The Foreidols of Japan
Monday, February 18th, 2008While it may be Family Day in some Canadian provinces, it is Presidents Day in America. There is no actual federal holiday called Presidents Day, the federal holiday is technically Washington’s Birthday. But George was born on February 22 and today is February 18. Oh well.
Our northern brothers may choice to honor and respect the family, but we like to praise some of the great presidents in our past. Men like Warren Harding, one of the most corrupt presidents ever, who would often get drunk in office, and this was during the Prohibition Years. What about the whole wave of presidents from 1841-1861 that sat on their hands while the country degraded into civil war? My favorite of that period was William Henry Harrison. He died in office and even had a curse placed on him by a Native American. The curse was that every president who was elected in a year ending with 0 (Harrison was elected in 1940) would die in office. It came true for Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt and Kennedy! Regan and Bush avoided it. Another great man was Andrew Johnson, who set back the country decades because of his personal grudge against Reconstruction. Then there is the current man in office.
But I don’t want to preach an American history lesson to you. I got better plans. We are supposedly suppose to be taking time today to honor our forefathers. Obviously many of these man deserve no praise whatsoever. So whose history should I honor today?
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