A lesson in government spending

C'mon, Census Bureau... you know I don't recycle!

Wow.  The way my mailbox keeps getting loaded up, I was thinking maybe it was my birthday.  But, no, it is just the Census sending me all this junk just to ask me my race 3 different ways.  (For this blog post, Hispanic origins are not races).

They can send me all the shit they want, and ask me in 7 different languages, but they aren't getting my phone number.

UPDATE (3/22/10): I just received another piece of trash I don't intend to recycle!  A piece of mail (postcard) reminding me that Census 2010 keeps sending me mail.  Fantastic.

2 down, 5 to go.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is recommending a stoppage of Saturday mail delivery in an effort to alleviate their constantly plummeting losses. I'd say this is a step in the right direction, but the ultimate solution-- which I have personally heralded for years-- is to close down the USPS completely.