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interesting, but such a waste. let the congress critters fend for themselves. | |
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| Re: what a waste "interesting, but such a waste. let the congress critters fend for themselves."
Not a waste if it works and saves a life! Also as stated not just for congress but all mail. I assume you have an issue with postal employee's to! | |
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| Re: what a waste Quote: The units that have been installed are effective, Burrus said. But not all mail is processed in postal facilities, he said. Some is prepared in advance by large business mailers and dropped off for delivery."
The key part is NOT ALL mail is processed for large mailers. Well does that mean if you have a Stamps.com account or some stamp meter that you're mail isn't touched? | |
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join:2006-09-02 | Re: what a waste It sounds like they're talking about "Pre-Sort" bulk mailers' stuff...like catalogs, magazines, junk mail. | |
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Toledo, OH | Re: what a waste The reason i posted that is I have a Stamps.com account and the mail I send out doesn't even go to the local sorting center; Toledo OH, it stays right here in town because its pre-stamped with the bar code. | |
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join:2003-10-11
Chantilly, VA
| Re: what a waste Getting a bar code is merely a single step in the sorting process. That code is then read to determine which bin it goes in.
So at some level it is most certainly sorted as the mail man does not pick it up from your house and drive it directly over to its destination because it has a bar code. It just may not go through the regional sorting center. | |
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| Re: what a waste Yes the barcode is just a first step. Letters that are able to be ran through a machine will go through a DBCS to walk sequence the letter. Unless the business sending the bulk mail has already done that. You can be traced through the stamps.com number on your letter. So if you did send anthrax you would get a visit from law enforcement. | |
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Davie, FL
| said by dbonamo  :Not a waste if it works and saves a life! Also as stated not just for congress but all mail. I assume you have an issue with postal employee's to! You think it's worth $800+ million to save one life? | |
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Spring Valley, CA
| Re: what a waste that's a fairly convuluted and narrow-sighted view. this isn't about saving one life per se, this is about setting up a system that can protect the nations populace against biological warfare that can come across our mail system which is a wide open plethora of illegal activity. this system will help to prevent that. not just for one person, but for everyone and that is certainly worth $800 million. | |
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Greenville, SC | If your life was on the line you would not think twice about the cost.... | |
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clubs: | Re: what a waste The taxpayers should keep the 800 million and I'll (along with most others) will take our chances. Hell, we have a better chance of choking on a pretzel. | |
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| said by TK Junk Mail :said by morbo :interesting, but such a waste. let the congress critters fend for themselves. This isn't just for Congress. It is deployed throughout the US to protect any US citizens receiving mail. I'm pretty sure that if I send you "a special gift" using Fedex it will not be sniffed. 
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| Re: what a waste said by Corvus :said by TK Junk Mail :This isn't just for Congress. It is deployed throughout the US to protect any US citizens receiving mail. I'm pretty sure that if I send you "a special gift" using Fedex it will not be sniffed. 1st of all Fedex isn't the US Postal Service and second - don't be so sure.
»www.fedex.com/us/services/option···ces.html
Hazardous-Materials Security
Due to a recent change in the federal regulations governing hazardous materials (HM-232), shippers and carriers are now required to develop and implement a security plan addressing risks related to the transportation of hazardous materials. We have such a plan in place and are in full compliance with this regulation, along with the security-training requirements specified in 49CFR 172.704.
Note: Due to the sensitive nature of this information, we cannot make a copy of our security plan available. And third, if I get a Fedex pkg I didn't order or expect, the local police may be getting a phone call to check things out.
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| Re: what a waste said by morbo :i'm tired of the scare tactics. enough already with the big bad wolf coming to destroy us via junk mail with anthrax in it. You realize this actually DID happen, right? To quite a few people, remember? Considering they've been working on this a long time and no one's been talking about it, I'd hardly call it a scare tactic.
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| Re: what a waste said by morbo :not quite a few people. a very small number of people. 5 dead, 20 were sick. compare that to the spinach e coli incident. 1 dead, 200 sick. we could spend that money on anti-smoking campaigns (400,000 deaths per year) or vehicle safety improvements or campaigns (25,000 deaths per year; 200,000+ injuries per year) and make much more of an impact. Point taken, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to stop the possible transmission of Anthrax as well.
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i'm all for being prepared. i just don't know if this is the right way to be prepared. | |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Would be interesting to see if post offices that serve dense population poor areas got the same early treatment as more affluent ones.... | |
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| Re: what a waste said by Karl Bode :Would be interesting to see if post offices that serve dense population poor areas got the same early treatment as more affluent ones.... Aren't the wealthy more likely to be blackmail/extortion/shakedown targets than the poor?
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| Re: what a waste I would think Anthrax letters aren't so much about "blackmail/extortion/shakedown" as they are about creating fear and generating media exposure....or perhaps getting revenge. Not sure any of those cater to income classifications, plus the obvious point that your extortion target would be dead or gobbling Cipro... | |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Re: what a waste Yes, I meant mail processing center. Of which I'll guess there are more than 271? I'm asking if volume was the only stat used to determine which centers received the system. Just asking questions here.... | |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Re: what a waste Excellent info, thanks! Was digging, but hadn't found that. | |
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| said by Karl Bode :Would be interesting to see if post offices that serve dense population poor areas got the same early treatment as more affluent ones.... Major mailing sorting centers I wouldn't think worked on that small of a scale. They distribute mail over a large geographical area which would include tons of individual post offices. The one in Los Angeles is gigantic (went on a tour of it when I was a Cub Scout), it's something like 200,000 sqft and would service everyone from Beverly Hills to South Central. It looks like it would be a service and distribution center like that which would see these devices installed while one in Boise wouldn't. | |
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Pensacola, FL | It be funny if I just got all my mail. | |
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Jamaica, NY | pork Im a terrorist, I goto russia, buy new strain of biological weapon bacteria, USPS anthrax catchers never pick it up, mission accomplished except i didnt die and no virgins now  | |
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| Re: pork Your post just have been submitted to FBI and secret service, Mr. Terrorist.
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Phoenixville, PA | we will pay more well the price of stamps are high soon it will cost 1.00 to mail a letter | |
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