To note that this is an extremely stupid holiday is very banal, but still very true.
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Happy Presidents' Day
18 Feb 2008 08:17 am
Comments (21)
The worst part is that in some small way this day now celebrates the War-Criminal-In-Chief, the Supreme Idiot now s(h)itting in the White House.
Speaking of stupidity, I assume you've read this:
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/02/theyre-not-a-ma.html
Kind of stunning on the incompetence scale, no?
Don't be a sourpuss. I'll just think of it as Washington-Lincoln Day and enjoy my day off.
And I don't even get school off.
I did the math and it would take 317,778 steers to make 143 million pounds of recalled beef. You'd think somewhere around animal #100 the problem would be noticed, or animal #1000, or animal #10000, or animal #100000 but you be wrong. We are a nation full of incompetents at just about everything other than the big grift. Note: "famous name" mattress does not mean good mattress. A Lincoln-brand mattress generally sucks.
Sorry...I'm cranky this AM.
We need more three day weekends in the summer, not midwinter. We get one in January, one in February, but none in June or August.
I think president's day should be moved to the week between Bill Cinton and Herbert Hoover's birthday. That way, we get bipartisanship and a mid August three day weekend everyone should support.
What's so stupid about peace, love and Abraham Lincoln? Nah, what sucks is that living in Europe, today's just another day on the job. Dumb or not (and I vote not), it's nice to have the long weekend. Plus in my book this is Washington/Lincoln's and in no way connected to the initial that must not be uttered.
Holidays are nice. Who gives a shit what they are called? They could call it "middle of winter don't know what to call it day" and I wouldn't care. The proletariats need their rest.
And no, I don't get the day off. I work for a heartless, greedy, corporate machine.
It's Atrios' birthday too!!!!!
Snopes.com says that "Presidents' Day" is, essentially, an urban legend. It's really Washington's Birthday. Washington is still worth honoring.
You think President's Day is a stupid holiday? Up here in Ontario, the province created a new holiday and decided to call it "Family Day" because Ontarians work hard and deserve more time off with their families.
Angry loners have to go into work still
"we would just be just a bunch of european immigrants."
except for all of those africans who arrived before the bulk of european immigrants and the native population. you are obviously from one of those small obama states that doesn't count.
(Noting that the day is banal) == true.
Huh?
I'm always reminded of Loudon Wainwright's 2004 protest song, "president's day". It's not on his website any more, but the Internet Archive to the rescue (click my name for it)
This is a great holiday! They have a couple close together so the heck with it, they shove 'em together, put 'em on a monday for niceness, et voila. If some other super-duper thing _ever_ happens in February we can just fold it in omelette style. THey should get rid of a whole bunch of other holidays and put a President's Day in every month, man.
Hey, next month I get Cesar Chavez Day off of work, too!
Give me Lincoln and Washington's birthdays. And Valentine's, and Mardi Gras.
I'm agin' Washington's Birthday because we are supposed to have a government of laws, not men. I propose we get Constitution Day (Sept. 17) off instead.
As long as we're asking for birthdays off, I want Sharon Corr's, Caroline Corr's (TWO days in March off - not to mention it's St. Patrick's Day!), Andrea Corr's, Angelina Jolie's and Summer Glau's.
And, of course, mine.
Fuck the Presidents. Make sure they have to work that day.
You got a problem with time and a half pay? I came to work 45 minutes early to soak up all I can get.
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Heads in the Sand
C'mon. Maybe the way we celebrate Presidents day is dumb; take the day off, buy a sofa.
Yet the holiday itself should be a great one and needs to be re-visited. Without Washington and Lincoln we would just be just a bunch of european immigrants.
Posted by Kim | February 18, 2008 8:33 AM