[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', '
')2nd no capitalist entity will provide services in areas that are not profitable - so very small market areas, e.g., small town america, very rural areas, etc. could kiss the service they have been accustomed to for over a century g'bye.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', '
')the USPS, on the other hand, won't charge me to pick-up or charge extra to deliver my letters because i live in the middle of nowhere.

[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', '
')the USPS, on the other hand, won't charge me to pick-up or charge extra to deliver my letters because i live in the middle of nowhere.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', '
')the USPS, on the other hand, won't charge me to pick-up or charge extra to deliver my letters because i live in the middle of nowhere.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fishman', '&')quot;The GOP is moving us into a post-apocalypse economy without the fuss of an actual crisis."

So you're saying, without even knowing it, the GOP is handling the post peak oil scenario, or "powering down" I think its called. Bravo.
We knew all along those living on unicorn dreams of hope and change would be clueless when the post peak oil "post-apocalypse economy " came along. Dang, reality sux

[Cog]

Your illusion is there are solutions instead of chaos and mayhem.

Give us more of this power-down and make it snappy.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', ' ')they are giving us the chaos and mayhem minus the solutions.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'Y')our illusion is there are solutions instead of chaos and mayhem.

Give us more of this power-down and make it snappy.

[basil_hayden]

I think everyone in the world knows about the USPS so they could probably cut some costs advertising every 10 minutes on TV...

[peeker01]

Indeed. Every time I go to the post office I say "never again". They have the lights turned off
to save energy, there is one person at the counter and 10 people in line and the floors are dirty
because they have cut back on the cleaning staff. For a few bucks more, I go to the UPS store
and help feed a franchisee and his family working hard to make an honest buck.

[Fishman]

"I'm saying they are giving us the chaos and mayhem minus the solutions" Sorry if the only "solution" you know is "spend more money". Remember the site is PEAK OIL, correlates with PEAK spending.

And this is just too easy
"Some people have been living in their own personal bubble of chaos and mayhem their whole lives, and all their actions are an attempt to suck other people into their orbit." Describes most of the folks who voted for our dear president, recipients of certain entitlements, etc.

"Needless to say, in any crisis these will be the ones that force themselves to the front and have the most negative influence" Like those who think spending more money will solve the problems, when there is no more money. Wow, a new motto POWER DOWN

[beamofthewave]

You really should tell that to the banksters, no more money, please. What a line, and the entitlement spending of the rich and the 600 million to the oil industry every quarter is not going to end Fishman so just give up whining about it. As much as you complain about it, it does not matter, the corporations and the banks are going to keep their welfare mentality and entitlement mentality and keep taking the trillions of dollars from the fed, a backdoor QE this time.

[AgentR11]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'T')he GOP is moving us into a post-apocalypse economy without the fuss of an actual crisis.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'G')ood. You can look at bills and pay them online. The utility of snail mail is rapidly becoming that of buggy whips.

[Cog]

Send them a check Lore. I'm done with subsidizing government failure.

[peeker01]

An apt illustration Lore. The Postman had an 80 million dollar budget, but only grossed 18m.
And did I mention I found it unwatchable? However, maybe I will give it another try in light
of all the doomers I correspond with.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'S')end them a check Lore. I'm done with subsidizing government failure.

[peeker01]

I went to Europe last winter. Needed to stay in touch with the office, so I rented a sat
phone. I left the sat phone antenna in Finland by mistake. The client immediately shipped
it back to me, but it sat in a New York USPS customs impound for so long, over a month,
I ended up buying another one so I could return the sat phone & antenna. How come this
never happens at Fedex?

By the way, I was very satisfied with the Iridium sat phone. Cheaper than international
roaming, and always worked.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'G')ood. You can look at bills and pay them online. The utility of snail mail is rapidly becoming that of buggy whips.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('peeker01', 'I') went to Europe last winter. Needed to stay in touch with the office, so I rented a sat
phone. I left the sat phone antenna in Finland by mistake. The client immediately shipped
it back to me, but it sat in a New York USPS customs impound for so long, over a month,
I ended up buying another one so I could return the sat phone & antenna. How come this
never happens at Fedex?

By the way, I was very satisfied with the Iridium sat phone. Cheaper than international
roaming, and always worked.