Uppity

Uppity:  Tending to be snobbish or arrogant.  Usually followed in print and every other way in THIS country by the word, "Nigger".  No definition needed.

I love my wife's family.  Wonderful people.  But there was a post on Facebook the other day from one of her niece's to the effect that it's not right that the President gets to take his family on vacation on the taxpayers dime!  And to such exotic places!  After all, when, "W" was President, he ONLY went on vacation to his ranch.  None of these far away (read: UN-American places).

Well, "W" took more time off than any President in history (which is not a bad thing. I think he did LESS damage while on vacation).  But the tone of the email was really telling.

THIS President shouldn't be able to take vacation on the public dime, but she had no problem with the rest of them doing it?  Gosh, what could possibly be the reason for that?  Cause she didn't vote for him?  Probably.  Cause he's a DEMOCRAT!  And everyone in Utah hates THOSE guys!  Maybe.
Could it be that THAT UPPITY NIGGER DOESN'T KNOW HIS PLACE!?  I'm betting it's this one.  Just sayin.

I had to point out to her that her father, who made his living in the Military and then when he retired from there, the public school system, has ONLY worked as a public servant his entire, adult life.  He has flow on, Military, "Hop's" to take her mother and he to vacation in Hawaii.  And other places.

And as for not taking vacations to, "exotic" places?  Wow.  She must hate her aunt and I.  We, public employees both, even though we always paid our own way, like to vacation in places like Paris, Grenada, Mexico and Belize.  I guess we are totally UN-American?

So, my feeling is, if you don't like this President cause of his politics, or even just because he's a Democrat.  Fine.  I can live with that.

But if you think HE should not be able to do what every other President has done for the history of this country?  And THIS President should have to fly Southwest to take his family on vacation instead of Air Force One?   There is something else there.  You know what I think it is?

See, "Uppity".