Vanity, thy name is ... Mail?

Well, apparently we all can now get our own personal Zip-code, or "Vanity" zip-code.

It seems that Sakes Fifth Avenue, the trendy New York department store, has been given the dubious honor of being the first business to receive its own vanity (or "prestige") Zip code. They are being assigned the Zip-code 10022-SHOE to commorate a new women's footwear salon opening this summer in the store.

Now, as we all know, no good deed goes unpunished, and ...., well ...uh ...

Bottom line is that the USPS is just finding new ways to gouge us for MORE MONEY. I guess that hiking the price of the first-class stamp to 41¢ earlier in the month isn't going to give them enough dough. As if their regular price hikes aren't enough maybe this will finally enable them to pay their workers enough now to keep them from going Postal.

Sov

Will the U.S.A. crumble ...

Will the United States crumble under this new immigrant bill that basically gives amnesty to roughly 12 million (felons) illegal aliens - and pays them for the privelage?

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Let's review the details of this proposed legislation:
The proposed immigration legislation would:

• Grant immediate, but probationary, legal status to the estimated 11 million to 12 million who came to the United States illegally before Jan. 1. It also would grant them the ability to work and travel if they passed background checks.
• Let undocumented immigrants and their families get new "Z" visas good for four years, but renewable indefinitely, by paying a $5,000 fee per head of household. After eight years, holders of Z visas could apply for permanent legal residence (a green card) by returning to their home countries and paying $4,000.
• Allow 400,000 to 600,000 foreigners to come every year to work. They could stay for two years on new "Y-1" visas, return home for one year and then renew the visas twice, for a total of six years in the U.S.
• Require that the Department of Homeland Security meet new border security and immigration enforcement conditions before the Z and Y visas take effect. Conditions include expanding Border Patrol to 18,000 agents; constructing 200 miles of vehicle barriers and 370 miles of fencing; deploying four unmanned aerial vehicles and 70 ground-based radar and camera systems.
• Require employers to use a new electronic system within 18 months to verify that new hires are eligible to work.
• Replace the current green-card system with a new point system, with applicants getting credit for English proficiency, job skills, education and family ties. Spouses and children of U.S. citizens could still qualify for an unlimited number of green cards. Parents of U.S. citizens could get up to 40,000 green cards per year. Spouses and children of permanent legal residents could get up to 87,000 green cards per year. About 380,000 green cards would eventually be issued via point system.
• Set the total number of green cards issued per year at about 1 million, same as now.
• Allow agricultural workers to get new Y-2A visas good for 10-month stays every year.
• Permit undocumented immigrants under 30 who came as children to be eligible for green cards within three years.

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This is almost like giving a crook part ownership in the store that he just robbed, and giving him a case of beer on his way out!

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Check out the New York Times article:
•► Senators in Bipartisan Deal on Immigration Bill

... or the Chicago Tribune article:
•► 'A path out of the shadows'

Personally, I think this needs to be scrapped and more thought put into the next idea. This one was jumpped into WAY to quick!

Sov