Tuesday, May 11

Naming Post Offices - Good Use of Congress's Time?

Washington-DC: Is it a good use of time spent, by members of congress, to be naming post offices? Time is being spent by congress debating and voting on the naming of post offices across the country. In todays world and the shape of this country one has to ask, is this really how congress should be spending time... debating, voting and filing all the paper work involved in naming buildings? After hearing congress give speeches on the naming of buildings, seems to me this country isn't in the best shape and there are much more important issues that need to be dealt with by the congress of the UNITED STATES than naming buildings!
This is not a slam on the brave men and women who have given their lives for this country. No, not at all...it seems there is a better way to handle the naming of post offices than to have congress spend time writing bills, introducing bills, debating bills, recording bills, voting on bills and filing bills in order to name a post office. For what the citizens of the United States are paying the congress we expect them to be doing more, much more than naming buildings.
(" Rep. Joe Crowley reintroduced legislation last week that would name a post office in NY. The first version of the bill had stalled because it was drafted by ex-Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned in early March amid allegations that he sexually harassed male aides.")
This legislation has been reintroduced which means part of the process starts all over again.
(This is, in no way, meant to take away from the reason this post office is being named but is merely used as an example.)
This post office in Hornell, NY is being named in honor of Marine Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, 19. Lance Corp. Zach Smith made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. He lost his life during combat in Afghanistan.
* Picture shown is of the original post office, not the current post office.

3 comments:

  1. Maybe this is what they are best at these days. This might be a good thing for them to be doing. Maybe they should be renaming all of the federal building across the Unites States, it will keep them busy and stop screwing up the laws and the people of the country......
    I do see the point you are trying to make but if it will stop some of the other legislation they are trying to ram through it might be a better use of their time!

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  2. Wasn't it just a month ago that they cut the hours of postal workers? Now they have enough time and money to waste on "renaming" the offices. What a joke,surprising no. I have been out of work for over a year now and don't see my luck getting any better with finding a job. Sure do wish they would focus on re-building the job economy as hard as they do nonsense like renaming buildings. Sad.

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  3. Anonymous, you don't even want to know what the congrees people got paid while working on the bill and how much time has been spent. Not to mention what money will be spent during the time it takes for all of the members to vote on this bill...............................$$$$$$$$$$$$

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