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mausg@mail.com wrote:
> On 2016-03-22, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>> greymaus wrote:
>>> On 2016-03-21, Osmium <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> "Stephen Sprunk" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 19-Mar-16 18:07, Osmium wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In point of fact *you* falsely claimed that *they* falsely claimed.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Historically, a President appointed so many people to
>>> office in their last day and hours, and each app. needed
>>> a signature, that they couldnt write for weeks after.
>>> I forget which.
>>>
>> Are you sure you're not talking about pardons?  Those
>> would be signed over time but submitted on the last day.
>>
>> /BAH
>
> Well, I started to research the thing,which I should have done at first.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/cln/mml1942/postmaster-appointments-presidential/6935983
7010
>
> Is a sale of postmaster appoitments. According to it, after 1928,
postmasters
> appointments were printed,
>
> Hours later, no Joy. Where the hell did I read it.
>
> (Postmaster-general seems to have been an important position)
>
The post office used to be the dumping ground for [can't think of
term]  giving paying jobs to people who helped the politiican.
That stopped when the PO was spun off from the government.
I don't remember when that happened...1970s?

/BAH

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    Re: Qbasic jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-03-23 13:23 +0000
  Re: Qbasic mausg@mail.com - 2016-03-22 20:14 +0000
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