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����I� occurre� t� m� toda� jus� ho� precariou� ou� channel� fo� �
on�-t�-man� o� man�-t�-man� communication� are� the� al� depen� �
o� on� thing� th� gov'� posta� service.

����Personally� � thin� th� posta� syste� i� th� U� i� prett� �
good� � hav� � mai� orde� softwar� business� an� us� th� Posta� �
Storag� syste� ever� day� an� � se� ver� fe� fuckups� ie� actua� �
los� o� damage� mail� Thei� baroqu� beaurocrac� i� anothe� story� �
bu� hey� the� tak� � lette� fro� Eas� Bumfuc� A� t� Zonoi� F� fo� �
onl� 2� cents!

����Th� tal� o� privitizatio� o� th� posta� syste� scare� th� �
shi� ou� o� me� a� muc� a� � migh� no� lik� thing� a� the� are� �
Lik� th� bullshi� befor� th� telc� "breakup"� everyon� � tal� t� �
tell� m� al� abou� th� suppose� benefit� o� competition� an� a� �
effecien� busines� attitud� toward� delivery� et� etc.

����Bullshit� Sure� an� bunc� o� idiot� ca� mak� � fortun� �
shippin� mai� fro� (say� L� t� NY� bu� who'� gonn� d� th� Bumfuc� �
A� t� Zonoi� F� mail� An� fo� tha� nic� chea� 2� cents� Wrong� �
Th� argumen� b� analog� t� th� telcos� ie� "Sprint� MC� e� a� ar� �
cheaper� sam� woul� happe� t� mail� i� bullshi� also� th� lon� �
hau� carrier� wouldn'� an� couldn'� exis� i� th� loca� telco� �
hadn'� strun� al� tha� wir� dow� al� thos� smal� street� i� al� �
thos� lo� traffi� areas� th� capita� investmen� t� d� tha� i� �
incomprehensible� n� privat� organizatio� o� thi� plane� woul� �
attemp� suc� � thin� today� (Th� rura� electrificatio� project� �
(when� 30's?� tha� strun� al� th� powe� wiring� wa� gov'� �
subsidize� o� funded� n� on� coul� affor� t� d� that� neve� min� �
provid� th� profi� tha� woul� driv� an� corporatio� t� d� it.)

����Wha� woul� happe� i� tha� privat� industr� woul� ge� t� �
essentiall� ow� an� contro� th� massiv� infrastructure� buil� �
fro� publi� mone� ove� th� previou� centur� (!)� an� us� i� t� �
suc� eve� mor� mone� fro� u� wit� eve� les� accountabilit� tha� �
w� hav� wit� th� curren� system� A� littl� contro� a� w� hav� �
ove� th� civi� portion� o� thi� gov't� w� hav� *none*� b� design� �
la� an� implementation� ove� privat� corporations.

����Th� punc� line� th� onl� on�-t�-man� o� man�-t�-man� �
communication� channe� availabl� t� peopl� lik� us� wh� don'� �
hav� hug� resource$� ar� printe� publications� wha� i� th� tw� �
ounc� rat� wa� 7� cent� o� $1.0� instea� o� 3� cents� Man� zine� �
an� eve� magazine� woul� b� dead� excep� fo� thos� tha� ha� goo� �
advertisin� income� Doe� thi� soun� s� fa� fetched� 

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�����There'� a� A� stor� b� Debora� Mesc� i� th� S� Exo�-icl� �
today� "FC� prob� o� cabl� T� urged"� becaus� "..� � handfu� o� �
bi� companie� decid� wha� � majorit� o� subscriber� wil� see� � �
gov'� repor� sai� Wednesday� ..� "Cabl� servic� i� increasingl� �
relie� upo� b� mor� tha� hal� o� al� th� nation� household� a� �
th� primar� sourc� o� vide� programmin� ..."� Th� write� state� �
tha� cabl� T� i� availabl� t� 80� o� U� S� homes� an� tha� abou� �
1/� that� o� 42.� million� subscrib� t� cable� Telecommunication� �
In� alon� control� 23.4� o� al� cabl� progra� distribution� T� �
conten� i� anothe� subjec� entirely.

����Thi� i� th� kin� o� environmen� that'� "goo� fo� business"� �
ie� profi� only� al� othe� consideration� ignored� Woul� yo� wan� �
thes� guy� t� delive� you� mail?

����Th� onl� othe� on�-t�-man� o� man�-t�-man� communicatio� �
metho� � ca� thin� o� i� compute� bulleti� board� (� woul� ...� �
bu� thos� (these?� ar� stil� somewha� elitist� i� tha� yo� hav� �
t� hav� acces� t� th� necessar� equipment� plu� � phon� line� �
plu� expertise� jus� t� se� anythin� a� all� Privacy� censorshi� �
an� suc� ar� differen� thing� o� compute� bulleti� boards� bu� �
no� completel� awfu� a� man� think� Th� cos�-t�-acces� �
informatio� i� al� differen� too� I� an� cas� thi� i� al� anothe� �
subject.

����� don'� thin� it'� to� earl� t� thin� abou� th� privitizatio� �
o� th� posta� system� th� greed� bastard� ar� alway� ther� �
diggin� awa� a� things� w� shoul� sta� awar� o� it.