Posted on 02/19/2012 7:43:27 PM PST by stolinsky
For the working stiff, there are no meaningless days off. We take ‘em where we find ‘em.
bump. even though our livelihood hangs by a thread, some of us, and some have had more days off in the last three years than in their entire lifetimes...yeah, sometimes a day off is just what you need.
Resist we much. Celebrate Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays in your own family, your own scout troop, your own church, etc. They can’t stop you.
Don’t let the current culture change your values. Don’t be helpless.
Treat it as Constitution Day.
You get tomorrow off?
I’m putting in 12, just like any other day.
Most working class Americans are either unemployed, underemployed, their jobs are threatened, or they are doing the work of two or three employees. So, any excuse for a holiday is fine with me.
Anybody remember the Washington’s Birthday sales?
People used to wait in line outside the stores for the bargains.
I was in the scouts just one day and I thought my scoutmaster was kind of fruity, so I quit. But I still went on to be a good marine, and then a good man. I mean no disrespect, but this post is kind of whiny. I just don't think "They Died with Their Boots On" was that good of a movie.
Of course Presidents like the idea that the holiday is meant to honor all of the Presidents, including the half who were below average.
Can you imagine what the delegates to the Constitutional Convention would have thought if they had been able to see what the Presidency would become? Even as recently as Harry Truman, the office was much less grandiose--Truman would travel by train to go home to Missouri.
Things began to go downhill when the country started electing Presidents who were not born in Virginia.
MLK day is a holiday but not Washington's birthday?
What kind of nonsense is this!
Like many things, the more you look into it, the more confusing it gets. Apparently the official federal title is still Washington’s Birthday (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington’s_Birthday). But since it isn’t Feb. 22, it’s called President’s Day in most places.
If you want to be even more confused, the British Empire didn’t adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 1752, being reluctant to accept anything to do with the pope. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates).
So the day Washington was born, the calendar on the wall said Feb. 11. Converting this to the current calendar gives Feb. 22. Still, it’s not the exact day I object to—it’s the lack of respect for tradition.
That man was one of the worst Presidents in history!
Some students (like me) don’t get to coast for a day either! They would rather honor Cesar Chavez than Washington.
Got this in an email, pretty good!
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What day is the 20th of February?”
I was talking with a 13-year-old neighbor girl and I asked her, “What day is the 20th of February?”
She said “It’s President’s Day!”
She is a smart kid.
I asked “What does President’s Day mean?”
I was waiting for something about Washington or Lincoln ..... etc.
She replied,
“President’s Day is when President Obama steps out of the White House, and if he sees his shadow we have one more year of unemployment.”
You know, it hurts when hot coffee spurts out your nose...
Nixon? He brought us the EPA didn’t he?
What a great Republican.
How else will The Won ever get a day?
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