{"id":136386,"date":"2018-05-10T23:53:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T05:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136386"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T17:38:03","slug":"the-dear-leaders-picture-must-be-prominently-displayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/10\/the-dear-leaders-picture-must-be-prominently-displayed.html","title":{"rendered":"The Dear Leader’s Picture Must Be Prominently Displayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Representative Donovan, the US Postal Service is a quasi-governmental agency, and has been for decades. It is tasked by the government to provide certain services, and is dependent on Congress to define how much it can charge for them (one reason why it’s in such financial trouble). But it’s not a government organization. That was quite intentionally made the case some time ago.<\/p>\n

So, no, I<\/i> don’t expect to see Trump and Pence’s pictures up on the walls of the post office. Except, eventually, along with other Most Wanted.<\/p>\n


\n
\n<\/a>
\nGOP lawmaker introduces bill requiring pictures of Trump, Pence at post offices<\/a><\/span>
\nRep.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representative Donovan, the US Postal Service is a quasi-governmental agency, and has been for decades. It is tasked by the government to provide certain services, and is dependent on Congress to define how much it can charge for them (one reason why it’s in such financial trouble). But it’s not a government organization. That was … Continue reading “The Dear Leader’s Picture Must Be Prominently Displayed”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,380,358,1071],"tags":[1596,1597],"class_list":["post-136386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-nationalism-exceptionalism","category-poor-citizenship","category-trump","tag-idolatry","tag-trumpism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/trump-serious.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137714,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/25\/trump-backs-down-on-holding-the-federal-government-hostage-for-a-few-weeks.html","url_meta":{"origin":136386,"position":0},"title":"Trump backs down on holding the federal government hostage (for a few weeks)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Jan-19 12:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Though I can't help thinking it's so he can come up with an even more dastardly plan. And, even if folk are again getting paid (and folk other than contractors will eventually get back pay), we're still in a \"The government is shutting down again in a few weeks\" hostage\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135719,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/19\/trump-shuts-government-petition-site-temporarily.html","url_meta":{"origin":136386,"position":1},"title":"Trump shuts down government petition site “temporarily”","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 19-Dec-17 7:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"We the People\" site, set up by the Obama Administration in 2011, allows people to online-petition the federal government, with a commitment by that government to respond (even with only a comment) to any petitions that get 100K virtual signatures. The Trump Administration -- which has ignored 17 petitions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Trump-again.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":136816,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/the-trump-gilded-age-government-restructuring-plan.html","url_meta":{"origin":136386,"position":2},"title":"The Trump “Gilded Age” Government Restructuring Plan","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Jun-18 10:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I have no doubt that there are any number of \"Hey, we can cut down on government oversight and regulation of big business\" consolidations going on here in the name of \"efficiency\". Also any number of \"If we consolidate this stuff, then we can more easily cut its budget!\" ploys.But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The_Bosses_of_the_Senate_by_Joseph_Keppler5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The_Bosses_of_the_Senate_by_Joseph_Keppler5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The_Bosses_of_the_Senate_by_Joseph_Keppler5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132124,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/29\/will-this-conflict-of-interest-bite-trump-on-the-butt.html","url_meta":{"origin":136386,"position":3},"title":"Will this conflict of interest bite Trump on the butt?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-Nov-16 10:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Trump insists that, as president, he can have no \"conflict of interest.\" He means that legally, but he states it as though it applies ethically as well. Unfortunately for him, it may not apply contractually.Donald Trump's business is leasing the Post Office Pavilion in Washington as the Trump International Hotel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135002,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/08\/the-resortful-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":136386,"position":4},"title":"The Resortful President","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 8-Oct-17 10:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Gosh, remember back when Donald Trump was so critical of Obama occasionally shooting a game of golf? When he was sure he'd never see a golf course because he'd be so busy being President of the United States? As of today, Donald Trump ... ... has spent 261 days as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Trump-golfing2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":136915,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/house-gop-are-worried-about-a-government-shutdown-before-the-election.html","url_meta":{"origin":136386,"position":5},"title":"House GOP are worried about a government shutdown … but only BEFORE the election","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Sep-18 4:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"That seems to be the bottom-line sentiment. They think a shutdown is fine, that letting the federal government grind to a halt unless Donald gets his Great Wall is okay ... but they want it after the election, because otherwise it might hurt their\u00a0 chances in November. Ponder that for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mcconnell-trump-ryan-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136400,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136386\/revisions\/136400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}