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Unused ‘fitness’ stamps lie waiting in Postal Service warehouse (Moochelle Sad)
nypost ^ | Nov. 29, 2014 | Marisa Schultz

Posted on 11/29/2014 6:03:00 AM PST by PROCON

The US Postal Service is going to take another shot at developing stamps promoting Michelle Obama’s fitness campaign after White House officials vetoed the ones they came up with last year.

The stamps, costing $146,250 to print and worth more than $22 million if sold, were never distributed.

Now, officials at the money-losing agency are getting ready to try again.

“We are continuing to develop plans regarding a fitness-themed stamp series,” USPS spokesman Mark Saunders told The Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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Three of 15 stamps raised red flags: a kid doing a headstand, another taking a cannonball dive into a pool and a skateboarder without knee pads.

Oh, the Humanity!

1 posted on 11/29/2014 6:03:00 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

How about a commemorative series of Mooch school lunch stamps? One could have a single baby carrot. Another a crisp apple slice.


2 posted on 11/29/2014 6:06:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: PROCON
Nanny Government is bad enough, But a stupid nanny!!!

Isn't it amazing that in 1800, with a tiny fraction of the present population, America could field a team like Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe--- tough minds, tough men -- and tody we get this sack-of-jelly ruling class that can't do anything but bait the races, ooze self-righteousness over trivialities, take your money, and order you to do the absurd?

3 posted on 11/29/2014 6:24:41 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Without justice, what is the State but a great band of robbers?" -- St. Augustine of Hippo)
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To: PROCON

Stamps? Do they still make those?

I can’t remember the last time I put a stamp on an envelope. I think it was a ‘forever’ stamp from 2 increases ago.

Most of my bills are email/online and nearly all of my payments are, as well. For some payments where a paper check is actually written, I let the bank mail the check.

For most payments, I get an immediate email/website confirmation. That is better than posting things through the mail. My postal service has a long history of losing mail containing bills and payments.


4 posted on 11/29/2014 6:27:56 AM PST by TomGuy ( n)
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...White House officials vetoed...

Gee, who could those "White House officials" be?

5 posted on 11/29/2014 6:45:21 AM PST by CPOSharky (I was born with nothing, and I still have most of it.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Hee, hee...

6 posted on 11/29/2014 7:10:38 AM PST by W. (We won. Get over it! Or not--I don't care--because we won!)
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To: PROCON

They could paste them across her rump....oh, wait....probably not enough of them were printed.


7 posted on 11/29/2014 7:10:41 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: PROCON

Man, modern Americans sure are pussified. This is ridiculous.


8 posted on 11/29/2014 7:11:12 AM PST by dinodino
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To: PROCON

How about a series listing all of MOOOOOOOCH’s vacations. That could be a huge series of stamps!!


9 posted on 11/29/2014 7:11:32 AM PST by navyguy294
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“Three of 15 stamps raised red flags: a kid doing a headstand, another taking a cannonball dive into a pool and a skateboarder without knee pads.”

I want one of Rollie Free doing 150mph on his Vincent wearing only a bathing suit.


10 posted on 11/29/2014 7:12:07 AM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: PROCON

I guess the one with lawn darts is right out.


11 posted on 11/29/2014 7:20:18 AM PST by PlateOfShrimp
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To: TomGuy

The good thing about US mail is they get rid of the junk I put in the envelope. Let me explain.

My wife sent a card to her nephew with a 20 dollar bill. The nephew got the card, taped shut, and the 20 dollar was missing.

I sent my Dad a card with a souvenir key chain. Worth about 5 dollars. I put five stamps on it so it would cover the weight. Thankfully he got the card with the envelope taped shut and missing the key chain.

So the US post office seems to be getting really good at deciding what should be in our envelops.


12 posted on 11/29/2014 8:04:58 AM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: PROCON

Okay, I get that they want the skateboarder to be wearing knee pads. But I am so far behind the times I don’t have a clue as to what protective gear is deemed necessary for a headstand or a cannonball.


13 posted on 11/29/2014 8:16:16 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: PROCON

Went to the post office to obtain the Hot Rod stamps and there long sold out collectors rub hands.


14 posted on 11/29/2014 9:07:04 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: PROCON

Take $146,250. out of the Whitehouse budget next year.


15 posted on 11/29/2014 9:12:13 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: PROCON; Slings and Arrows

Maybe they should put pictures of the new school menu foods on stamps out there. It would make people sick looking at them and they might lose weight.


16 posted on 11/29/2014 9:57:13 PM PST by Trillian
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To: W.

Nine out of ten orphans can’t tell the difference.


17 posted on 11/29/2014 10:06:58 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Trillian

They tried making a stamp of Michelle Obama, but people kept spitting on the wrong side.


18 posted on 11/29/2014 10:23:33 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You would need a lot of saliva to cover that large an area.


19 posted on 11/29/2014 10:31:23 PM PST by Trillian
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To: PROCON

I’d bet someone, somewhere, has a few sheets of them, and they’ll be as valuable as the inverted airmail issue.


20 posted on 11/29/2014 10:34:47 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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