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User ID: 284531 Canada 11/10/2007 05:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Are US Postal employees allowed to publicicize the contents and destinations of the mail they are delivering? Don't they have client confidentiality responsibilities? When the client is the military, don't military secrecy laws also come into play? I'm calling bullshit on this post. owner of an extensive collection of curios from the exotic orient |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 324584 United Kingdom 11/10/2007 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Are US Postal employees allowed to publicicize the contents and destinations of the mail they are delivering? Quoting: Isaac Brock died for usDon't they have client confidentiality responsibilities? When the client is the military, don't military secrecy laws also come into play? I'm calling bullshit on this post. |
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User ID: 324533 United States 11/10/2007 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What's an MRE? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 324588Meal ready to eat. The word meal is debatable in that they have never been described as something people will choose to eat, but they do provide basic nutrition. Also comes with caffeine and toilet paper. Given that we're feeding thousands and thousands of troops overseas, moving food to airbases really isn't that shocking. The thing that really puzzles me about the martial law nuts is who they think will create this police state; our army is all-volunteer and if they were ordered to do this I'd bet that 2/3s of our armed forces wouldn't go along with a military junta and starvation of our own people. Rarrgh! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 324365 United States 11/10/2007 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Check out the states that would be affected by a blowout from Yellowstone [link to www.Gas_oven.com] Do you think there could be a connection? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 324584 United Kingdom 11/10/2007 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My wife's mother sent her £25 through the post, what's that now in dollars, around a thousand? Anyway, have we seen the dough? NOPE! It's not as if we're dealing the the MOST honest people in the world here, is it? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 323071 United States 11/10/2007 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MRE Meals Ready to EAT... some are dehydrated and need water...best heated but gratefully eaten cold by the hungry Bet the gov knows something about "the big one" due in CA 29 Palms is on one of the escape routes from CA to Px WTF do we know...are there detention centers close by? thanks for sharing OP...too bad you don't have more info |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 21470 United States 11/10/2007 05:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What's an MRE? Quoting: ThanatosMeal ready to eat. The word meal is debatable in that they have never been described as something people will choose to eat, but they do provide basic nutrition. Also comes with caffeine and toilet paper. Given that we're feeding thousands and thousands of troops overseas, moving food to airbases really isn't that shocking. The thing that really puzzles me about the martial law nuts is who they think will create this police state; our army is all-volunteer and if they were ordered to do this I'd bet that 2/3s of our armed forces wouldn't go along with a military junta and starvation of our own people. i doubt that The defeat and victory of the Bonus Army Almost 150 years after Shays’ Rebellion, veterans marched again, this time on the nation’s capital. The onset of the Great Depression robbed millions of their jobs and their savings as banks all over the country went under before people could withdraw their money. With unemployment reaching 25 percent, hunger and desperation gripped the working class, including World War One veterans. Congress voted in 1924 to compensate them for the difference between their military pay and what they would have earned as civilians during wartime, and many worried that they would not live to see the money because the payment was set for 1945. In 1932, a Congressman introduced legislation to give veterans this compensation immediately. Walter Waters, a sergeant who served in World War One, at a meeting of unemployed veterans in Portland, Oregon, suggested that they march on Washington to press Congress to pass the law. The idea caught on and 300 local veterans went to the train station and hopped onto freight cars headed for Washington. They called themselves the Bonus Expeditionary Force, a play on the American Expeditionary Force that served in France during the war, but they quickly became known as the Bonus Army. As the men traveled, local newspapers picked up their story, and Waters’ idea spread like wildfire. Spontaneously, groups of veterans and their families from all over the country climbed aboard trains or drove in caravans to join Waters’ march. By June of 1932, 20,000 veterans and their families had erected an enormous Hooverville in Anacostia Flats, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Amazingly, the veterans did not segregate themselves by race even though the army was segregated during World War One. Black and white veterans played sports together, formed interracial units based on where they were from, and even shaved one another in makeshift barbershops.6 The veterans marched through the streets of Washington and Waters set up an enormous lobbying operation, hoping to copy the methods of professional lobbyists working for big business. Their efforts seemed to pay off when the House of Representatives passed the Bonus Bill on June 15. On June 17, when the Senate moved to vote on the bill, the Bonus Army rallied outside the Capitol Building. Their chant, “The Yanks are starving! The Yanks are starving!” could be heard inside the Senate during its debate. Waters delivered the results of the vote to his troops: the Senate had defeated the bill by a 2-to-1 margin. Stung by the callousness of “their” government, many veterans and their families returned home, but more than 11,000 stayed at Waters’ urging. (He pledged to stay until 1945 if necessary.) On July 16, Washington was on edge as thousands of angry veterans surrounded the Capitol Building, hoping to prevent Congress from adjourning for the summer. Congressmen exited using secret underground tunnels and back doors to avoid facing the veterans they had stiffed. On July 28, Republican President Herbert Hoover ordered the D.C. police to evict the Bonus Army from downtown