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. >> interesting that united states postal service, a federal agency that withlacoochee rely feels itsrs can speed through school zones,, there is no responsibility for it. charles: postal workers may work for us, should they go by different rules? u.s. postal service refuse its pay $700 in traffic fines saying it is immune from local traffic laws, to the judge, judge napolitano, are government workers beyond the rules of the road? >> it depends on who you ask, it you ask the post office they claim to be, butter time charles, a -- but every time a court has looked into whether employees of federal government are required to comply with safe traffic regulations as the rest of us, every time, they have sided with they are requireed to comply. we're not talking about finding federal government, we're talking about fining human beings to drove at postal truck at a high rate of speed through a school zone, they are required to aboy the law. charlesa-- to obey the law. charles: would there be retribution for person that committed the infraction? >> well postal service cannot pay the ticket.

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postal service apparel, cash-strapped united states postal service has announced plans to launch, get this, a new line of all weather apparel and accessories next year. premium department stores called rain, heat and snow. >> because who knows weather like they do, right? >> postal service gear. >> get the shorts. >> if you want the shorts or hat, it's up to you. i don't know if you can get that stuff. it's not going to plug the hole in the budget but, hey, why not? reband a little bit. >> make a cute halloween costume. >> halloween? i don't think that's what they're looking at. >> i would wear that. >> they'll have a women's line coming out. >> anything that can save handwritten letters. i'll buy a murse. >> they have those big bags. >> that's a man bag. >> that's a man bag. >> i don't know that a lot of people associate the united states postal service with fashion. >> if they could do it in a fashionable way. remember u.p.s., people were wearing u.p.s. hats and jackets. it was a trend for a while. >> got a cool winter jacket, i'll throw one of those on. >> go out and deliver people

i love the united states postal viers. i love the mail. i like putting my hands and eyes on something someone else had to put their hands and eyes on, too. this might be a sign of the end and i don't ever want that to happen. i don't want to see that happen. actually, teresa, this is a sign that the post office is trying to survive and frankly, it seems very few people love the post office as much as you seem to. kimberly morris, for example. i have to say from a business standpoint, i understand, but given that the usps doesn't have the best track record with service may be start to receive my mail at a normal time. i have gotten mail as early as 10:00 a.m. and as late as 9:00 p.m. maybe now they will have a standard. and michael thompson worries about the little guys. what does this mean for employees? my mom works for the post office and we have it hard enough as it is. michael, that's a good question and i don't have any immediate answer for you, except i will note that for years now, the usps had the worst of both worlds. it has to su

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