Liquid Karma
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/politics/05PATR.html" target="_blank">Linky</a>
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Oh yeah, well Clinton humidored a fat intern!
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BPD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" />
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09-05-2002 10:16 AM |
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LK, you have to admit, you did not expect that one. <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/cheers.gif" />
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09-05-2002 10:17 AM |
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It may end up being a Federal Holiday, but think if he put that out there now. How are we going to pay for it would be the cry from "some people".
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09-05-2002 10:18 AM |
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MLK day, Columbus day and president's day should not be federal holidays.
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09-05-2002 10:20 AM |
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Honoring one person with a holiday is not necessary. MLK was a salute to all the Civil rights folks IMHO. He was the person they chose because he was killed and represented the entire movement. Why Columbus day is a holiday is beyond me. I am not sure if we want to "celebrate" the death and destruction of 9/11.
<small>[ September 05, 2002, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: rickheel ]</small>
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09-05-2002 10:23 AM |
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Liquid Karma
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Honoring one person as a holiday is not right in my humble opinion.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You may want to rephrase that...Christmas?
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09-05-2002 10:25 AM |
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I typed that while I was doing a number of different things. I change a couple of things in there. Christmas is a whole different ball of wax.
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09-05-2002 10:27 AM |
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I agree it's different. It's so encultured into American society that it's far more than a celebration of Christ. Plus I would reckon that about 90% of American's celebrate Christmas in some way. I am fairly confident that the number of people that give a damn about MLK day, Columbus day, or Presidents day is much smaller.
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09-05-2002 10:35 AM |
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There's no need for a holiday about destruction. The only thing I want on 9/11 is a normal day without any speeches from politicians.
MLK day is a good holiday, although no one thinks about the true significance anymore.
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09-05-2002 06:14 PM |
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Agreed, SSJT... do you all think that people will turn this into a sort of a religious holiday, due to the emphasis on reflection and prayer?
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09-05-2002 06:16 PM |
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September 11th should not be made a national holiday. It should be remember every year, but if it was made a holiday, many would just regard it as a day off from work/school.
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09-05-2002 06:22 PM |
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If we made it a federal holiday, the terrorists will have won.
Also, Christ isn't really a "person" if you get what I'm saying. He's more than that.
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09-05-2002 07:00 PM |
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Big Pimpin Deac:
Oh yeah, well Clinton humidored a fat intern!</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That should be made a holiday.
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I have to agree with LK here, September 11th should be a holiday. It is a day to remember everyone that lost their lives and a day to celebrate that this country is stronger now because of it. It is both a sort of celebration and a day or mourning and rememberance.
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09-05-2002 07:21 PM |
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It's not going to take a holiday for me to remember that's for sure. Every time I look at a clock reading 9:11 I am reminded... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />
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09-05-2002 08:43 PM |
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Holidays should be celebration for great things, like Veterans Day. If September 11 became a holiday, I would just head to the lake like I usually do when I have free time, and we shouldnt remember 9-11 by water skiing.
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09-05-2002 09:09 PM |
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People's Champ, as long as a President like Bush is in, he will end up endorsing some kind of a national day of prayer, and completely disregard every other belief or lack thereof in the USA.
If 9/11 is a holiday, sooner or later we will have backyard bbq's and kids waiting for that day off from school aka the day a ton of people died in NYC and DC.
I'm sure we all want that. <img border="0" alt="[NoNo]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" />
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09-05-2002 09:13 PM |
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Well...I haven't yet formed an opinion about whether 9/11 should be a federal holiday or not...but I did want to point out that Memorial Day is all about tragic losses...so there would be some sort of precedent for all this.
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