This time of year tends to prompt the debate about everyone's favorite holiday. Christmas and Thanksgiving always have a battle for the lead. Some occassionally remember to throw Easter a nod, and some revert to childhood form and name Halloween.
It looks like there'll be a 'change' (that we can believe in) in all that. The sagacious county commissioners of Perry County, Alabama have created a new, paid, county holiday: Barack Obama Day!
The vote was 4-1 for the holiday (which, I assume, will be celebrated as close to Christmas as possible, given the similarities between the two honorees.) The lone hold out, a Democrat, was worried about the fiscal impact on the impoverished county. Good to see there are some fiscally conservative Dems in Dixie.
I have tried to think of something witty to write about a holiday for a part-term U.S. Senator, who has not been President for a minute, but I think this story covers it.
Amazing,
Thomas More
You know, I'm surprised and then not so surprised. On Monday (World AIDS Day) I heard (from a speaker proudly wearing her Obama earrings) that Obama has already changed the way we treat our fellow man and is our best hope to cure AIDS.
Can any human being live up to this hype???
Posted by: Philomena | December 03, 2008 at 11:38 AM