Vacation

I eluded to this in response to one of Chris' posts, but now that I've thought about it more (and found the actual statistic), I am INFURIATED by how much vacation our President is taking. link

Ronald Reagan took 335 days of vacation during his eight years in office. George W. has completed three more days in just over HALF the time!!

After doing extensive arithmetic and consulting several of our Professors of Applied Neurocalculus, I have determined that W's record looks like this:

338 days (thus far) spanning a 4.5 year term:

That's
75 days per year, which equals 2.48 months (31 day months) NOT WORKING.
2.48 x 4.5 = 11.16 months on vacation in 4.5 years of office
11.16/(4.5 x 12) = 20.67% time spent on vacation
20.67% is more than 1/5 of the two terms spent on vacation


So, this must be some kind of norm, right? I mean, other presidents have taken vacation, surely W. can't be THAT bad, right?

Well, here's some other stats. for you:

Clinton: 152 days in 8 years = 5% vacation
Reagan: 335 days in 8 years = 11%
Carter: 79 days in 4 years = 5%

And the list goes on... W. is head and shoulders above the rest.


Well, I guess since things are going so well in our country, what with the war on terror over and oil prices under control and the job market out of the shitter and education a priority, I guess W. deserves a little rest, now doesn't he???