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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fed and I always get MLK off. What sorts of places don't do that--private sector?

Lots of private employers don't give MLK off. Doctor's offices are usually open. Retailers are ALWAYS open. My employer (consulting firm) is open, hubby's CPA firm is open.

Racist

Colleges are open that day. I remember not having MLK day off in college.

Liberty university doesn't count!
Seriously, we're you in college before 2000?

Weren't most adults?

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought they should just bag the inauguration in the case of re-election. The guy (or possibly gal in the future), is already in office and has already taken the oath, why go through it all again? Seems like a waste of time, money and effort.

I thought they did bag it.

Pretty sure I remember W had a full-blown second inauguration.

You'd celebrate the second time around too if you were accused of stealing the first election.

Wow, now the right is defending the 2000 appointment? Brass balls.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought they should just bag the inauguration in the case of re-election. The guy (or possibly gal in the future), is already in office and has already taken the oath, why go through it all again? Seems like a waste of time, money and effort.

I thought they did bag it.

Pretty sure I remember W had a full-blown second inauguration.

You'd celebrate the second time around too if you were accused of stealing the first election.

"There is no in-lieu-of holiday for employees who are not regularly scheduled to work on Inauguration Day. In addition, employees for whom January 21, 2013, is the legal public holiday for the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., are not entitled to an in-lieu-of holiday for Inauguration Day if the day selected for the public observance of the inauguration of the President is January 21, 2013."

It does say, "if", as in it hasn't yet been decided that it will in fact happen on the 21st.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought they should just bag the inauguration in the case of re-election. The guy (or possibly gal in the future), is already in office and has already taken the oath, why go through it all again? Seems like a waste of time, money and effort.

I thought they did bag it.

Pretty sure I remember W had a full-blown second inauguration.

Is it so hard to believe that some of us graduated college before 2000?

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought they should just bag the inauguration in the case of re-election. The guy (or possibly gal in the future), is already in office and has already taken the oath, why go through it all again? Seems like a waste of time, money and effort.

Better yet, just ask him (or her) if they want to keep working another term after 4 years rather than expending all that time, money, and effort on re-electing them.

That makes no sense.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fed and I always get MLK off. What sorts of places don't do that--private sector?

Lots of private employers don't give MLK off. Doctor's offices are usually open. Retailers are ALWAYS open. My employer (consulting firm) is open, hubby's CPA firm is open.

Racist

Colleges are open that day. I remember not having MLK day off in college.

Liberty university doesn't count!
Seriously, we're you in college before 2000?

Were ... Damn ipad

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fed and I always get MLK off. What sorts of places don't do that--private sector?

Lots of private employers don't give MLK off. Doctor's offices are usually open. Retailers are ALWAYS open. My employer (consulting firm) is open, hubby's CPA firm is open.

Racist

Colleges are open that day. I remember not having MLK day off in college.

Liberty university doesn't count!
Seriously, we're you in college before 2000?

Lee Jackson king day, when I moved to Virginia lo these many years ago.

Will it be a small private ceremony on Sunday, 1/20 and then a public swearing in on Monday, 1/21? I think he will go over to the MLK statute afterwards to pay his respects.

I have seen conflicting information on which day the actual swearing in will be. Figured someone on here might actually have official information?

Anonymous wrote:I always thought they should just bag the inauguration in the case of re-election. The guy (or possibly gal in the future), is already in office and has already taken the oath, why go through it all again? Seems like a waste of time, money and effort.

Better yet, just ask him (or her) if they want to keep working another term after 4 years rather than expending all that time, money, and effort on re-electing them.

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Anonymous wrote:I gotta say, I don't see any reason for Fed employees who can get to their offices not to work. The rest of us are at their jobs!

Because its a federal holiday- the federal govt shuts down its hard to be at your desk when your office is closed. BTW, fed are not getting a extra day off bc MLK day and inauguration day falls on the same day.

But that's my point. This is the silly kind of thing that gives Fed employees a bad name in the rest of the country -- extra vacation when everyone else has to work. Unless you work for the agencies impacted that day, it's just bad PR at a time when you don't need anymore of it.

Actually, it's the kind of thing that gives the rest of the country a reputation for being a bunch of racists, making their employees work on MLK Day.

Anonymous wrote:^how long ago were you in college?

Yup, coddled in college too. Is it standard to get the day off after midterms?