A Christmas Logistics Story

A sizeable number of Santa's presents missed their December 25 target date in 2013. Apparently the only missed deliveries involved Santa hiring UPS and Fed Ex to alleviate his overloaded sleigh. Everything he gave to the venerable US Postal Service arrived on time and intact, including 75,000 precious presents delivered by Uncle Sam precisely on Christmas. Those hundre...ds of planes UPS and Fed Ex fly, while the USPS has none, simply didn't get the job done. UPS says it "Loves Logistics" and Fed Ex brags about "Delivering the World On Time". They spend millions playing those endless advertising loops to stash billions into their coffers from overpriced delivery services. And the Postal Service? Their loyal employees, under attack from soulless congressman who've saddled it with unconscionable long term pension reserves in order to destroy it, simply went about doing well what they've done for 238 years. I try not to wish ill on anyone. But it would be poetic justice if the folks who missed their Christmas packages were congressmen who voted to KO the USPS as payback for all that campaign cash they get from UPS and Fed Ex.