Bush Issues Executive Order-Federal Employees Off December 24

The White House ^ | 12-06-07 | George Bush

[icwhatudo]

Executive Order: Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2007

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 2007, the day before Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 below.

Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 24, 2007, for reasons of national security or defense or other public need.

Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2007, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 6, 2007.

[purpleraine]

3-5 PM December 24, 1982 I was acting director of the California Youth Authority. Highest ranking person amongst the 6 left in a building of 400 employees. Missed my opportunity to call the governor’s office and make mischief.

[GreyFriar]

Yes, we do work, occassionally. :)

[rwa265]

“You are so right, why the hell should that “FAT ASS HOG” Private or Airman making $15,000 a year DARE ask for Christmas eve off!!!!”

Unless they have duty that day. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

[rwa265]

“I guess Congress will keep on working until 5pm on Christmas Eve.”

Will dingy and nancy have one person to open business in each house to keep President Bush from making appointments?

[AU72]

As a contract worker its play to pay.

Hoping my office stays open so I can afford Christmas.

[Redleg Duke]

You are just so conflicted and angry. I am really glad it is you and not me.

Have another heapin' helpin' of "BAH! HUMBUG!" on me!

[rightinthemiddle]

W pleased a bunch of bureaucrats. Of course, none of them voted for him.

[rwa265]

I believe it required an Act of Congress, and there probably would have been sufficient votes to override a veto.

[ksen]

Good, the more days government employees spend at home is just less days they have to screw around with the rest of us. ;^)

That said I hope they all have a Merry Christmas.

[jmyrlefuller]

Why the hell should that "FAT ASS HOG" Private or Airman making $15,000 a year DARE ask for Christmas eve off!!!!

He shouldn't. We're in a war on terror. No days off until it's won. EVER!

[rwa265]

“I already had that day scheduled off as a day of annual leave, so this just means that I have one more day off that I can save.”

As long as it isn’t use or lose. LOL

[NCC-1701]

I wish Bush would issue an executive order to uncap the oil wells here and start the black gold flowing. That would go a long way to easing the pump prices here in the USA. SOMEBODY needs to do SOMETHING about the situation.

[MindBender26]

>>>>It’s not like any work would get done anyway...

I have that problem from about Jan 3d through December 28th.

[Badeye]

We’ll be open half a day, as usual.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol exactly!!!!

[frogjerk]

We, the “little people”, have to work that day. Who else is going to pay the “chosen ones” their outrageous salaries? Give me a break. I’m so disgusted anymore with Washington. Fat a$$ hogs living off the scraps of the “little people”. Their day of reckoning will come someday and not too soon.

Merry Christmas!

[mad_as_he$$]

Productivity in all of my companies and my friends companies lag in that period. One of my companies operates a billable call center staffed by mostly females. The billing drops 25% in the period. The industry will tell you anywhere from 10-30% is typical. If you work in large office environments there is a constant stream of potlucks, party planning and gift exchanges. Really gets annoying after the last week in November.

[GreyFriar]

Thank you “little people” for working that day so that I one of the Fat a$$ “chosen ones” can have a day off. Oh yes, I’m also wone of those Fat s*bs drawing also drawing retirement after 20 years as a career Army NCO. Thus I’m a double Fat A...

[Rennes Templar]

“How about....Solidified Precipitation Holiday?”

Yes! Or: Visible Breath When Outdoors Holiday?

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

We, the “little people”, have to work that day. Who else is going to pay the “chosen ones” their outrageous salaries? Give me a break. I’m so disgusted anymore with Washington. Fat a$$ hogs living off the scraps of the “little people”. Their day of reckoning will come someday and not too soon.

Bravo, FRiend. But what the hell, Bush loves to waste our treasure.