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Comment One minor detail... (Score 1) 252

I keep seeing people talking about privatizing the USPS and comparing it to UPS/FedEx -- the problem with those comparisons is that UPS and FedEx don't deliver mail. I have a feeling that if you cut out all the 4th through 1st class non-package mail, the USPS would be pretty damned profitable; it's the sorting and delivery of thousands of irregular piles of paper that's a killer.

Well, that and the fact that the USPS is ludicrously cheap for what you get -- check out the comparison chart from earlier this year at Postal Sanity (http://postalsanity.com/2010/07/u-s-postal-rates-excel-in-international-comparison/).

Comment Re:Beaten? (Score 1) 1469

Tell us how often someone shoots an abortion doctor, or blows up a clinic. What, once every 3 years or so? Then, tell us how often a Palestinian blows him/herself up in Israel. Once a month, or so. Much more frequently. And that's not even mentioning the human bombings in Iraq.
Well, if you want to bring in sectarian violence, decades of occupation, then couple it with religious fervor--and you're specifically wanting Christian fervor--take a look at the history Ireland over the last century or so, which should tide you over just fine. Just a little more frequent than every few years...

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