Juneteenth - A National Holiday?

[The big package]

Yeh Obama / Biden did great with the national debt from 9 trillion to 20 trillion , great job!!!!!

 

[newfie]

Who destroyed the budget?
Quit electing Republican administrations that jack up the deficit any time they are in office and we'd have plenty of money

republicans and democrats.

the way to fix the budget is real simple stop increasing the spending. eventually revenues catch up to spending and you balance.

 

[BrownFlush]

Juneteenth is possibly the gayest name for a holiday I've ever heard. Seriously, say it in a flamboyant dialect like Mr. Garrison from South Park. Lulz.

Tommy agrees.

 

[BrownFlush]

Because the modern-day Republican Party actually cares about the plight of black people in America. LOL

Not quite the level the dim cares about their vote.

 

[BrownFlush]

Why shouldn't it be a holiday?

Every day could be Free Slave Day with an apology check and it wouldn't be enough for you.

 

[over9five]

I believe we should immediately free all black slaves.

 

[floridays]

you're making a cracker comment because someone disagree's.

The cracker comment was meant to be humorous, you're well aware of my sense of humor. Lighten up black dog.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Every day could be Free Slave Day with an apology check and it wouldn't be enough for you.

 

[newfie]

Well 1st off let me respond with my go to response if you disagree with me.....Well you're just ing stupid.
What do you think it would cost to make it a federal holiday?
The governments toilet paper budget for two weeks?
If making it a federal holiday is what pushes the American government over the edge after all this we've been through. I will give you both a verbal and written apology

we are already over the edge I'll take your apology when you feel ready to man up and deliver as promised.

the reason we dont balance the budget is because we keep finding reasons to spend more money then we take in.
each time we justify it by saying this expense will not push us over the edge by itself.
This government will absolutely never cut spending . the only hope we have is to stop increasing spending until revenue catches up.
as i said before i think we should reduce holidays that we have not add to them.

how do you run your household budget? are your credit cards all maxed out because you feel you're not over the edge?

did you notice i was able to discuss this issue with insulting your low level of intelligence?

 

[newfie]

The cracker comment was meant to be humorous, you're well aware of my sense of humor. Lighten up black dog.

I didnt really care about the cracker comment. I am curious as to how you felt about the rest of my post?
I've worked in and around many black people for 40 years and never heard any black person mention it and never had a black person say he needed off to celebrate this holiday.
suddenly when trump wants to schedule a rally on that day we find it its the black version of christmas.

whats actually a bit embarrassing to me is I am a big civil war buff and history buff and never heard of it until it became political.
That also means it was never taught to me or my kids in one of the most liberal school systems in the country.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Well 1st off let me respond with my go to response if you disagree with me.....Well you're just ing stupid.
What do you think it would cost to make it a federal holiday?
The governments toilet paper budget for two weeks?
If making it a federal holiday is what pushes the American government over the edge after all this we've been through. I will give you both a verbal and written apology

friendk you!
You are making an argument based on 'Why Not' ... how about your arguments on 'Why'.
This smacks of 'never let a good crisis go to waste'.
Piggybacking on the COVID-19 crisis and the George Floyd crisis is a bit disingenuous.

