New "Boss"...Same as Old "Boss"

How many threads were there prior to the new Congress in which people complained about the Republicans working a four day week . . . oh yeah, NONE . . . hypocrites.

Baldimo wrote:

It doesn't matter who worked where or who worked when, the fact remains that it only took the Dems about 3 days to break their word of a 5 day work week.

That's just it, I don't think they actually are breaking it. If I get a job where the boss tells me it is a five day workweek, that does not mean there are no holidays off. I'll admit the football game thing is pretty unusual, but taking Martin Luther King Day is off is to be expected. All the other Federal and State workers have it off, as well as a fair number of other people.

Baldimo wrote:

I'll cut them some slack for now, but lets see how all of this works out in the long run. Lets hope they do indeed agree to work that 5 day week they said they would.

That sounds fair. At the end, or even the midpoint of the session, let's take a look at how many weeks they worked a five day week and how many they worked a four day week. While I am sure they might be a few holidays off that some might look askance at, if they work a five day week more often than not, I think it is fair to say they lived up to their promise.

Okay, when was the last year your kids were in school?

yeah but you volunteered for the work. these politicians are SENT to Washington by the people. It's not like they asked for the job or anything.

He was being facetious.

I think this is a 'let's get ready to start bitching, fellow Righties' thread than anything else.

Cycloptichorn

Cycloptichorn wrote:

He was being facetious.

I think this is a 'let's get ready to start bitching, fellow Righties' thread than anything else.

Cycloptichorn

Is it really any different then the numerious "lets continue bitching fellow lefties" threads that have been going on for the last 6 years?

Cycloptichorn wrote:

He was being facetious.

I think this is a 'let's get ready to start bitching, fellow Righties' thread than anything else.

Cycloptichorn

Is it really any different then the numerious "lets continue bitching fellow lefties" threads that have been going on for the last 6 years?

Okay, when was the last year your kids were in school?

Now.

The year was 1981 when I first encountered MLK day. Taxachusetts was the first to recognize it.

Do your kids have Martin Luther King Day off this year?

NO - thought I was pretty clear.

And are the banks closed in your state on the day?

Yes, as in all states. You cannot operate a bank with the fed closed.

Okay, so at that point Martin Luther King Day was a state holday, not a national one. In the intervening quarter century, it has become a national holiday. A simple concept to understand, I think.

Just think of all those poor streets with no names if it wasn't for MLK.

I could be mistaken, but wasn't "President's Day" created to offset the new MLK holiday, giving up Washinton's and Lincoln's birthdays?

woiyo wrote:

"Turnabout is fair play "

No, it is not. Not when you are supposed to represent The People.

I wasn't speaking of the Congress... I was speaking of the day to day whiners on the right who seem to be quickly adapting to their role as replacements for the day to day whiners from the left :wink:

He was being facetious.

I think this is a 'let's get ready to start bitching, fellow Righties' thread than anything else.

Cycloptichorn

Cycloptichorn wrote:

He was being facetious.

I think this is a 'let's get ready to start bitching, fellow Righties' thread than anything else.

Cycloptichorn

Really? You think this is for the sake of "bitching"?

You actually think that Democrats have the best interests of the "PEOPLE" in mind when they decide to take actions such as the above?

Do you really believe that politicians representing the Democratic Party have different intentions then those politicians who represent the Republican Party?

cjhsa wrote:

I could be mistaken, but wasn't "President's Day" created to offset the new MLK holiday, giving up Washinton's and Lincoln's birthdays?

Yes, you're mistaken. There is no such thing as "President's Day." Title 5, Section 6103 of the United States Code designates the following as federal holidays:

New Year's Day, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January. [b]Washington's Birthday, the third Monday in February.[/b] Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. Independence Day, July 4. Labor Day, the first Monday in September. Columbus Day, the second Monday in October. Veterans Day, November 11. Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November. Christmas Day, December 25.

Lincoln's birthday has never been a federal holiday, although it's a state holiday in Illinois (as is Pulaski Day).