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Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*"
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Sun, 4 Nov 2001 04:33:36 GMT
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Scott A wrote:
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> Is disaster an overused word these days? Take a read of this:
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> When I read this, I had two thoughts:
> 1. Why so little compassion for the postal workers and their families?
> Perhaps they do not fit the LP member profile?
> 2. Why is the LP's bank not willing to help them through this? If all the
> cheques are simply delayed, what is the big deal?
scare mongering perhaps? maybe LP greed?
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"And the Post Office is digging that hole deeper."
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I wonder what the LP parties response would be if they got tainted
mail? Would they still blame the post office?
-chris
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 | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*"
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| (...) How about "banks don't loan money to political parties"?? If the LP folds up, it *will* be a disaster. To the LP. Maybe not to anyone else of course, but the use of the word disaster is justified, in context. If I lost my job, it would be a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | "emergency becomes a *disaster.*"
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| Is disaster an overused word these days? Take a read of this: ==+== On Tuesday, we got a smattering of First Class mail, which the Post Office is now routing through Virginia and Maryland to avoid their anthrax-tainted facilities in Washington, DC. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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