Anti-Hunting Stamps?

[percherman]

The U.S Postal Service is allowing the humane society of the us (hsus) to raise money by selling postage stamps with a picture of a hunter with a red circle with a slash through it depicting, Yeah, that's right, anti-hunting.

The biggest anti-hunting group in the country is using money gained from the sale of the stamps to stop you from hunting, reports the Sportsmen's Alliance. Zazzle, the company offering the hsus stamps, says that 20% of the sales of the stamps goes to the hsus. Earlier this year Congress amended an 1872 law that wouldn't allow any advertisements on U.S. currency, including postal stamps.

The amendment gave way for the experimental one year trial period allowing companies such as the aforementioned to offer custom made stamps via the Internet.

If this bothers you as much as it does me, and would like to let your voice be heard! Send letters to Postmaster General John Potter, 475 L"Enfant Plaza sw, Washington, DC 20260-0010 or fax 202-268-5211

Need I say More?

[walleyeaddict]

That is &^*^^(%&%&%$^%$$^%$#%$#%$#%$# and someone should be fired!!

[Neiko]

I agree and someone should loose there job for allowing this.

[FISHINGFARMER]

Just read the post.

Will be checking it out in our local post office, that happens to be in a rural town that holds breakfast's to generate money for the town treasury and has one specially held on opening day deer season.

Going to fax the number provided on Monday to let them know my view of the scam.

Agree also, someone's xxxx should be kicked on this one!!

Farmer

[iffwalleyes]

Really that is so stupid. I think they are cute little animals too right up untill I pull the trigger. Then they are even cutier laying on the ground dead.

[Rick]

Here's the rest of the story:

It appears anyone can make their own custom designed postage stamp these days. The post office will not be selling the HSUS stamps but companies, like Zazzle can purchase blank stamps/licensing from the USPS at the going rate and then those companies can upsell the opportunity for anyone to design their own stamp and those folks who did the design can then upsell their own designed stamps through companies like Zazzle.

We can even make an anti anti stamp and sell it.

Heck it even got me to thinking about designing a Fishing Minnesota Stamp and selling it

[Rost]

That's funny! If I ever recieved a letter with this stamp attached they'd be sorry. Naturally, they'd have the return address posted on the letter so I would copy that down then "return to sender".

Then, I'd go out to the web and sign them up for all kinds of fun free hunting mailings. Then I would post the info here to let you guys take a bite.

[lawdog]

You are my kind of guy Rost! That sounds like a darn good plan!!!!

[PERCHJR]

Money talks!!! Thats all I have to say to that!!! Bunch of talk!!!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD FISHING!!!

[Neiko]

Looks like they got the mesage and pulled the stamp.

http://www.ussportsmen.org/interactive/features/Read.cfm?ID=1841

[percherman]

Neiko, Thanks for passing that info on.

Chalk one up for the good guys!!!

The war wages on. Let's stay informed.