Long weekend up ahead

On a not-so-uplifting note, Mr. Bush will be delivering his final words to the American public as the Commander in Chief tomorrow evening. Such a sad, sad day...and I say that not out of sarcasm. Although his speeches make my IQ drop five points each time I tune in, he did a lot for this country at a critical time. Bash him all you want, but anyone with half a monkey's ass worth of brains would realize that he doesn't make the United States tick day-to-day. That's the legislature. He doesn't pass laws that keep gays from marrying, he didn't cause to market to tumble, he didn't create Hurricane Katrina, he didn't tell the oil companies to jack up the price of gas, and he wasn't the first president to not give a damn about your phones being tapped. So pull your fingers out of your ass and quit whining about him. The day has come for you haters...his term is almost over. Mark my words however, as he will go down as a remarkable figure in presidential history primarily due to the way he handled the war. People weren't too fond of Reagan when he left office, but they sure as hell bow down to him now. I just hope Bush raises the middle finger to those that hate him and says, "Kiss this, you liberal sissies!"

Now, since I'm full of energy this evening, time for another topic...

For one of my classes, we read one of those famous Martin Luther King letters in celebration of the upcoming holiday. It seems a bit absurd to read such a document in a law school course since he wasn't exactly an attorney (not that he claimed to be) and it really has nothing to do with Contract law. Maybe something from Gandhi would be more sufficient (at least he had a law degree). It's funny how people in this world seem to think that the holiday is his day. For example, "No class on Monday due to Mr. King's holiday." Well, let's get this straight. It's only his holiday if he were here to celebrate it. Technically, it's simply a day of remembrance. If it was his holiday, then he'd be here to celebrate it. So in all actuality, it's my holiday because I'm the one doing the celebrating. For that matter, it's not even a celebration. It's a day off from school. If it were a celebration, we'd all be throwing down Cinco de Mayo style. Okay, so maybe I will be throwing down Cinco de Mayo style, but that's not because of the particular holiday. My reasons for tossing back the 12 oz. bottles of Jesus Juice on this day of recognition extend no further than the simple fact that I don't have to be at school that day.

Not to detract from Mr. King's contributions to the Civil Rights' movement, but shouldn't there be an Abraham Lincoln holiday as well (okay, so we do have a President's day, but I still have to go to school, so it doesn't count). Hell, he got shot too. Now, I'm not a history major, but I'm pretty sure he played a significant role in the Civil War (which was the start to the abolition of slavery, correct? Once again, I'm no history buff...history is for wienies with nothing better to do with their spare time.) and contrary to popular belief there is no truth to the accusation of Lincoln owning slaves. Maybe I just want an additional day off from school, but that's beside the point. From now on, I think we should create holidays for every time a famous person gets shot. That way my kids will earn a degree without ever stepping foot on a college campus. After all, isn't that the American dream...getting rich by doing nothing? Or do I possess an ill-conceived notion of what the true American dream really is?