http://www.punkplanet.com/taxonomy/term/414/0 en http://www.punkplanet.com/anne_elizabeth_moore/blog/postal_rate_increase_submit_comments <p>Hey gang,</p> <p>Our pals over at the Free Press and The Nation have posted a campaign urging the Postal Regulatory Commission to repeal their dumb July 15 rate hike, but I don't think it quite goes far enough to try to preserve the Post Office's radical mandate to support all media. Please visit: <a href="http://action.freepress.net/campaign/postalnation/forward" title="http://action.freepress.net/campaign/postalnation/forward">http://action.freepress.net/campaign/postalnation/forward</a> and consider inserting the below text in the "send letter" part instead. Or better yet: write your own!</p> <p>heart,<br /> aem</p> <p>--</p> <p>On July 15, the postal rates for many of this nation's most important political magazines increased by 20 to 30 percent due to a decision made by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that turns against more than 200 years of postal policy at the same time that it allows an entire branch of the government to do marketing work on behalf of one media company, with the egregious and ongoing Star Wars promotional campaign.</p> <p><a href="http://www.punkplanet.com/anne_elizabeth_moore/blog/postal_rate_increase_submit_comments">read more</a></p> http://www.punkplanet.com/anne_elizabeth_moore/blog/postal_rate_increase_submit_comments#comment independent culture major media post office star wars Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:04:29 -0400 anne elizabeth moore 3281 at http://www.punkplanet.com http://www.punkplanet.com/alan_lastufka/blog/did_you_buy_your_forever_stamps_yet <p>I got a booklet today. I’m probably not going to use them. I’ll add them to my extremely small stamp collection. You know, the collection I’m going to hand down to my kids, so in 2055 they can sell them for digital hash (iHash?) ...or whatever the kids of the future will be raving about at the time. Damn punk unborn kids.</p> <p><img src="http://www.fallofautumn.com/images/forever-stamps.jpg" /></p> http://www.punkplanet.com/alan_lastufka/blog/did_you_buy_your_forever_stamps_yet#comment damn punk kids forever stamps not battlestar galactica post office Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:29:41 -0400 Alan Lastufka 1866 at http://www.punkplanet.com http://www.punkplanet.com/chicago_underground_library/blog/the_nation_william_buckley_this_must_be_serious <p><A href="http://action.freepress.net/campaign/postal"> <IMG src="http://www.freepress.net/postal/images/promo_independent.jpg" width="150" height="200" alt=" Stop the Post Office" border="0" /></a></p> <p>From The Nation: America's founders understood the First Amendment would be worth little without a postal system that encouraged broad public participation in America's "marketplace of ideas." Thomas Jefferson called for a postal service that allowed ideas to "penetrate the whole mass of the people." Along with James Madison, he paved the way for a system that gave low-cost mailing incentives to small publications.</p> <p><a href="http://www.punkplanet.com/chicago_underground_library/blog/the_nation_william_buckley_this_must_be_serious">read more</a></p> http://www.punkplanet.com/chicago_underground_library/blog/the_nation_william_buckley_this_must_be_serious#comment corporate first amendment Free Press post office small press the nation Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:27:35 -0400 Chicago Underground Library 1790 at http://www.punkplanet.com