Interesting Proposal from the Wizard of Oz...

[GannonFan]

As much as I love a paid holiday, there are plenty we could do without.
2014 Holidays

Wednesday, January 1 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 20 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 17* Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day
Friday, July 4 Independence Day
Monday, September 1 Labor Day
Monday, October 13 Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11 Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27 Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day

I say remove the holidays in bold with Veterans Day and Christmas optional.

If you were to sync it up with the majority of the private sector, you'd get:
New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after
Christmas Day

True, although most private sectors will give 11 days of "holidays" - most will only list out 8 and then give the other 3 as floaters.

[Vidav]

Yes, we need another day where Federal workers get paid for doing nothing.

As much as I love a paid holiday, there are plenty we could do without.
2014 Holidays

Wednesday, January 1 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 20 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 17* Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day
Friday, July 4 Independence Day
Monday, September 1 Labor Day
Monday, October 13 Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11 Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27 Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day

I say remove the holidays in bold with Veterans Day and Christmas optional.

We also get 11/4 off for the election.

[SuperHornet]

Baseball isn't America's pastime anymore. Fact.

[Vidav]

Baseball isn't America's pastime anymore. Fact.

It hasn't been for years.

[SuperHornet]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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[Vidav]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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Can you provide some data supporting it as the national pastime?

[clenz]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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you really want me to prove you wrong yet again?

[kalm]

The murderous, raping, Columbus doesn't deserve a holiday. Neither does the lame ass sport of baseball.

Arbor Day, and the Equinox's are more deserving. Also St. Paddy's Day and Kalm's birthday the day before as a mutual celebration.

[SuperHornet]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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you really want me to prove you wrong yet again?

The point being that these nincompoops make bald statements without proof, while YOU seem to be one of the few around here with the ability to back it up.

I know many people around the country who still consider baseball to be the national pastime. Whether or not that's true on a statistical basis is a different story.

[AZGrizFan]

The murderous, raping, Columbus doesn't deserve a holiday. Neither does the lame ass sport of baseball.

Arbor Day, and the Equinox's are more deserving. Also St. Paddy's Day and Kalm's birthday the day before as a mutual celebration.

The murderous, raping Columbus acted no differently than any of the dozens and dozens of explorers of his time.

[Gil Dobie]

The murderous, raping, Columbus doesn't deserve a holiday. Neither does the lame ass sport of baseball.

Arbor Day, and the Equinox's are more deserving. Also St. Paddy's Day and Kalm's birthday the day before as a mutual celebration.

The murderous, raping Columbus acted no differently than any of the dozens and dozens of explorers of his time.

The native inhabitants were also participated in murderous and raping activities before Columbus brought the European version.

[kalm]

The murderous, raping Columbus acted no differently than any of the dozens and dozens of explorers of his time.

The native inhabitants were also participated in murderous and raping activities before Columbus brought the European version.

Nowhere near the scale and they never got a holiday.

[Cap'n Cat]

The murderous, raping, Columbus doesn't deserve a holiday. Neither does the lame ass sport of baseball.

Arbor Day, and the Equinox's are more deserving. Also St. Paddy's Day and Kalm's birthday the day before as a mutual celebration.

The murderous, raping Columbus acted no differently than any of the dozens and dozens of explorers of his time.

That makes it right AND provides blueprint for Conks 400 years later...............

[Gil Dobie]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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you really want me to prove you wrong yet again?

Baseball does have the largest total attendance of any professional sport in the USA. I know, I know, they play more games. Me personally, I would rather go to a pro baseball game first, then basketball, then either football or hockey. Of course NDSU football or basketball would be on top of my list.

Pro football is like pro wrestling as far a bright lights and hype. I would much rather spend a relaxing day at the ballpark over a loud drunken orgy at an NFL game or WWE event.

[Gil Dobie]

The native inhabitants were also participated in murderous and raping activities before Columbus brought the European version.

Nowhere near the scale and they never got a holiday.

The Maya had their own holidays and an entire calendar.

[kalm]

Nowhere near the scale and they never got a holiday.

The Maya had their own holidays and an entire calendar.

Did they honor Arawak and Carib murdering rapists?

[Gil Dobie]

The Maya had their own holidays and an entire calendar.

Did they honor Arawak and Carib murdering rapists?

They honored their Gods and had large public beheading events in their honor.

[Pwns]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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Better TV ratings. More revenue. And there's an actual popularity poll where NFL still has a pretty good lead over MLB for at least the 30th straight year.

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[Gil Dobie]

In whose opinion? I've seen no data to support that.

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Better TV ratings. More revenue. And there's an actual popularity poll where NFL still has a pretty good lead over MLB for at least the 30th straight year.

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Football will win those polls every time. In the memorabilia market, baseball still out sells all the other sports. Souvenirs and Apparel would go to Football. That tells me that there is a larger number of serious baseball collectors vs any other sport, but there are more football fans, making it more popular. They are playing professional baseball games right now, and many games are selling out. There are a lot of complaints about pre-season football games and it's easy to get a cheap ticket to games that rarely have a packed house. Baseball is my pastime, what I do for fun on a regular basis. I think drinking beer is more of the national pastime than any sport, and football includes a lot of beer whether you are at a game or watching at a party at home.

[kalm]

Did they honor Arawak and Carib murdering rapists?

They honored their Gods and had large public beheading events in their honor.

Never mind, it was the Taino's I was think of who suffered the genocide.

[Gil Dobie]

They honored their Gods and had large public beheading events in their honor.

Never mind, it was the Taino's I was think of who suffered the genocide.

I'm not meaning to justify what Columbus and the Euro-slaughterers did, just saying it was the IN thing to do in America, and if you were not doing the slaughtering, you were probably getting slaughtered.