tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post755880144298533554..comments2023-10-20T02:52:21.390-07:00Comments on The Grey-Beard Loon: Texas newspaper woesThe Loonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-18734719999402717492009-08-13T14:56:12.314-07:002009-08-13T14:56:12.314-07:00Newspapers and magazines have always enjoyed a ver...Newspapers and magazines have always enjoyed a very favorable postage rate, the idea being officially that the dissemination of information was good for the republic and unofficially that gummint exists to dole out cash to business. I'm sure USPS is happy to have any business at all.The Loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-56673455279768517022009-08-12T03:40:55.140-07:002009-08-12T03:40:55.140-07:00Wow, I can't believe the Palestine paper is ma...Wow, I can't believe the Palestine paper is mailing papers now with no delivery. That's just bizarre. What about delivery to machines or newsstands? I wonder if they've stopped that too. If one must find a sunny side to that dire news, it will likely give a boost to that dying dinosaur, the USPS, who likewise is mulling discontinuing Saturday service as well. Did'ja ever think you would see the day, Mr. Loon? These are strange times we live in. I wonder if in the final analysis, if there will ever be such a thing, that we humans will deem the world of the internet to be worth all it has cost us?Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.com