray” initiative includes — but is not limited to — Dolce&Gabbana®, Glade® and Yankee Candle®.

In an effort to help reduce world hunger, the Postal Service plans to phase out traditional wood-based paper envelopes. In place of them, the agency will offer only envelopes made of rice paper after July 1. Furthermore, the Postal Service has notified envelope manufacturers and customers alike that the agency will no longer deliver envelopes not made of rice paper after Dec. 31, 2009.

If the measures above are successful, many government watchdog agencies expect the Postal Service to implement several other ideas, many of which were reportedly submitted by third graders.

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