Amara Graps wrote:
>
> From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
> >As I watched the fireworks this evening I had to wonder:
> >what do they do in the countries that dont have 4th of July?
> >Do they need to add a July 32nd to make the calendar come
> >out right? spike
>
> Germany has Reunification Day on October 3.
>
> This country doesn't need another holiday...
>
> I have the sense, living here, that yet another religious holiday is
> taking place. Then add the various festivals, where people take off
> work anyway. It's hard for me to keep track of them all.
I recall in Lee Iacocca's autobiography that he recounted a conversation
with a UAW union cheif about the union supporting new holidays. The
union strategy was apparently to eventually get so many holidays on the
calendar that everyone will have a 4 day work week with 5 days of pay:
long a goal of unions and international socialists everywhere....
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