Washington. At an abandoned apartment building taken over by veterans, a scuffle broke out between the police and the veterans. Two veterans were killed by police gunfire. Hoover called in the army to finish the eviction, violating the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which prohibits the use of federal troops within the United States. General Douglas MacArthur, in full dress uniform, led 400 infantrymen, tanks, armored vehicles, and 200 cavalrymen with sabers drawn down Pennsylvania Avenue in a show of force before firing tear gas on the veterans without warning. By evening, the veterans had been driven across a drawbridge that led to their main camp in Anacostia Flats. Hoover ordered MacArthur to halt his advance, but MacArthur ignored him, saying, “I cannot bother with pieces of paper during a military operation.”7 MacArthur’s troops lit the camp’s shacks and tents on fire. By morning, the entire Hooverville was burned to the ground and two infants died from smoke inhalation. The Bonus Army had been decisively defeated. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 324584 United Kingdom 11/10/2007 05:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | your mother is stupid if she didn't insure the mail and register it... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 323071I mail and recieve gold all the time...no problem! you said it. I didn't! That relieves me of all legal obligations I think! |
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IDW User ID: 324430 United Kingdom 11/10/2007 06:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The thing that really puzzles me about the martial law nuts is who they think will create this police state; our army is all-volunteer and if they were ordered to do this I'd bet that 2/3s of our armed forces wouldn't go along with a military junta and starvation of our own people. Quoting: ThanatosMAybe thats why the jews are trying so hard to get them out of the country, where an international force can be used to invade, using the criminal corruptness of the federal government as an excuse. We also have private mecenaries being hired by the fed gov as well as illegal aliens being sworn into the military, |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 324592 United States 11/10/2007 06:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now I will sound 100% silly to many, but being near one of those I've seen the camps myself. Each one of the places listed have huge concentration camps. www.google.com Hutchison AFB dention camp Tonopah AZ detention camp S4 shop dention camp There are camps in every state, many have 2-3. People are simply unaware. I have never been a conspiracy nut but I have seen some really weird things going on over the last few weeks. I enjoy this website although many of the doom and gloom people are quite irritating. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11540Anyway, I am a freight driver for the U.S. Postal Service and over the last couple of weeks, I have been delivering truckload after truckload of food to a military base (S4 shop) at 29 palms CA. Although the volume of food is weird enough, the food I am delivering is MRE's that are coming from the defense supply center out of Philadelphia PA. When I was chatting with a few other trucking friends I know, I found out that they too (3 of the 5 friends I talked to) are delivering the same thing, truckloads of MRE's, but to different locations across the U.S.: Wickiup, Arizona, Hutchison AFB in Kansas and Tonopah, AZ. I have not (nor have they) delivered MRE's to any other military bases, so you got to wonder, why the heck at these places? Do they have units that are going to be deployed or something? Anyway, just thought I would ask around if anyone can put this together. Thanks everyone. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 323905 United States 11/10/2007 06:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just wondering, but let's say they send nearly every sailor and soldier off to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and god knows where else. Wouldn't that leave the US open to attack from China or Russia or whatever rogue alliance who thinks this might be a good time to take over the States?? How much of a standing military does our Government feel would be necessary to defend the land? 50 per cent? 40 per cent? 25 per cent? I know it sounds crazy, but stranger things have happened, just look at 911 for example. Never say never. Especially these days. Like the line from that JFK movie, we're through the looking here people. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 296936 United States 11/10/2007 06:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now I will sound 100% silly to many, but being near one of those I've seen the camps myself. Each one of the places listed have huge concentration camps. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 324592www.google.com Hutchison AFB dention camp Tonopah AZ detention camp S4 shop dention camp There are camps in every state, many have 2-3. People are simply unaware. I have never been a conspiracy nut but I have seen some really weird things going on over the last few weeks. I enjoy this website although many of the doom and gloom people are quite irritating. Anyway, I am a freight driver for the U.S. Postal Service and over the last couple of weeks, I have been delivering truckload after truckload of food to a military base (S4 shop) at 29 palms CA. Although the volume of food is weird enough, the food I am delivering is MRE's that are coming from the defense supply center out of Philadelphia PA. When I was chatting with a few other trucking friends I know, I found out that they too (3 of the 5 friends I talked to) are delivering the same thing, truckloads of MRE's, but to different locations across the U.S.: Wickiup, Arizona, Hutchison AFB in Kansas and Tonopah, AZ. I have not (nor have they) delivered MRE's to any other military bases, so you got to wonder, why the heck at these places? Do they have units that are going to be deployed or something? Anyway, just thought I would ask around if anyone can put this together. Thanks everyone. Yep, 800 or more locations [link to www.mindfully.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 203965 United States 11/10/2007 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | your mother is stupid if she didn't insure the mail and register it... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 323071I mail and recieve gold all the time...no problem! DITTO I GET 500 OZ SILVER ROUNDS FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE POST. |
