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I'll be surprised if "Labor Day" survives 9/11/11 (0.00 / 0)

there can only be one end-of-summer holiday obviously.

I suspect/predict that, as the 10th Anniversary of "the day that changed the world" approaches, there will be incredible pressure to demote "labor" and to promote "Patriots' Day" or some other reeking rhetorical pile of patriotic shit in its place.

I mean, nobody in the USof A actually admires "labor," anymore, do they? The unions are dead. Workers are replaceable as widgets.

But We Must Never Forget The Sacrifice Of Those Brave People On That Terrible DAY!@!!

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by: konopelli @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 12:44:11 PM CDT

"the day that changed the world" (0.00 / 0)

Gah. That makes me want to throw up every time I hear it. Americans are so isolated and ignorant of almost everything outside of the U.S., nothing really matters unless/until it happens to us.

demote "labor" and to promote "Patriots' Day" or some other reeking rhetorical pile of patriotic shit in its place.

Nicely stated, even if tragically sad in its truthfulness. And as you said, it would easy enough to expand Patriots' Day into a national holiday.  

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by: Oaktown Girl @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 13:50:58 PM CDT

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