Posted by JerryS on February 15, 2014 at 10:49:58 from (98.80.108.252):
In Reply to: OT-School Closings??? posted by Jiles on February 15, 2014 at 08:08:35:
I wouldn't mind if they added one more holiday---George Washington's birthday. It sickens me how little most Americans know about this man and how his personal strength of character kept the revolution going until independence was won. It sickened me when he and another great president, Lincoln (I'm the southern great-grandson of Confederate veterans, by the way), were squeezed into the mushy, generic "Presidents Day" slot on the calendar to make way for another guy who now is the only individual honored with a holiday.
It appears that the common thread in all the cited fear-induced school closings is an underlying, unspoken fear of the lawsuits that will most certainly materialize if any little thing goes wrong. Certainly caution and common sense should prevail in all activities, but unfortunately, the fear of litigation from hungry hordes of rapacious lawyers (not you, Mike) is the sticky goo that so greatly hinders real progress on any number of fronts in this country.
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