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First of all, to all of you who are quoting accident statistics and the like, this is so different. When you were born into this world, or at least for the last 30 years, the "contract" you made with your day-to-day existence did NOT contemplate such risks, and the fact that they are coming from WITHIN this country makes it all the more scary and sinister. The WTC attack and anthrax mailings were no accidents. Also, since I heard on the news earlier that the Daschle anthrax was so potent as to expose someone who was 20 yards down the hall, and so many postal workers (bless their souls) are droppping like flies, that is not a normal risk associated with everyday life and even if not completely unavoidable as we are "at war" should be better dealt with. This thing has the potential to get bigger, yes, but why don't we at least TRY to prevent that... And that may just start with people being very fearful of what I believe is a legitamate risk. Just the other day the CDC et al were saying the postal workers weren't really at risk but lo and behold they were, and today they say our (the USPS consumers' mail) is okay, but why should we believe that??? Especially if the stuff is so darn potent! And what's with this cropduster in Mississippi, and not being able to isolate anthrax in the body before death (as in 2 recent postal worker deaths). I do not think it is unreasonable to be scared, and to take precautions and to demand action on the part of govt to get to bottom of problem (even if this is only one in a series).

Hey, I'm with you, I called my congressman about immigration and visa's, they don't care. There are 30 million visas out there in the world. You and I are easy to replace with a third worlder and congress doesn't miss a beat raking in those corporate donations, and arab money. What's a few worker bees compared to messing with free trade and the cheap labor from immigration?

Look how badly the postal workers were treated, they stepped all over their bodies to save a few elite congressmen.