the white house waffles on president reagan
on june 6, president bush issued a proclamation regarding the death of president ronald reagan.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, in honor and tribute to the memory of Ronald Reagan, and as an expression of public sorrow, do hereby direct that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on all buildings, grounds, and Naval vessels of the United States for a period of 30 days from the day of his death.
june has 30 days, and president bush made this proclamation on june 6th. that means this proclamation orders the display of the american flag at half-staff until july 6th. on july 2nd, the white house issued another proclamation:
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in honor and tribute to the memory of Ronald Reagan, it is hereby ordered that the flag of the United States shall be displayed at full-staff at the White House and on all buildings, grounds, and Naval vessels of the United States beginning July 3, 2004.
this is either a waffle or another demonstration of the bush administration’s difficulty with counting.
i’m sensing a pattern here… this administration can’t count votes… can’t count money… can’t count terrorist incidents… maybe it’s an institutional difficulty with numbers. maybe that’s a good reason for the whole pro-education position this administration has taken. but i still think it’s a waffle.