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Postal officials defend $13,500 steak dinner
Sun Sentinel ^
| 4-11-2008
| Mark K. Matthews
Posted on 04/11/2008 1:07:48 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: count-your-change
USPS has a monopoly on "letter mail" ~ not just First-Class Mail. However, there are exceptions ~ some of them written into the law, others under various legal theories.
Unfortunately for USPS they have some "products/services" that are COMPETITIVE.
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:31:26 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Tamar1973
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:31:55 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Popman
But did you have exclusive use of the dining room for conversation? That’ll add another $50 per person onto any tab ~ and that’d be something as simple as Houlihans.
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:33:06 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: mo
And the Postal types would be quick to tell you “We know where you live” (if they were allowed to).
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:34:00 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: arderkrag
Uhh, that'd be DOD? Haven't brought home any loot lately ~ mostly expenses ~ total subsidy.
We need a government agency that TAKES MONEY FROM OTHER COUNTRIES!!!
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:34:55 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: <1/1,000,000th%
The USPS is an independent executive establishment. It is not private. There are, of course, some folks in top management dedicated to the idea that it be operated as a private monpoly. Certain Congress critters still get their butts wiped by these guys. That’s not changed.
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:36:23 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Big Giant Head
Which cut of steak did you have? :)
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:36:59 AM PDT
by
Doohickey
("We cannot insure victory, but we can deserve it" - John Adams)
To: arderkrag
USPS is the most efficient postal operation in the world ~ bar none. It has had phenomenal and unending productivity improvements going on 45 years.
And your claim is based on what information?
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:38:50 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah
...and the rest were private sector people being entertained for business purposes. I would never, ever, let one of my customers pick up the tab for a business dinner.
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:39:57 AM PDT
by
Doohickey
("We cannot insure victory, but we can deserve it" - John Adams)
To: muawiyah
Having done some work with USPS on the IT side of things - while there are certainly things that can be done better, I can’t disagree with your there.
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:42:33 AM PDT
by
Doohickey
("We cannot insure victory, but we can deserve it" - John Adams)
To: Cagey
...and, in one case, $77,700 worth of expensive suits bought by the Pentagon. If they were Kevlar vests and Nomex suits for soldiers, I'm ok with this part...but ONLY this part!
(I know...I know...)
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posted on
04/12/2008 6:43:12 AM PDT
by
bannie
(clintons CHEAT! It's their only weapon.)
To: jughandle
more than $500 for shrimp cocktailsAre you sure YOU weren't there?
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posted on
04/12/2008 7:05:07 AM PDT
by
dbwz
(kthxbai)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/12/2008 7:15:54 AM PDT
by
Brucifer
(G. W. Bush "The dog ate my copy of the Constitution.")
To: Big Giant Head
Painting with a broad brush is something that comes naturally to far too many freepers. Ask the teachers and cops and lawyers. I'm sure I'm leaving some folks out, but those few pop out right away.
It's too bad the bosses didn't invite you to the wing ding. Sounds like you deserved it more than they did.
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posted on
04/12/2008 7:22:11 AM PDT
by
Brucifer
(G. W. Bush "The dog ate my copy of the Constitution.")
To: muawiyah
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posted on
04/12/2008 11:38:12 AM PDT
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: dbwz
We once had a community party/meeting (about 100 families) where we roasted a lamb and roasted numerous chickens (as in teriyaki chicken), plus provided soda pop and non-alcoholic drinks, etc.
We spent $5,000 easy ~ and without the shrimp.
Lot of it depends on what you like to eat. However, with American caught shrimp running at $12.00 per pound (by the bushel) around here, $500 worth would be about 42 pounds.
That's nothing for 81 guests. In lawziana that'd be an embarrassment.
Maybe the GAO would prefer shrimp raised in Chinese Communist over medicated, lead infested shrimp farms?
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:50:22 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Considering inflation, postage rates at the moment are roughly equivalent to those in effect in 1958.
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:51:48 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Cagey
Just wait for Hillarys healthcare. Can you imagine the bill that a table full of doctors and "government" health care officials would run up!
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posted on
04/12/2008 12:58:07 PM PDT
by
Species8472
(People who live by the sword are usually shot to death)
To: dbwz
Ok, but it was worth it......and I’d do it again.
To: PalmettoMason; arderkrag
And the sniper fire. Dont forget the sniper fire! Okay, now that's funny!
I'm not defending the steak-house festival, but the USPS cannot be the most inefficient and disorganized part of the Government. It is being run supposedly as a free-standing business, changes coming down constantly to help cut costs, increase productivity, and improve the mail flow.
Compare this effort to Congress, for example. Which do you get your money's worth out of?
I'm trying to point out to you supposedly smart freepers that blanket statements deriding the entire operation based on ONE possible abuse is not freeper-quality thinking, and frankly embarrassing to read. It's fun and games smacking around the post office, but it's not based on a fair examination of the whole affair. I used to think like that too, until I started working there.
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posted on
04/12/2008 7:35:29 PM PDT
by
Big Giant Head
(I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
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