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Two Sides Of One Ocean
Tuesday night I was driving home and picked up the BBC broadcast on the radio. The big story that hit me was that the House of Commons approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales. I do almost exclusively American political … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006 election, 2006 mid-term, BBC, California, Conservative Party, consumer demand, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, consumer protection, Darrell Issa, economy, England, gay marriage, gay rights, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, guns, House Of Commons, jobs, labor, New York Times, organized labor, Poland, politics, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, Republicans, right wing, Roayl Assent, Russia, same-sex marriage, Saturday mail delivery, UK, unemployment, union busting, unions, United States Postal Service, USPS, Wales, Washington Post
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Repeated Disinfection
Today I am writing about the United States Postal Service, or as most Americans prefer to refer to it, the Post Office. The reaction of most readers is probably, why? There is nothing new happening on that topic. That is … Continue reading
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Tagged 109th Congress, Bernie Sanders, California, Darrell Issa, Ed Schultz, George W. Bush, House, jobs, labor, MSNBC, organized labor, pension, politics, post office, post office closings, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, Postal Reform Act of 2011, postal service, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Senate, U.S.P.S., unemployment, union busting, unions, United States Postal Service, Vermont, veterans, veterans benefits
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I Hope My Father Is Not Watching
Today is the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. That is the event that brought America into World War II. The last constitutionally declared war and in the opinion of many the last war of consequence. Like many of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006 mid-term, George W. Bush, health care, jobs, N.A.L.C., National Association of Letter Carriers, Pearl Harbor, pension, politics, post office, post office closings, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Tom Davis, U.S.P.S., unemployment, union busting, unions, Virginia, World War II
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True Life Trumps Lies
Last week in either the late morning or early afternoon of Thursday I mailed a book at a local Post Office in rural Raleigh, North Carolina to a friend in the exburbs of Tampa, Florida. It got to his house … Continue reading
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Tagged 109th Congress, 112th Congress, Bert Lance, Darrell Issa, Democrats, Florida, HR 1351, Jimmy Carter, jobs, Massachusetts, minimum wage, North Carolina, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, politics, post office, postage, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, postal service, Raleigh, Republicans, Stephen Lynch, T. Bert Lance, Tampa, U.S.P.S., unemployment, union busting, unions, United States Postal Service
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GOP Unzipped
This is the first weekend of the baseball playoffs and even casual fans will start to pay attention to baseball, perhaps for the first time this season. Almost everyone will have a favorite team they are rooting for. My regular … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006 mid-term, California, Darrell Issa, George W. Bush, health care, House, HR 1351, jobs, Massachusetts, Oregon, politics, post office, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, Postal Reform Act of 2011, postal service, Republicans, Stephen Lynch, subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Tom Davis, U S Postal Service and Labor Policy, U.S.P.S., unemployment, union busting, unions, United States Postal Service Pension Obligation and Restoration Act of 2011, Virginia, vote by mail, voter intimidation, Voter suppression, voter turnout, Washington
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