7 aug 2012

two suggestions from me. you're welcome.

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the much maligned USPS shall halt all home deliveries. if you want USPS mail, you can go retrieve it from a post office box. pretty sure "receiving mail at your house" is not in the bill of rights, nor is "bombarding the general public with useless adverts". stop being a lazy-larry and deliver the damn adverts by hand. too much expense? well, now you see what the USPS is up against. with the USPS out of the way, commercial mail vendors will compete for home deliveries, driving down prices. alternately, perhaps USPS's presence in the market is presently pulling govt (govt=you+me) subsidies into the equation and artificially holding prices down, so when USPS pulls out of home delivery, home delivery prices will rise until we reach what the market will bear. the experience of shopping online will change as shipping costs change. [and, speaking of online shopping: hey all you dumbasses who think it's great to buy stuff online and not pay sales tax, you might want to look into how your locality relies on sales tax to run the freaking city you live in. i'm not saying you should or shouldn't do what you are or are not doing. i am simply saying you should understand the consequences.]

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football (soccer) players who fall down in feigned or actual state of injury and remain on the pitch until such time as the referee deems it necessary to stop the game clock in order to check said player's health shall be required to leave the field of play for no less than 2mins without substitution. truly hurt? great, you get a break. feigning? super, you get a punishment. referee is not required to determine if you are truly injured (this can be tricky.) but merely has to see you and deem it necessary to stop the game clock. alternately, play never stops, and if you are hurt, you must crawl to sidelines.