National Vacation Day

President Bush has declared September 16th a National Day of Prayer. I don't know about you, but I was saying my prayers while watching the citizens of New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast die. Bush of course was still on vacation then. My proposal therefore is for the rest of us to take a vacation day then. Hopefully, by three weeks after the disaster things will be sufficiently under control and some accontability will have been taken for the rest of us to stop fretting and praying for the people of New Orleans.

It doesn't go unnoticed that Bush only ordered flags to fly at half staff after Judge Renquist died; adding that it was in remembrance of the Katrina victims too only the next day. If this is compassionate conservatism, I hope I never meet an uncompassionate one.

How many times have you been called to change vacation plans, have to stay late, or do overtime become something came up at work? Wouldn't you be fired or at least be killing your career if you refused. Yet the man in the highest office in the land can apparently get away with this unprofessional attitude. Which brings me to my final point. Shouldn't we introduce a constitutional amendment fixing how many days vacation the President should get. We entrust our lives, our security, our welfare, and our best interests in him. Don't we deserve to know he's on the job? Some can say a work life balance is important even for the President. Perhaps, but these people spend millions upon millions of dollars to serve at our pleasure. The least they can do is show up to work.

Of course many of us don't have unlimited vacation time like the President so may not be able to join me on National Vacation Day, and I understand that. Perhaps the Dunce in Chief is right after all, we should continue to pray for the people of the South.