Posted on 12/30/2009 9:23:32 PM PST by BobMcCartyWrites
Though the always-transparent (NOT!) White House web site contains no news of it, President Barack Obama has reportedly signed an executive order -- yes, another one. This time, he's tasked the United States Postal Service to help distribute countermeasures in the event of a biological weapons attack within the United States.
Why the Postal Service? Because, according to a New York Times report, of its ''capacity for rapid residential delivery.'' Yeah, right.
AFP reports President Obama has given Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius 180 days to come up with the plan for the USPS. Sigh.
Among those likely to be excited about the prospects of letter carriers distributing countermeasures to bioweapons is the man shown in this video. During an anti-socialism rally Oct 3 in O'Fallon, Mo., he was one of a handful of union-organized counter-protesters who showed up to express unbridled support for government-run health care. Incredibly, he cited the USPS as a prime example of government's ability to run things "beautifully."
The Post Office? Great, we’ll be dead when help arrives.
Give Fed Ex the contract. The Post Office is a joke like the CDC, Fannie and Freddie and other govt agencies.
It's more of a Nat'l Guard job.
You haven’t seen my mail carrier driving like a rabid bat outta hell up my rough dirt lane, have you?
Who’s on first???
CA....
There is another, more diabolical scenario to consider. This “counter measure” may be unsafe, inadequately tested, and people will be irrationally pressured to use something that may harm them.
The notion that a bioagent could spread across the country with great rapidity is a stretch at best.
That makes zero sense.
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