Our favorite tea-baggin’ Congressman is at it again- Dennis Ross, freshman Rep from Florida, and self-appointed “watchdog”, tweeted this gem a little while ago:

Our Dennis might want to fact check these things before he tweets them- as most fourth graders know, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is probably the best known and most quoted phrase in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution! For the record Dennis, the word “Liberty” appears once in the Constitution- “promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty”. (Fun fact- in the Constitution, “Liberty” comes after “Welfare”- tell that to a tea-bagger and watch his head explode!) “Happiness”, sadly, doesn’t appear in the document at all, and the word “life” only pops up in this delightfully biblical clause: “no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.” Whatever that means.

I do have to admit that I like Dennis’s supposed constitutional right to happiness, though! If that right really did appear in the Constitution, it would pretty much guarantee that Dennis ‘n’ Daryll’s postal “reform” bill would be declared unconstitutional, given how many people are deeply unhappy about it!

RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced that EMMANUEL C. CLOTHAKIS, JR., age 57, of Sherrill, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to serve a 41 month term of imprisonment and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea to an assault on a U.S. Postal letter carrier in the City of Oneida on March 19, 2011. Clothakis pled guilty to punching the letter carrier in the face as he
delivered mail to the Access Federal Credit Union in the City of Oneida, New York. The letter carrier sustained a fractured nose as the result of the assault.

Rapoza Also Expresses Concerns that the Proposed Bill Could Reduce the Level of Health Care Coverage for Retirees and Asks that Management Associations be Included in Developing a Postal-Only Health Plan

Today, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza sent a letter to key members of the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee, requesting consideration on some key issues that could impact Postmasters. On behalf of the 38,000 members of NAPUS, Rapoza expressed his appreciation for the Committee’s efforts to address the financial and operational difficulties confronting the Postal Service, but asked that they consider three issues before S. 1789 is moved forward for a proposed November 9th markup.

Charlie Moser

November 3, 2011

via NAPUS.

NAPUS Letter on S1789