Presidential Candidate Ron Paul and the Post Office

I'm mailing my credit card payments, on time, sufficient funds, smiling as I slide the bills into my mail box. Whew, one obligation for the month off my back. No more concerns for Monday night. I plan my night around the gym and the Daily Show, effectively killing two valuable birds, with one exhausting yet hilarious stone.

As I watch one of the smartest political shows on television, I am on mile two elliptical-ing my way into lower calories. The guest on the show is one of the mildly reasonable Republican candidates, little known, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. He is the only Republican in favor of a pullout from Iraq. He is for small government. In all honesty, he is a Republican in name only, rather a Libertarian candidate. John Stewart proceeds to ask him which programs he's in favor of getting rid of. He asks specifically about the Postal Service.

"F****** S***!" I exclaim, as I realize that postage recently jumped up two cents from 39 cents. As I yelled out passionately upset, I'm greeted with a "settle down" look from the two people in the elliptical row in front of me. (incidently, a couple weeks ago, also while on the elliptical machine, I was watching Silence of the Lambs, a favorite of mine, and on television, to which I was met with the dirtiest look from two girls in spandex I've ever received, as they passed while Buffalo Bill's infamous tuck and dance scene was playing. Keep in mind, they of course cut out the graphic tuckedness, but this is beside the point.)

How the hell am I supposed to remember every postage increase? Although I myself never truly considered voting Republican, maybe this Ron Paul should be elected and do away with the Postal Service. If nothing else, than to spite and seek vengence for having been screwed out of what will no doubt be a $25 late fee on a credit bill that would've been on time had I not foolishly forgot about 41 cent stamps or had purchased those stupid little 2 cent filler stamps.

I watched Ron Paul on the Republican debate tonight, WOW! Some of these guys are truly insane. Tancredo referring to Miami as a third world country and that no bilingual country can survive. All of them evoking Saint Ronald....no unfortunately not McDonald, but Reagan. Truly this is the party of the WASP. Thereby I should probably fit in, but I have morality, unfortunately I have no 41 cent stamps.