Just saw this on Rachel

[babsbunny]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich honors Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on wrong date, St. Patrick's Day

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/01/ohio_gov_kasich_honors_king_ho.html

By Reginald Fields, The Plain Dealer

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Monday was a holiday, just not the one Gov. John Kasich's staff had on its mind.

The Republican governor issued a resolution on Monday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but instead of recognizing the slain black civil rights leader on Jan. 17, 2011, Kasich signed a document that recognized him on March 17, 2011 -- St. Patrick's Day, a holiday devoted to the life of an Irish apostle.

[derby378]

1. Sure and begorrah...

We shall now celebrate the legacy of MLK by drinking Guinness, singing The Rising of the Moon, and watching Father Ted.

[Cleita]

2. The Irish won't mind.

They spent eight hundred years crushed under the heel of the English. They have a lot of commonality with the struggle by African Americans for equal rights in this country. They completely understand.

[babsbunny]

3. Why don't you see what this is?

Why?

[Cleita]

4. Yes I know why you are upset and I'm sure the slight will be

fixed in the future. I was just making a remark about the Irish also being downtrodden in history but he probably doesn't know it and wanted it to be an insult.