 No wonder they took so long to deliver all my packages over the holidays! Apparently they were too busy opening them up and snooping around! Are freedom and democracy history in this country? Are we too busy trying to attain it for other far away lands that we forget what it means to us? I guess history has proven that nothing lasts forever. Why should we be any different?
A customs spokeswoman told CNN "U.S. officials are opening personal mail that arrives from abroad when they deem it necessary to protect the country from terrorism." (1) Man, I wish I had thought of this terrorism argument earlier. It's like the magic elixir the old salesman use to sell. One spoonful of this and it will cure anything! I guess I better keep my voice down, you never know who is listening, or reading in this case.
To their defense, they say they are looking for terrorist weapons (1), even though I do not quite understand how a weapon of mass destruction can fit into an envelope and not be detected by one of the multi-million dollar machines we just recently spent a ton of money on. But I guess they are the experts, right??? I mean these are the same guys that tracked down and captured the people responsible for the anthrax mailings, right? Oh yeah, I forgot, NO THEY DIDN’T. Whoever that lunatic was, he is still out there. Watch out people, it might be your neighbor, your teacher, your bank teller, your brother, mother, or worse, it might even be you!!!
This war on terrorism is getting so bad I think it might not be safe to send or read any mail with the U.S. Postal Service any more. If I were you, I would stop opening any mail from them. With the Internet nowadays, why do we even need them? Tell your bank, vendors, friends, congressman, and yes, even the post office that you are too scared of terrorism and you refuse to receive any letters from the U.S. Post Office any more. Actually, this may not be a bad idea considering that on January 8, 2006 they raised their rates… again! (2)
(1) U.S. opening some private mail in terror fight. (2006). CNN.com, . Retrieved Jan 10, 2006, from http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/09/terrorism.mail.reut/index.html
(2) Rates and fees. (2006). Retrieved Jan. 10, 2006, from USPS.com Web site: http://pe.usps.com/2006rate/ratesandfees.htm
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