This did not seem important to Obama in 8 years as President to make it a National Holiday.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 Jan	Wed	New Year's Day	National
17 Jan	Fri	Lee-Jackson Day	VA
19 Jan	Sun	Confederate Heroes Day	TX
20 Jan	Mon	Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday	National
20 Jan	Mon	Robert E. Lee's Birthday	AL, AR & MS
4 Feb	Tue	Rosa Parks Day	CA
12 Feb	Wed	Lincoln's Birthday	CT, IL, MO & NY
17 Feb	Mon	Daisy Gatson Bates Day	AR
17 Feb	Mon	President's Day	National except DE, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, NM, NC & RI
25 Feb	Tue	Mardi Gras Day	AL & LA
2 Mar	Mon	Texas Independence Day	TX
3 Mar	Tue	Town Meeting Day	VT
26 Mar	Thu	Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day	HI
30 Mar	Mon	Seward's Day	AK
31 Mar	Tue	César Chávez Day	CA & TX
10 Apr	Fri	Good Friday	CT, DE, HI, IN, KY, LA, NC, ND, NJ, TN, TX & WI
10 Apr	Fri	Confederate Memorial Day	GA
16 Apr	Thu	DC Emancipation Day	DC
20 Apr	Mon	Patriots Day	MA & ME
21 Apr	Tue	San Jacinto Day	TX
24 Apr	Fri	Arbor Day	NE
27 Apr	Mon	Confederate Memorial Day	AL & MS
5 May	Tue	Primary Election Day	IN
8 May	Fri	Truman Day	MO
11 May	Mon	Confederate Memorial Day	SC
25 May	Mon	Memorial Day	National
1 Jun	Mon	Jefferson Davis Birthday	AL
11 Jun	Thu	King Kamehameha Day	HI
19 Jun	Fri	Juneteenth	TX
20 Jun	Sat	West Virginia Day	WV
3 Jul	Fri	Independence Day Holiday	National except AK, AZ, CA, IL, MA, MS, MT, NE, NV, OH, OR, RI, SD, TX, WV, WI & WY
4 Jul	Sat	Independence Day	National
24 Jul	Fri	Pioneer Day	UT
10 Aug	Mon	Victory Day	RI
17 Aug	Mon	Bennington Battle Day	VT
21 Aug	Fri	Statehood Day	HI
27 Aug	Thu	Lyndon B Johnson Day	TX
7 Sep	Mon	Labor Day	National
12 Oct	Mon	Columbus Day	National except AK, AR, CA, DE, FL, HI, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, NV, NC, ND, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA & WY
12 Oct	Mon	Native American Day	SD
18 Oct	Sun	Alaska Day	AK
30 Oct	Fri	Nevada Day	NV
3 Nov	Tue	General Election Day	DE, HI, IN, KY, MD, MI, NJ, NY & RI
5 Nov	Thu	Return Day	DE
11 Nov	Wed	Veterans Day	National
26 Nov	Thu	Thanksgiving Day	National
27 Nov	Fri	American Indian Heritage Day	MD
27 Nov	Fri	Family Day	NV
27 Nov	Fri	Georgia State Holiday	GA
27 Nov	Fri	Lincoln's Birthday Holiday	IN
27 Nov	Fri	President's Day Holiday	NM
27 Nov	Fri	Thanksgiving Friday	CA, DE, FL, IA, IL, KS, KY, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NE, NH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA & WV
1 Dec	Tue	Rosa Parks Day	OH
24 Dec	Thu	Christmas Eve	AR, KS, KY, MI, NC, OK, SC, TN & TX
24 Dec	Thu	Washington's Birthday Holiday	GA & IN
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day	National
26 Dec	Sat	Christmas Holiday	TX
28 Dec	Mon	Christmas Holiday	NC
28 Dec	Mon	Christmas Holiday	SC
31 Dec	Thu	New Year's Eve	KY & MI

I remember when Georgia made MLK a holiday replacing Robert E Lee's birthday.
Robert E Lee's birthday holiday was moved to the day after Thanksgiving.
Now it's listed as 'Georgia State Holiday' ... not surprised but this was done very quietly in 2015.
Somehow, the author on Wikipedia missed 'Confederate Memorial Day'. LOL

Georgia renames Confederate Memorial Day, Robert E. Lee on holiday calendar
For years, Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee's birthday have been on Georgia's official state holiday calendar.
Not any more.
The two holidays have been struck from the official calendar and replaced with the innocuous term "state holiday."
A list of 2015 state holidays on Georgia's website proclaims Robert E. Lee's birthday on January 19, but notes it will be observed on November 27. It also lists Confederate Memorial Day on April 26 with its day of observance as April 27.
A new list of 2016 state holidays reflects the change to "state holiday."