I am old enough to remember when February was a month in which the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and the birthday of George Washington were celebrated separately and on each man's actual birthday, which are February 12 and February 22 respectively. Somewhere along the line, those two days fell off the calendar in favor of Presidents' Day, which is celebrated annually on February's third Monday, and which is, "now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. Presidents, past and present."
The next time you or someone you now goes off on a jag ripping children for receiving a "Participation Trophy", remember that today is nothing less than the adult equivalent of one. We the people no longer celebrate those who have held the office who actually made a positive difference in the lives of this nation's citizens. We simply celebrate each person's attainment of the office irrespective of the damage he inflicted on us while he occupied it.
Someone start rounding up chisels and hammers. Apparently, Mount Rushmore needs to be made a whole hell of a lot bigger.
-AK
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