It's hard work.

I mean really hard work. Nobody warned him how hard the work was going to be. Like lots of homework and being on call 24/7, speechifying and trying to speak English....

The presidential vacation-time record holder is the late Ronald Reagan, who tallied 436 days in his two terms. At 418 days, and with 17 months to go in his presidency, Bush is going to beat that easily.

Even so, this year's August vacation for Bush is a contrast to previous years such as 2005, when he dragged out vacation in Texas to five weeks. That was also the year Bush remained on vacation immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit.

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Still, all this governmental time off is more than most Americans are taking. A recent survey by Yahoo Hot Jobs found nearly half of American workers did not take all of their vacation days last year.

Julie Mason wrote this article. I like her style....

And just remember what Georgie did on his other vacations... or didn't do:





Update: Learned how to operate LolCat builder and did this:



I can think of a few people: