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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**Father’s Day - the worst thing American President Richard Nixon did***

The worst thing Nixon did was drop the interstate speed limit to 55mph. I got mu first speed tickets then.

The only worthwhile thing Clinton ever did that was restore the speed limits to their pre- Nixon limits.

[sourcery]

Either you have full equality, or you fully take account of biological, psycho-emotional, social and cultural differences. There is no well-defined, sustainable middle ground.

[Libloather]

Yes, two men broke into the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building...

For history's sake, just how many illegal break-ins were there - on both sides?

[wastedyears]

***Men are, on the whole, much more involved on a day-to-day basis with their children and noticeably more demonstrative emotionally than their fathers were.***

I beg to differ.

[al baby]

Just wait till we have illegal alien day

[TXnMA]

Bull!!! The world’s worst criminal (and sinner) was the dumb@$$ (most likely a womxn) who first proposed the idea that man and woman should be equal (the same)...

[BerryDingle]

I'm not a crooook.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The writer stresses the role of church on Mother’s Day. This morning our family went to church to celebrate Father’s Day. The sermon was about the role of the father in the family and why he is so important. I do not consider this day wasted at all.

[BallyBill]

Dick!

[Neoliberalnot]

Next to the obama trash collectors Nixon was a saint.

[retrokitten]

But now the day is upon us, it would be rude to ignore it.

Soooo....it would be rude to ignore the day entirely, but an article bashing it in the newspaper is not? M'kay.

[Gabz]

MOM Ping for Father's DAy.

Personally I found the article rather insulting.....but this just cracked me up :

But real co-parenting is still a rare and remote ideal. For all the family activities that men do join in, a few still, bizarrely, get overlooked. Nit-combing remains a female preserve.

Not in this household. All of you that know me have heard of the on-going problem we have with this and also know that Daddy is the absolute expert here. My husband has far more patience than I do -- and better eyesight.

Happy Father's Day guys!

[Faith]

This author has problems.

[353FMG]

“..by making Father’s Day a public holiday.”

Just another touchy-feely, feel-good liberal gesture. And this coming from a father of two sons. Of course, the 18-year old bottle of Glenfiddich is welcome, regardless.

[boomop1]

Moderator is a nitwit.

[boomop1]

Been here too long to be insulted by some do good moron.

[CodeToad]

Just another crybaby Brit who hates the “colonies”. The only bad thing about Father’s Day is that is seems to confuse the inner city kids.

[Flying Circus]

Mother's Day was born out of the sacred rites of the holy church, in the 16th century. It was a day to celebrate the role of the Virgin Mary in the life of Christ, and for women to meet up in their own mother church and re-establish their family bonds. Father's Day was invented by Hallmark, and blessed by Richard Nixon.

Not true. There is and was no Church feast celebrating mothers in May. The closest equivalent is “Mothering Sunday” celebrated on Laetare Sunday, fourth Sunday in Lent. Mother's day was was invented by Anna Marie Jarvis and “blessed” by Congress and President Wilson in 1914.

If that counts for a traditional observance of Mother's day, then the Solemnity of St. Joseph counts as traditional observance of Father's day.

She can engage in Father bashing all she wants, but she shouldn't try to use Church tradition as a prop. Both dates are really just Hallmark profit makers anyway.

[Terpin]

“$11 billion will be wasted on Father’s Day tat. Why wouldn’t British retailers want us to do the same?”
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Hey! I didn’t get any tat today! Of course if I had, I would’ve just tried to trade it in for the other thing.

[NucSubs]

STFU Gill.