THE POSTAL SERVICE

Recently, the Postal Service (USPS) announced that it has a 2 Billion dollar deficit and implied very strongly that it may need further public (ie Taxpayer) assistance. No, not even a large increase in Postal rates will do.

One of the USPS solutions is to quit home delivery on Saturdays; but, that may not be sufficient to correct the problem.

At the same time the USPS engaged in litigation (which it finally won) against the Hamburger chain Burger King (BK). The suit was brought because BK showed an ad in which people dressed as USPS workers told how much they liked BK burgers and implied that they would possibly delay deliveries so that they could enjoy a BK. BK agreed to change their ads but there was no indication that BK would compensate the USPS. By the way; how was the USPS harmed by the ads?

I wonder how much the USPS spent in pursuing this action. Maybe the money spent here could have been better spent in reducing USPS costs and its deficit. Also, how many other actions could be suspended or eliminated to ease their problems (such as the silly ads on tv and sponsoring the Olympics etc)?

Of course, it could probably be shown that the majority of the USPS cost overruns are due to excessive costs in salaries, retirement programs and unneeded property assets.

WAR POWERS ACT

According to the President, he does not require Congress to sanction US involvement in the Libyan war since it is of very limited scope.

I have not read the War Powers Act in depth but I doubt that it is written so that Congressional approval is not required due to the "limited Scope" of US involvement. This appears to be another step by the President to invalidate the role of Congress and, effectively, usurp power. Soon we (the US) will not need Congress for anything and the new dictatorship will be able to control all aspects of the Government.

Congress and maybe even the Supreme Court needs to stop the Administration's actions, here, and in many other areas of Governance before it is too late to reverse this trend.

The only step available to Congress that I am aware of to curb the President's power grab is to cut off all funds for the war effort.

HOW LONG

I wonder how long it will be before some authentic Ben Laden death pictures will surface. It should not be too long.