postalnews blog » holidays http://www.postalnewsblog.com more from postalnews.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 More on “President’s Day” http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/18/more-on-presidents-day/ http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/18/more-on-presidents-day/#comments Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:41:32 +0000 brian http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/18/more-on-presidents-day/ Hendrik Hertzberg was being facetious sarcastic in the New Yorker piece we linked to yesterday when he suggested that Fox News look into the “War on Washington’s Birthday“, but apparently the Manchester Union-Leader takes the whole thing seriously! The Union-Leader, one of the few news organizations that is actually further to the right than Fox News (and only slightly to the left of say, Benito Mussolini), ties President’s Day in with the “secularization of Christmas” and the general decline of Western Civilization.

The bottom line seems to be that holidays are not supposed to be enjoyable- we’re apparently supposed to spend them in quiet reflection on the contributions of the person being honored, rather than skiing, shopping, or other Un-American Activities.

What can you say to someone like that?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!

]]> http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/18/more-on-presidents-day/feed/ 0