The postmaster general asked Congress today to lift the requirement that the postal service deliver mail six days a week. He wants them to allow him to cut Saturday mail delivery. Well then you know what, bitch? You'd better also cut the price of stamps! (Yet another rate increase is schedule for May, which takes a lot of balls considering this latest news, don't you think?)
This really galls me because I am currently in the midst of a postal service fiasco. I moved a three months ago and the pigs still haven't managed to forward my mail! They have my old address (an apartment with another apartment above it) in their system as non-residential so the change of address can't be done online. I contacted them about the error twice but get this: They told me point-blank they have no intention of fixing the error!
So I printed their little old skool Change of Address form and left it for my mail carrier, which it says to do right on the form. I put it in my mailbox with huge red lettering stating "FOR MAIL CARRIER - CHANGE OF ADDRESS REQUEST." And for six days, that lazy pig opened the box and pretended he didn't see it. When I taped it to the outside of the box, making it so obvious he could no longer pretend it he'd missed it, he finally took it. But the mother fucker obviously threw it away because it never got processed.
There's also an address on the form so I found a stamp and put the letter in an envelope with the exact address stated on the form. It was returned to me with no explanation. Just a huge stamp of a hand pointing its index finger. I have no time for this bullshit so my boyfriend took the envelope to an actual post office where he encountered yet another lazy pig. The lazy pig told him the address on the envelope was incomplete. THE ADDRESS ON THE ENVELOPE WAS A PERFECT-TO-THE-LETTER COPY OF THE ADDRESS STATED ON THE FORM!
Aside form that whole drama, the US postal service is one of the worst organization I can even think of. It consists of a bunch of lazy assholes who get paid too much and do too little. You know what Congress should do about the postmaster general's request? They should just shut the thing down and the American public get things delivered via paid services like FedEx or UPS. "There, postmaster: Your funding issues are solved. Now get lost!"
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Republican Phil Gingrey's vagina apologizes for criticizing Rush Limbaugh
Last week, big fat drug addict and radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his show that he hopes President Obama "fails" and went on to sharply criticize Republicans who've said they hope Obama succeeds. Pretending to not be one of them, Limbaugh said, "If I wanted Obama to succeed, I'd be happy the Republicans have laid down. I hope he fails."
His comments brought angry responses from Democrats and Republicans alike. And rightly so: With America teetering on the brink of collapse, there's perhaps never been a time when it was more important for our president to succeed. Republican lawmakers realize that in order to fix the country, we need to put partisan bickering aside and get things done. But without partisan bickering, Rush Limbaugh is left with nothing but empty prescription bottles and empty KFC buckets. Thus, his idiotic comments.
In repudiating Limbaugh, Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia told Politico, "It's easy if you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don't have to try to do what's best for your people and your party." Then Gingrey got a backlash of his own: Conservatives flooded his office with phone calls, forcing him to, as school children say, "take it back."
What his mouth giveth, his vagina taketh away. His lady parts released a statement which included: "I regret and apologize for the fact that my comments have offended and upset my fellow conservatives. That was not my intent. As long as I am in the Congress, I will continue to fight for and defend our sacred values. I have actively opposed every bailout, every rebate check, every so-called 'stimulus.' And on so many of these things, I see eye-to-eye with Rush Limbaugh."
And his sheeplike constituents ate it all up.
His comments brought angry responses from Democrats and Republicans alike. And rightly so: With America teetering on the brink of collapse, there's perhaps never been a time when it was more important for our president to succeed. Republican lawmakers realize that in order to fix the country, we need to put partisan bickering aside and get things done. But without partisan bickering, Rush Limbaugh is left with nothing but empty prescription bottles and empty KFC buckets. Thus, his idiotic comments.
In repudiating Limbaugh, Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia told Politico, "It's easy if you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don't have to try to do what's best for your people and your party." Then Gingrey got a backlash of his own: Conservatives flooded his office with phone calls, forcing him to, as school children say, "take it back."
What his mouth giveth, his vagina taketh away. His lady parts released a statement which included: "I regret and apologize for the fact that my comments have offended and upset my fellow conservatives. That was not my intent. As long as I am in the Congress, I will continue to fight for and defend our sacred values. I have actively opposed every bailout, every rebate check, every so-called 'stimulus.' And on so many of these things, I see eye-to-eye with Rush Limbaugh."
And his sheeplike constituents ate it all up.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Environmental Thuggery
In an interview published Monday ,Republican senator James Inhofe (anyone ever heard of him?) has called President Obama's plan to let 14 states regulate their own fuel emission standards "environmental thuggery." Obama issued an executive order seeking to reduce greenhouse gases by allowing states to require stricter fuel standards for cars.
The federal government's fuel standards guidelines are thought by many to be lax and many states have wanted for a long time to enforce stricter limits on themselves. There's no reason to stop them from doing so except that it could be harmful to industries--industries who give a lot of money to Republicans. So it should come as no surprise that federal government--then under the control of former Texas governor (and Republican) George W. Bush--explicity prohibited them from doing so.
And Obama is the thug? C'mon, Inhofe. Get your head out of your ass.
The federal government's fuel standards guidelines are thought by many to be lax and many states have wanted for a long time to enforce stricter limits on themselves. There's no reason to stop them from doing so except that it could be harmful to industries--industries who give a lot of money to Republicans. So it should come as no surprise that federal government--then under the control of former Texas governor (and Republican) George W. Bush--explicity prohibited them from doing so.
And Obama is the thug? C'mon, Inhofe. Get your head out of your ass.
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