Happy Three-Day Weekend! (Or What Does Presidents' Day Mean To You?)

Lew Rockwell.com ^ | 14 Feb 04 | Bill Kauffman

[u-89]

>Fletcher Thompson (R-GA) offered an amendment to rename our holidays "Uniform Holiday No. 1, Uniform Holiday No. 2," etc. The immortal skinflint H.R. Gross (R-IA), who had opposed spending money to keep lit the eternal flame over JFK's grave, proposed to move Christmas and New Year's Day to Monday. The Mondaynes were not amused.

Uniform Holiday No. 1, etc,etc. This stuff is pretty funny. Especially since these holidays now have about as much meaning as these jest titles imply. While we're on the subject I always thought that if Armistice Day was of such significance that we set it aside as a memorial it should have been left intact.

There used to be a freeper called H.R.Gross, I wonder what ever happened to him?

[Glenn]

What holiday? I work for a living.

[Therapist]

H.R. Gross is gone:

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2185/6_10/57231397/p1/article.jhtml

[u-89]

I'm self employed. I do not observe holiday's, weekends or time of day. I still think the article has a point yet is somehow amusing.

[Glenn]

Now you've done it. Linked to a terribly racist article! How could you? People have lost their jobs for less, you know.

[Glenn]

It does make a point. The point I was attempting to make is that most corporations don't observe any but the major holidays. I think we get 6 per year.

[Finalapproach29er]

Screw Lincoln,Washington,Jefferson....

Praise President Chester Arthur!

[u-89]

Thanks for that link. Most informative and enjoyable read. I like the guy. Wish he were still around.

H.R.Gross: "wears loud neckties and a permanently worried expression"

[Tax-chick]

Like in Britain, "Spring Bank Holiday," "Fall Bank Holiday." I hadn't realized Monday was a "holiday"; now I won't be looking for the mail! I'll have to ask at church tomorrow whether the public schools are closed Monday ... maybe some of my daughter's friends can come over to play :-).

[DC native]

Same here. To me, the holiday means I won't have to fight much traffic as I schlep to my non-government job.

[Condor51]

Ditto, me too. What's a 'holiday'?

[knarf]

I miss Norman Rockwell

[Swordmaker]

I agree! See my earlier rant about this subject.

Earlier Rant

[LuigiBasco]

I get so ticked off at all this political correctness regarding Holidays that I take off EVERY day in protest and devote each day to honor our past Presidents and Heroes.

Luigi

[Neets]

I was going to send Valentine's greetings your way, but decided on this instead:

[mass55th]

President's Day weekend means absolutely nothing to me. All it is, is a way for the history revisionists to devalue the contributions of Abe Lincoln and George Washington...especially Washington. Three-day weekends were never celebrated by me as I was required to work on Monday holidays unless I was lucky enough to be approved to have the day off. This required one to submit a day off request not less than 30 days prior to the holiday. And although you had to put in for the day that far in advance, you might not find out whether you got the day until the Friday before the holiday you had requested. I rarely took them off as if was always more pleasant to work on a holiday. None of the brass was there and the facility always ran alot better then.

I celebrate these holidays on the original dates that they were celebrated when I was a kid. To hell with the revisionists!

[Dave S]

I'm self-employed too. What is a holiday? You mean some people get paid whether they show up to work or not? Unbelievable. What is this world coming to?

[Glenn]

I was going to send Valentine's greetings your way

That's right. Rub it in. I don't get that holiday off either. Why, neets, do you torture me so?

[Neets]

Why, neets, do you torture me so?

Oh, Glenn. It's quite simple the reason:

[u-89]

>I'm self-employed too. What is a holiday?

The things that I do I'd be doing anyway even if I made no money at them. I feel sorry for people who merely have a job. What a way to go through life.

>You mean some people get paid whether they show up to work or not?

In government and unions: people get paid whether they show up to work or not