The Mailman is still delivering! - Democratic Underground

medeak

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Sat Oct-01-05 07:39 PM
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The Mailman is still delivering!

Love this story! Karl Malone single handedly takes on FEMA

http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/5231/_The_Mailman_and_his_crew_bulldoze_through_bureaucracy_to_help_victims

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stevedeshazer

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Sat Oct-01-05 07:45 PM
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1. That's a great story

I love it.

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Malone says landowners were told that debris had to be moved out to the street before it could be hauled away. “How is a landowner who just lost everything going to pay $15,000 or $20,000 to have a lot cleared? I mean, there were two or three houses on top of one another in some places.”

This put Malone in the middle of territorial disputes with private contractors.

“We had one guy come up to us and tell us to go to another neighborhood and that these people could afford to pay,” Malone says. “I told him, ‘Why should they pay? They just lost everything.’ ”

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babylonsister

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Sat Oct-01-05 07:46 PM
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2. That's heartwarming! I don't follow basketball

so thought you were actually talking about the USPS. I hope you post this in GD for more exposure; we need more Americans like Malone, and a whole lot less bungling bureaucracy.

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Polethebear

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Sat Oct-01-05 08:22 PM
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4. Karl is one of the better guys in sports.

I think,belive it or not,he is a repub,but one with his own mind. Govermental powers aside,he would not be one Bushco would want to
'ahem' "run a foul off". He is also very popular.

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Polethebear

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Sat Oct-01-05 08:23 PM
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5. PS

He's smart enough to hold political office but I doubt he'd ever.

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medeak

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Sat Oct-01-05 09:09 PM
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6. think you're right

am certain he's a repub...but it's hard not to be when he was in SLC and being a good ol boy to boot.

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NVMojo

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Sat Oct-01-05 08:00 PM
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3. we ain't gonna take it anymore!!! All with one voice!!! And action!

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dretceterini

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Thu Oct-06-05 12:53 PM
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7. I love Karl!

I was in LA when he became a member of the Lakers. I now live in SLC. I applaud Karl not only for helping in the south, but for having the guts to turn down a big contract and refusing to deal with all the BS that exists in Los Angeles.

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