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User ID: 316563 United States 11/10/2007 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm also a USPS employee... and we do NOT haul ANYTHING unless it carries postage and has been inserted into our formal mailstream. I suspect the OP is a 'CONTRACT DRIVER' - these are companies that the USPS hires to transport our mailpieces via roadways. They are NOT actually employed by the USPS although they must carry government-issued I.D. at all times and are subject to postal rules and regulations. These company trucks ARE used for non-postal business when they are not carrying your mail but when they are loaded with USPS dispatches they are PROHIBITED from co-mingling loads. Second: I happen to live in Wichita Ks. There is NO AirForce base located in Hutchinson; the ONLY AFB in the state of Kansas is about 1/4 mile from where I'm writing this: Wichita's McConnell AFB. Third: another poster is quite CORRECT- USPS employees may NOT divulge the contents of mail they are carrying if those contents are known; this is attached to the 'sanctity of the mail' codicile that applies to all postal workers... but, as I said above- the OP is NOT an actual employee of the USPS... still, he'd better honor the committment he made to us, and to YOU. The OP should present the facts more clearly if he doesn't want to be caught in an exaggeration. |
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ino User ID: 324574 United States 11/10/2007 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Are US Postal employees allowed to publicicize the contents and destinations of the mail they are delivering? Quoting: Isaac Brock died for usDon't they have client confidentiality responsibilities? When the client is the military, don't military secrecy laws also come into play? I'm calling bullshit on this post. |
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User ID: 316563 United States 11/10/2007 06:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 324584: If you think 25 UK pounds now equal one thousand U.S. dollars you're an idiot.... and BTW: although there are no doubt some dishonest postal employees - I can GUARANTEE that when we find them- we NAIL them! And, they'll have to work VERY HARD to prevent their next employer from finding out that they ripped off the public - we GLADLY share that information! And, we won't hesitate to prosecute to the FULL extent of the law. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 323785 United States 11/10/2007 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Second: I happen to live in Wichita Ks. There is NO AirForce base located in Hutchinson; the ONLY AFB in the state of Kansas is about 1/4 mile from where I'm writing this: Wichita's McConnell AFB. Quoting: gsbltdThe OP should present the facts more clearly if he doesn't want to be caught in an exaggeration. Please note, firstly, that there is only one N in Hutchison. Secondly, if you Google "hutchison afb", this is what you find.... several references, I might add: [link to www.google.com] I find it interesting that each reference that is displayed mentions the word "Subterranean" in it. More food for thought |
NY8 User ID: 324624 United States 11/10/2007 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now I will sound 100% silly to many, but being near one of those I've seen the camps myself. Each one of the places listed have huge concentration camps. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 324592www.google.com Hutchison AFB dention camp Tonopah AZ detention camp S4 shop dention camp There are camps in every state, many have 2-3. People are simply unaware. I have never been a conspiracy nut but I have seen some really weird things going on over the last few weeks. I enjoy this website although many of the doom and gloom people are quite irritating. Anyway, I am a freight driver for the U.S. Postal Service and over the last couple of weeks, I have been delivering truckload after truckload of food to a military base (S4 shop) at 29 palms CA. Although the volume of food is weird enough, the food I am delivering is MRE's that are coming from the defense supply center out of Philadelphia PA. When I was chatting with a few other trucking friends I know, I found out that they too (3 of the 5 friends I talked to) are delivering the same thing, truckloads of MRE's, but to different locations across the U.S.: Wickiup, Arizona, Hutchison AFB in Kansas and Tonopah, AZ. I have not (nor have they) delivered MRE's to any other military bases, so you got to wonder, why the heck at these places? Do they have units that are going to be deployed or something? Anyway, just thought I would ask around if anyone can put this together. Thanks everyone. OP there is another thread here that indicates there are barriers being placed on interstates/one near 'Hutchinson'... Have you seen these in driving? Are there new ones going up? |
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User ID: 316563 United States 11/10/2007 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 323785: I would like to POINT out that the Google reference you supply for an 'AFB' in Hutchinson KS - [and I DID spell it CORRECTLY!] references ALIEN underground bases, and subterranean tunnels that supposedly crisscross the nation. I can state CATEGORICALLY there is NO United States Air Force installation located in or around Hutchinson KS, PERIOD. And as far as subterranean areas are concerned: Hutchinson DOES feature an active salt mine which recently opened a museum that showcases some of the treasured items stored in its climate-controlled vaults. These include original movie negatives of films such as GONE WITH THE WIND, STAR WARS and THE WIZARD OF OZ; priceless original film costumes are also stored there, including Christopher Reeves' from the first SUPERMAN film [it's currently on display there]. The OP has created a scenario and tried -even in his thread title- to try to link his conjecture to the USPS. At the very LEAST any facts have already been massaged to make people such as yourself reply. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 324584 United Kingdom 11/10/2007 07:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 324584: If you think 25 UK pounds now equal one thousand U.S. dollars you're an idiot.... and BTW: although there are no doubt some dishonest postal employees - I can GUARANTEE that when we find them- we NAIL them! And, they'll have to work VERY HARD to prevent their next employer from finding out that they ripped off the public - we GLADLY share that information! And, we won't hesitate to prosecute to the FULL extent of the law. Quoting: gsbltdno, I don't think 25 quid equals a thousand bucks, hence the after that comment. It was a dig at the current state of your currency. there are a lot of dishonest posties, both here, and on your side of the pond. |