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Gus Goes Postal on the Postal Service

I just read an interesting article about how the United States Postal Service finally delivered a letter that was mailed in 1953.  While a bunch of feelgood nincompoops commented about how sweet the story was, not a single person felt compelled to rip the USPS a new one for taking 60 years to deliver a letter.  So that's what I'm going to do here today. I believe that the United States Postal Service has outlived its usefulness. Folks, we need the Postal Service about as much as we need another hole in the head- especially in these tough economic times.  While Democrats and Republicans continue to butt heads over ways to trim fat from the budget, I can see an easy way to save America over 70 billion dollars a year- simply disband the whole dang USPS. Let's face it, the USPS is about as useful as a Bible in a whorehouse, and about as profitable as a porno film starring Betty White.  Consider that the average salary for a letter carrier is over 50 grand a year, and yo