National Bubba Day is celebrated across the United States each year on June 2nd.
I'm not joking. Look it up.
In a nation that hides from its transgressions with things like Dancing with the Stars and American Idol, this is a perfect distraction. Never you mind the facts about the wars or the homelessness in America or "economic recovery" really meaning consumers going further in debt - Tuesday is National Bubba Day.
Granted, it's an "unofficial" holiday - banks will be open and you will receive your mail - but it is just another shining example of how we Americans are desensitized to the goings on around us.