Where is the economics in this? Companies get a special postage deal to send mass-mailed junk mail to people like me. Because of the discount, the postal service loses money and eventually has to ask for higher first class rates to cover the losses and/or must lay off some postal workers. I take the junk mail and without even opening it up, place it in my shredder and pay the extra electricity to grind up the mail. Then I pay for trash collectors to pick up the shreds. It seems that junk mail is the culprit. Let's make ONLY directly addressed mail that is sent first class legal. All the other bulk-rate mail should be illegal. We waste enough trees to make the mail, and gasoline to deliver it- they should pay the same rate as you or I, or not at all.
The first fly drops... Pawlenty drops out. More to follow...
'Tis a shame that those of us that could afford to take a vacation did not vacate TOTALLY. Having a "plugged-in Summer" is not my idea of getting away from it all. We have forgotten what nature has to offer us. Not to mention what our bodies and mind crave- a break. The Europeans know about vacations. Most of them take the month of August off- all at once. What this does, is to force even those that remain, into a slower pace. Don't ever visit Europe in August because usually the tourist areas are closed. We would NEVER think of doing anything so civil in the USA.
A Sunday school teacher is concerned that his students might be a little confused about Jesus, so he
asks his class, "Where is Jesus today?"
Steven raises his hand and says, "He's in Heaven."
Mary answers, "He's in my heart."
Little Johnny waves his hand furiously and blurts out, "He's in our bathroom!"
The surprised teacher asks Little Johnny how he knows this.
"Well," Little Johnny says, "every morning, my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom door and yells 'Jesus Christ, are you still in there?!'"
