Posted on 03/12/2008 1:46:30 PM PDT by toddlintown
PUBLIC OUTCRY LEADS TO PETITION OF CONGRESS FOR ST. PATRICKS DAY NATIONAL HOLIDAY RECOGNITION
National survey results suggest millions believe St Patricks Day should be a national holiday
New York (February 14, 2008) - In response to overwhelming public sentiment, the makers of Guinness, the worlds most famous Irish stout, are supporting Proposition 3-17, a national effort to make St.Patricks Day an officially-recognized holiday in the United States.
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No. Then we’ll get stuck with Cinco de Mayo, Bastille day, and all the other non-holidays I have to wade through.
Look I hate snakes too, but I also hate green beer. No way.
As a Polish-American, I demand the same for Pulaski Day.
As a full-blooded Slav, I demand that Hunky Monday, which is always the Monday after St. Patrick’s Day, also be recognized.
Everyone would be required to eat halubki and halushki, and would have to wear purple. Anyone who refuses to do this would be branded “Not A Team Player” in his or her Permanent Record.
“As a Polish-American, I demand the same for Pulaski Day.”
Come to Chicago. It’s a city (maybe a state too) holiday.
There are times I wished I did live in Chicago.
If Guinness Brewery really understood what goes on on St. Patrick's day, they'd make the day after St. Patrick's day a national holiday.
Only if it’s a total holiday, no work, no school, no nothing, just like Christmas!
And I’m all for it to be sure, with me bein’ part Irish and me middle name bein’ Patrick, donchaknow!
There ya go! Green beer doesn't look that appealing when it's sitting in a porcelain bowl the next morning. Like New Year's Eve, I've always considered this as another amateur day.
“And Im all for it to be sure, with me bein part Irish and me middle name bein Patrick, donchaknow!”
Didn’t you that the Lost Tribe settled in Eire?
Was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see!
Totally racist. A white Saint, from a white European country, mostly celebrated by white people! Good grief. Next thing you know, someone will want a White television network, a White Miss America pageant, a Whites only college fund.
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