North Pole Mail Program Discontinued

How am I gonna get my letter to Santa now?

First!

And LAME.

But…but…Santa Claus lives in the Finnish Lapland as everyone (including Bruce Springsteen) knows:
http://www.santaclaus.posti.fi/

“Around Christmas 2001, Santa received 700,000 items by mail – letters, cards and parcels. So far, the elves have found 184 countries from which Santa has received a total of nearly eight million items in the past 20 years.”

HUMBUG !!!!!!

First! First! First! Am I first?

The security excuse seems flimsy. There are probably other factors, like some grouchy new supervisor somewhere who didn’t think that the program was dignified.

Santa’s here…

Those liberals, whoops, I meant, those loony liberals ruining it for everyone!

@A Noun

Well if that’s the case, it’s defiantly a good thing that this course of action is taking place. It could be dangerous to have that many return addresses floating around sent by kids who provide more trust then they should to an unknown source, especially to a pedo. People will gladly blame others for the dismantling of the program without looking at the facts, but it’s good that there are those out there that actually use their head to keep the ignorant safe.

Ooooohhh, is this why several generations of Americans think that the North Pole is in Alaska and Santa is American?

and kev, Alaska IS part of America.

How sad. But since Santa’s reindeer will have to be tracked under a new USDA program called NAIS, Santa will probably not do deliveries any more because he will have to file reports in 24 hrs every single place he went with those 8 little reindeer which had to be microchipped, also.

NAIS (The National Animal Identification System), is a so-called disease tracking food safety program the USDA is forcing on those who own even one chicken or any other farm animal. Many are being signed up without their knowledge or permission. Non-food animals such as horses, llamas, parakeets, etc are included in this program. Over 90% oppose this program yet the USDA continues to force this unwanted program on those who need it least.
Under NAIS you register your premises, microchip all critters at your cost, report all their movements, births, deaths to a database, then risk losing them to depopulation if disease is suspected in a 6 mile radius! Currently, only sex offenders/child molesters are tagged tracked and register their premises. Animal owners will be tracked closer than illegals, drug delaers, sex offenders or that guy that blew away 13 people and wounded others at Ft. Hood.
Protection from disease is why we are told NAIS is needed, but the real reason is for the benefit of big agriculture/factory farms so they can sell meat globally. But they do not have to tag/ track individual critters. They get ONE lot number for each animal group. And the tracking of any animals stops at slaughter, after which many food safety issues occur.
The listening sessions held during the summer by the USDA about NAIS show the people are overwhelmingly against NAIS. But the USDA said these sessions showed “substantial support” for NAIS… Huh?!?!?!? They apparently were listening with fingers in their ears!) See nonais dot org for more info on the program that will affect everyone who eats.
Wisconsin is already arresting the Amish for not signing up who oppose NAIS on religious reasons. Heck, they do not even have electricity, how will they file those reports that they used orse #4959678 to take them to church or the store!?!?!?!?

The security excuse seems flimsy. There are probably other factors, like some grouchy new supervisor somewhere who didn’t think that the program was dignified.