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Happy Memorial Day!

by , 5:50 AM EDT, May 26th, 2008

In honor of Memorial Day, a U.S. holiday, the staff of The Mac Observer will be taking the day off. We will resume our regular coverage of the Apple and the Mac market on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008.

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Mon May 26, 2008 7:15 am Subject: Happy?!?!

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include casualties of any war or military action.

Happy indeed...


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Close Name:burreyeann Posts: 1141 Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Mon May 26, 2008 11:06 am Subject:
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Mon May 26, 2008 12:51 pm Subject: Happy?

Memorial Day is intended for remembering those who have died in war. Saying *Happy* Memorial Day makes no sense.


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Close Name:Intruder -   TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 3143 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Mon May 26, 2008 1:09 pm Subject:

Whining about it makes even less.


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Close Name:burreyeann Posts: 1141 Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Mon May 26, 2008 2:31 pm Subject:

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From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include casualties of any war or military action.

Happy indeed...

Is it a day to be happy that brave men and women had to die to protect our country? NO!

It is a day to pay homage to, and yes, celebrate the memory of our loved ones that had the courage to defend our freedom. It should be a relatively happy day, or would you rather be living in a worldwide Third Reich...or a worldwide U.S.S.R.

I didn't think so.


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Close Name:Bosco Posts: 1001 Joined: 03 Jun 2002
Mon May 26, 2008 3:35 pm Subject: Don't worry, be happy.

If your Mom can wish you a Happy Birthday, celebrating the anniversary of the day she pushed all 8 pounds and change of you from her belly into the outside world through a passage comparable to a garden hose, then I think we can all safely wish each other a Happy Memorial Day.


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Close Name:geoduck Posts: 1917 Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Mon May 26, 2008 4:00 pm Subject:

A day off with pay is always Happy.

(too bad I don't get it any more)


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Tue May 27, 2008 8:09 am Subject: "Blessed Memorial Day" much more appropriate.

We are just WAY to focused on being "happy" - as if that is the only word in our vocabulary and the only thing that matters in our one-dimensional lives. There is nothing wrong with being happy, but perhaps on a solemn day such as Memorial Day, the better word would be "blessed" - which has a much broader sense of "well being" to it. It certainly is the case that we are "blessed" to remember and honor those who have given their lives so that we can be much more than "happy".


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Close Name:tbone1 -   TMO Staff Posts: 3980 Joined: 13 Jul 2001
Sat May 31, 2008 1:10 pm Subject: Observation

I went to The Indy 500 with my father on Sunday. They had their usual Parade of Stars before the race. The real applause, however, was reserved for the men and women in the five branches of the armed service who were there as special guests of the Hulman-George family ... as it should be.


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