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| -Land of the Free |
| No Mail Delivery On National Day Of Mourning For George H.W. Bush |
| 2018-12-05 |
| [KXAN] (Eyeroll) No news on whether his Secret Security detail will be buried with him to serve him through the afterlife. We really haven't been a republic for a while now. |
| Posted by:charger |
| #12 When Soetoro passes Mardi Gras is going to look like a spelling bee. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2018-12-05 18:48 |
| #11 When Soetoro passes I recommend the Interstate Highway System be closed, prohibition be re-enacted, and electricity be turned off for at least a year. The Great Pyramid of Obama is gonna be lit. Literally and figuratively. And the deplorables will required to make bricks without straw. Luckily, we'll have our troo conservative prince-pullz 'n' stuff to get us through those hard times. |
| Posted by: charger 2018-12-05 15:51 |
| #10 Thank you, Alaska Paul. President George W. Bush proclaimed a national day of mourning for Ronald Reagan’s funeral, also shutting down all non-essential areas of the government. So that is the tradition. link. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-05 14:41 |
| #9 My dad was really angry when Pres Kennedy had a day of mourning for the funeral. "What am I to do, sit around and mourn?" He was 1st MarDiv, fought at Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa. Different outlook. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2018-12-05 14:21 |
| #8 ...Read up on the 'families' of Rome. An opening is provided by fate. A gesture made to important family. It's a test. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-05 11:36 |
| #7 Did they shut down when President Reagan died? If that’s the tradition, then no reason to fuss. If that is not the tradition, why start now? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-05 10:30 |
| #6 You can't really morn unless you get the day off to shop. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-12-05 10:13 |
| #5 most of the federal govt closed including not only the USPS but also federal courts, passport office and other activities where the work will have to be made up estimates of the added cost to the federal govt range from $50M to $500M and the cost to the general economy is probably in that range also |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-12-05 09:39 |
| #4 And it's substantially less of a hit to American productivity than the unveiling of Bath House Brackets or March Madness itself... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-05 07:39 |
| #3 Really, I think no junk mail for one day is not a bad thing. But that just means twice as much tomorrow. Shoot... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-05 07:37 |
| #2 Half measures! When Soetoro passes I recommend the Interstate Highway System be closed, prohibition be re-enacted, and electricity be turned off for at least a year. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-05 07:31 |
| #1 ...you noticed that? Been an oligarchy for a while. And they're p**sed the largest tribe found someone to represent them. See - end of the Roman Republic. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-05 06:49 |