National Day of mourning...done for all presidents, past and present(hee hee)...no banking either...sorry for you inconvenience, friend! I forgot, too, until you posted!

That's crass. I did not support Bush's political ideology but he was a decent and honest man. Determining that it is acceptable to hate and disparage people you don't agree with puts you in league with Trump.

Here ya go....

Who mourns by getting a day off work? Are there a lot of folks who would normally be delivering mail that are at some mass service somewhere thanking a thousand points of light that we were so honored because someone won an election that he fought for?

As far as presidents go he gave us the initial round of the bank bailout which set a fantastic precedent, and then pushed Desert Storm which was a war that had nothing to do with oil. He vetoed the 1990 Civil Rights act and nominated Clarence Thomas, so we can set a precedent of ignoring women in politics, Thanks HW!

And we can't forget, without him we'd never have had W lose to Gore but somehow end up in the White House anyhow. Good thing to so he could use 9/11 to invade Iraq again which made total sense, and had nothing to do with oil again.

Politicians are shit people, they don't get better when they're dead.

The deification of monsters in the wake of their death is stupid human antics. smh
There are very few who are off limits and certainly not the Bushes!

Fred Rogers = off limits

Yeah the news reported it on Monday but it is what is especially since we’re facing another shutdown next year I hope that doesn’t catch people by surprise.

I don't mourn him, but I get that some people would. And it's customary for past presidents. No doubt that when Jimmy Carter dies, there will be people who are just as incensed about mourning his death as you are about mourning Bush's death.

I feel it makes sense to be consistent. I just won't join the mourning. And I'm not going to forget his sins.

Are we to expect protest all over the country from all US Postal employees that happen to be Democrats demanding with a vengeance that they must work today or as a minimum swap it for any given Sunday?..... I don't think so

That would really piss me off. I would be on the phone to my senator at once.