[Peace-discuss] Senate renaming Post Offices after military heroes

[Jenifer Cartwright]

HELLO!!! Consider the SOURCE of the bill, and it won't surprise you in the least. Now as to whether it actually goes thru... okay, that could happen so nobody can acuse these law-makers of being weak on defense or of dissing the military.. 
I guess the good news is that folks will think of and refer tol the post ofc as the post ofc, regardless of what the signs say...
Yuck anyhow.
 --Jenifer 

--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Senate renaming Post Offices after military heroes
To: "Karen Medina" <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6:21 PM


I don't think this is particularly new, nor, unless you know to the
contrary, that it is particularly  limited to "military heroes" or
even veterans.

>From 2007:

1 . To designate the post office located at 309 East Linn Street,
Marshalltown, Iowa, as the `Major Scott Nisely Post Office'. (Reported
in Senate)[S.1539.RS]
2 . To designate the post office located at 309 East Linn Street,
Marshalltown, Iowa, as the `Major Scott Nisely Post Office'.
(Introduced in Senate)[S.1539.IS]
11 . To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the `Buck
Owens Post Office'. (Reported in Senate)[S.1781.RS]
12 . To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 427 North Street in Taft, California, as the `Larry S.
Pierce Post Office'. (Reported in Senate)[S.2110.RS]
13 . To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 18 S. G Street, Lakeview, Oregon, as the `Dr. Bernard Daly
Post Office Building'. (Reported in Senate)[S.3015.RS]
14 . To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 11001 Dunklin Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the `William
`Bill' Clay Post Office'. (Reported in Senate)[S.2622.RS]
15 . To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the
`Felix Sparks Post Office Building'. (Reported in Senate)[S.2673.RS]

etc.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [ okay, I am creeped out. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security
> and Governmental Affairs is re-naming Post Offices after military
> heroes. For instance, the ``John `Bud' Hawk Post Office'' in
> Rollingbay, Washington. Sergeant John "Bud" Hawk received the Medal of
> Honor, the U.S. military's highest commendation, from President Harry
> S. Truman on July 13, 1945. ]
>
> The following reports of Senate committees were submitted November 04, 2009:
>
> >From the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs by
> Mr. Lieberman, without amendment:
>
>   H.R. 955. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 10355 Northeast Valley Road in Rollingbay,
> Washington, as the ``John `Bud' Hawk Post Office''.
>
>   H.R. 1516. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 37926 Church Street in Dade City, Florida,
> as the ``Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office''.
>
>   H.R. 1713. A bill to name the South Central Agricultural Research
> Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture in Lane, Oklahoma, and the
> facility of the United States Postal Service located at 310 North
> Perry Street in Bennington, Oklahoma, in honor of former Congressman
> Wesley ``Wes'' Watkins.
>
>   H.R. 2004. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Michigan, as the
> ``Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office''.
>
>   H.R. 2215. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan,
> as the ``John J. Shivnen Post Office Building''.
>
>   H.R. 2760. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 1615 North Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles,
> California, as the ``Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building''.
>
>   H.R. 2972. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 115 West Edward Street in Erath, Louisiana,
> as the ``Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office''.
>
>   H.R. 3119. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 867 Stockton Street in San Francisco,
> California, as the ``Lim Poon Lee Post Office''.
>
>   H.R. 3386. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 1165 2nd Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, as the
> ``Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office''.
>
>   H.R. 3547. A bill to designate the facility of the United States
> Postal Service located at 936 South 250 East in Provo, Utah, as the
> ``Rex E. Lee Post Office Building''.
>
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r111:S04NO9-0037:
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