[Saije]

“I hope they didn’t spend too much time on something so stupid and useless.”

I don’t think it’s stupid or useless to recognize those who fought for our freedom.

But I understand your sentiment generally, that the more Congress and the President engage in this sort of thing, the less time they’ll have to do real harm. But I fear they will find the time for that anyway.

[GeronL]

Making someone an honorary US citizen 230 years after they died is really useful for him, how will his afterlife change one bit? Did he even desire to be a US citizen?

[Tallguy]

Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died in Georgia fighting for what became the United States.

President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution today of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen.

I was surprised to learn that this had not been done long ago, so let me say that this is long overdue. But I can't help thinking that Obama did this as a sop to Poland. Frankly, I think the Poles would prefer to have a more robust defense commitment from Obama. But they aren't going to get that, so they'll have to be happy with a presidential proclamation.