A one-minute rant

One minute. Counting from now. ::ding::

You know something I really hate?? Unsolicited mail. Yes, US mail as well as the electronic kind. Give me more than 60 sec...

::ding::

Oh, Sez you! ::climbing on the soapbox:: I really hate those "pre-approved" credit offers as well as those "other" offers that are "per-approved."

[Blogspot: "Now just one moment! You said a on..."
[Me: "I lied. Sue me later. I'm gonna climb on my soapbox!"
[Blogspot: "I'm gonna remember you said that!!"
[Me: "I'm sure you will. Now please allow me to post this, OK? I think you might like it too."
[Blogspot: "Are they xxx-rated pictures?"
[Me: "NO!!"
[Blogspot: "Damn you! But say what you wanna say. I'll find some way to get even with you later."
[Me: "I'm sure you will." ]


For instance, it wasn't all that long ago that a cat (yes, a CAT) was "pre-approved" for a credit card. Here's that link: http://www.news.com.au/messiah-the-cat-gets-credit-card-with-4000-limit/story-e6frfkp9-1111112779454

If THAT weren't bad enough, a tree (yes, a TREE) was offered his/her/its own credit card. Here's that link: http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/treecard.asp

Yes, even a DOG was issued his own "pre-approved" card: http://www.goofball.com/news/joke_Dog_Issued_Credit_Card

That should tell you something. But, and now I beg of you, please allow me to ask you a few questions:

Given what I'm about to tell you as a given, please consider the questions in this context:

1) Do the companies that send out unsolicited bulk US mail use recycled paper?
2) Do those companies know how much bulk unsolicited commercial US mail is sent per year?
3) Do those companies know (or care!) how much their unsolicited commercial mail is sent to the dumpster?
4) Do those companies care about how much petrol (gasoline) is used delivering their unwanted mail?

I just thought I'd ask...