Anson Jones Day
Exercising the executive reserve powers that he has while the Parliament of Shalampax is shut down for National Democracy Month, Prime Minister Manexposinghimself has declared today, January 20, to be Anson Jones Day in Shalampax.
According to Wikipedia, the unfailingly reliable font of truth on the Internet, Anson Jones, who was born on January 20, 1798, was a doctor, businessman, congressman, and the last president of the Republic of Texas. He was sometimes called the “Architect of Annexation.”
In 1844 Jones was elected President of what was then the Republic of Texas. In 1845 it was agreed that Texas would be annexed by the United States of America. A ceremony was held in 1846 to complete that annexation.
Once Texas became a state in the United States there was no longer any need for a President of Texas. I’m told that, to this day, many people regret that the annexation agreement did not include a clause making it illegal for a resident of Texas to ever become President of the United States.
Anson Jones had absolutely no connection to Shalampax and Shalampax has absolutely no connection to Anson Jones. This makes him a perfect person to honor with a national day because no one can complain about some petty little slight they perceive that he might have committed against Shalampax’s good name. As if we had a good name. LOL.
With Parliament shut down for National Democracy Month, parliamentarians are already off work. To compensate for declaring a holiday when they are already off, Manexposinghimself has signed an order for Parliament to remain closed for an additional day beyond the end of National Democracy month. Parliament will resume sitting (and, as its custom, napping) on February 2, rather than February 1 as previously announced.
Is this to suggest that Manexposinghimself is about to launch an initiative for Shalampax to be annexed by the United States?
Otherwise, it seems a tad odd to honor a leader who agressively set out to implement the runination of his own empire.
@David: Here in Shalampax, we are much more interested in holidays than the rationale behind them. In fact, during national holidays we drink beer, watch television and rarely, if ever, pay any attention to the meaning of the holidays.