From 1971 onwards the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer with barbecues blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.
I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress in case the house burns down.
Mattresses! Beautiful! Let's go buy a couple of mattresses. Give 'em to people for their birthday.
The thing is Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.