http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/ more from postalnews.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-231 MSP Mon, 29 May 2006 17:59:29 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-231 Ups is a waste of time. Ups is a waste of time.

]]> http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-143 postalnews blog » Blog Archive » Brick wall hits brick wall Sat, 13 May 2006 13:47:11 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-143 [...] So  much for the revenue potential of gun nuts and other assorted wing nuts sending bricks to Congress to build an American Berlin Wall along the Mexican border. It turns out that rather than a grass roots scheme to get individuals to actually mail a brick to their congressmen, the scheme uses a web site where you have to pay $11.95 to have a contractor ship your brick via UPS Freight to Washington. (Apparently even grass roots movements contract out these days.) That does seem a bit pricey for bricks- could the contractor be another Halliburton subsidiary? [...] [...] So  much for the revenue potential of gun nuts and other assorted wing nuts sending bricks to Congress to build an American Berlin Wall along the Mexican border. It turns out that rather than a grass roots scheme to get individuals to actually mail a brick to their congressmen, the scheme uses a web site where you have to pay $11.95 to have a contractor ship your brick via UPS Freight to Washington. (Apparently even grass roots movements contract out these days.) That does seem a bit pricey for bricks- could the contractor be another Halliburton subsidiary? [...]

]]> http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-128 BFTS99 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:02:03 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-128 UPS would be less expensive. UPS would be less expensive.

]]> http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-112 postalnews blog » Blog Archive » Wonkette mails a brick (and gets one back) Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:15:02 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/04/14/right-wing-wackos-as-a-revenue-source/#comment-112 [...] Like we said, we figured this mail-a-brick thing was a sure fire revenue enhancer- maybe it works both ways? (But then again, if Congresspersons really replied in kind, their bricks would be franked- we’d never see the money…) [...] [...] Like we said, we figured this mail-a-brick thing was a sure fire revenue enhancer- maybe it works both ways? (But then again, if Congresspersons really replied in kind, their bricks would be franked- we’d never see the money…) [...]

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