Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

[Bon]

I ask this to you because the Hopewell school systems in Virginia (my home state) decided very recently that they would not only observed MLK day as a school-free day, but the following day, the inauguration of Barack Obama as well. Using the 20th of January as a holiday means that President's day, a school holiday observed in Februrary, would be deemed a school day (much to the chagran of many parents). My mom also told me that the Petersburg city schools may also be following suit. Now, I ask once again: what do you think of this matter?

[John Mora]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

What a silly thing to do.

[Magus]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

More holidays?

Yes, please.

[Goufunaki]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

If I can still get paid for having that day off, then yes. make it a holiday.

[John Mora]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

More holidays?

Yes, please.

But it's not more holidays. They're trading President's Day for it.

[DK]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

While celebrating this year as inauguration is all fine and well I think we are getting ahead of ourselves naming schools after and declaring new national holidays over a president that has yet to really prove anything.

Then again there is a Nixon school isn't there?

[Magus]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

But it's not more holidays. They're trading President's Day for it.

Nothing lost, nothing gained!

[Red Dragon]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

Y'know. I wonder if he will be a good president.

So far the only real thing he has going for him is that he beat a 65 year-old republican.

[highwind]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

seems short-sighted and impulsive to me.

[Bon]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

Y'know. I wonder if he will be a good president.

So far the only real thing he has going for him is that he beat a 65 year-old republican.

You're off by like 7-8 years, dude.

[Adrian Foley]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

Man, I wish I could get a holiday for being half-something.

[Red Dragon]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

You're off by like 7-8 years, dude.

Only, like, 6.


Even so. Beating some old dude everyone disliked that had a running mate everyone disliked even more isn't enough for a holiday.

Let's see if he will be a good president first.

Because I seriously doubt he will be as great as people think he will.

[Denmo]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

None of the other presidents got their own holiday (except omigosh President's Day), but he deserves special treatment because he's the first black one?

Yeah, no.

[Armored]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

Yeah being a huge inspiration to all blacks in the US is no big deal.

[Denmo]

Re: Should Obama's Inauguration Be Considered a Holiday?

Oh no doubt it's very important and inspirational. But I think making it a national holiday would be setting a bad example. Tuesday is the day work starts. You don't celebrate the day work starts by taking the day off.

I mean, that's just too black of a thing to do.



But in all seriousness.

We've already celebrated his election into Presidency. The inauguration is just the finalization. Not as big an event as election night, IMO.