Canuck wrote:
>"BikeAdman" <
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>>>(T)here goes that company and sponsorship in the postal squad. < writes
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>"JTN"
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>>of Weisel's company being investigated.
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>>Here is another tip off to what may be the abandonment by the postal
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>service of
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>>its sponsorship. A few weeks ago Bush called for a review leading to an overhaul of the postal
>>system. The blue ribbon committee is to present its recommendations at the end of July (coincident
>>with the end of the Tour).
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>Not likely that they'd cancel, unless LA doesn't win 5.
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>Pull the carpet out from the cancer-survivor in his quest for a record 6 in a row?
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>Bad politics. $10mil is a drop in the bucket, especially in light of $100billion missile defense
>systems that haven't worked in testing or a estimated $60billion war to secure a stable oil flow
>from the nation with the world's 2nd largest oil reserves.
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>Plus, LA is from W's home state.
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The Federal government doesn't have much to do with the Postal Service sponsorship of the bike team.
The government only puts a tiny amount of money in the postal system, except for extreme
circumstances (like the anthrax incident last year). Financially, it is almost completely
independent.