A distinct scent of fascism
Loyalty Day? LOYALTY DAY?
In order to recognize the American spirit of loyalty and the sacrifices that so many have made for our Nation, the Congress, by Public Law 85-529 as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as "Loyalty Day." On this day, let us reaffirm our allegiance to the United States of America, our Constitution, and our founding values.It's official. The USA has become a parody of its former self. Can you even imagine how the sort of people who voted for Obama would have reacted if Bush or Nixon had signed Loyalty Day into law? The limits on MPAI really appear to know no bounds.
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I pledge loyalty to doritos and video games. Generally consumed at the same time.
The wiki entry says it's been law for 50 plus years. No one noticed! I had a Chinese friend tell me about it today, apparently it's in the news here.
Eh, I think I'll skip Loyalty Day. Give me a call on Disloyalty Day; I'll be sure to celebrate that one.
May the 1st is a public holiday here too - but we call it Workers' Day.
No, I think it's wonderfully clarifying. May 1 is International Communist Workers' Day, and also Loyalty Day for the US. Doesn't get more crystal than that.
I suggest a competing tradition - Liberty Day, on May 14, date of the assassination of Lincoln.
And here's another one: HBD Day, date of April 4.
So that would make April Black Unhistory Month, and May Liberty Month.
Unhistory, of course, refers to the endless and meaningless barbarian gyrations of sub-Saharan Africa.
Isn't there already a Constitution Day that no one celebrates?
You have to show your papers for any Loyalty Day event you show up to.
What if we just had the police round up all governing authorities who violated the Constitution in the previous year???? We'll start with anyone who voted for or signed a law declared unconstitutional by a State or the Federal Supreme Court. Arrest should be followed by impeachment, if we can get a quorum.
Maybe after a few years of doing this they would get the message.
"our allegiance to the United States of America, our Constitution, and our founding values"
Don't we "affirm" those on July 4?
How about certain parties affirm their allegiance to the Constitution by, um, actually obeying it?
"On this day, let us reaffirm our allegiance to the United States of America, our Constitution, and our founding values."
It would be nice if the the entire US gubmint would celebrate this day - preferably by resigning en mass! Me, I'm considering putting on mourning garb to celebrate July 4th.
Remember remember the fifth of November...
Loyalty Day! Frequent shopper account activated!
Do I get the day off with pay or if I show up for work will I get payed triple time. This is what really matters
May day is Pay day
Talk about honoring in the breach instead of the observance.
But we have what was used to be called 'decoration day' at the end of this month - a 'monday' holiday to honor those who sacrificed and the dead. A time to remember and maybe place a flower at the grave of our constitution.
Slightly OT:
What happened to all the OWS protests? The OWS crowd made all sorts of promises and predictions for May 1st, but I didn't hear or see much.
What? writes: "our allegiance to the United States of America, our Constitution, and our founding values"
Don't we "affirm" those on July 4?"
That's the point. The master class is attempting to replace the Fourth of July, which celebrates a revolution against the state, with a new holiday (holy day) celebrating mindless obedience to the state.
I thought April 15 was Loyalty Day.
How absurd.
But the fans of Hunger Games totally dig the meme, are there ribbons to celebrate it?!
Anyways, I guess assistant's day was sometime last week or this week - I don't know. I saw some flower 'derangements' with balloons with 'happy assistants' day. How pathetic are you or your staff to have to celebrate...nevermind.
Every holiday outside of Easter, Christmas and maybe Halloween (for the adult costumes) are illegitimate.
Along with endless authority worship holidays, who sees special days for TSA reps, prison guards, single mothers and public school teachers...
Hey Vox, you can find out how they reacted when Bush did it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-geiger/no-kidding-bush-declares-_b_47380.html
Heh, the more things change...
HBD Day is today. Happy HBD Day everyone!
I agree that the idea of declaring May 1st as "Loyalty Day" is extremely disturbing, but to my surprise it isn't something new with Obama. According to Wikipedia:
"It was made an official holiday by the U.S. Congress on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529). Following the passage of this law, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1959 the first official observance of Loyalty Day.
"In 2011, and again in 2012 President Barack Obama issued an official proclamation of Loyalty Day on May 1 in accordance with the 1958 Congressional declaration, as have many of his predecessors:
George W. Bush, proclamation 8137 (April 30, 2007)
Bill Clinton, proclamation 6556 (May 1, 1993)
George H. W. Bush, proclamation 5962 (April 28, 1989)
Ronald Reagan, proclamation 4836 (April 14, 1981)
Jimmy Carter, proclamation 4493 (March 23, 1977)
Gerald Ford, proclamation 4354 (March 4, 1975)
John F. Kennedy, proclamation 3528 (April 18, 1963)"
International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries.
When is Honesty Day coming up?
Or, more importantly, Judgement Day?
Or, more importantly, Judgement Day?
Luckily that one will happen but once.
It seems in the liberal mind, these silly holidays reserve a place in our calendar for a day (or a month) when we deliberately focus on the topic de jur: MLK Day is in January, Christmas is in December, Secretaries Day is in April, etc.
This should not be seen as any effort to CREATE Loyalty so much as to erase all guilt for having been Disloyal the other 364 days of the year. In short, it is OK to protest at the funerals of American soldiers and Marines as long as you participate in some LOYALTY Day function too.
I'm waiting for Tar & Feathers Day.
"We'll start with anyone who voted for or signed a law declared unconstitutional by a State or the Federal Supreme Court."
You trust those characters to protect the Constitution? Wow, you are trusting.
In short, it is OK to protest at the funerals of American soldiers and Marines
why is protesting at funerals of state sanctioned criminals bad?
> let us reaffirm our allegiance to the United States of America, our Constitution, and our founding values.
The primary problem with that is that I can't be loyal to both the Unites States of America and the Constitution of same, since they have so little in common. :(
> What if we just had the police round up all governing authorities who violated the Constitution in the previous year????
How about a simple law that any politician who votes for (or President who signs) a bill which is later determined to be unconstitutional is immediately removed from office and not eligible to run again.
daddynichol: What happened to all the OWS protests? The OWS crowd made all sorts of promises and predictions for May 1st, but I didn't hear or see much.
There were some ruckuses and fracases, and a foiled attempt to blow up a bridge in Ohio. Breitbart.com covered this stuff.
Considering it's not an official government holiday and it's been around for 50 plus years, AND ignored by almost everyone... You could have saved your self the typing for something far more useful Vox.
why is protesting at funerals of state sanctioned criminals bad?
Besides being un-Christian, in extremely poor taste, and accomplishing nothing?
Koinac said, "I suggest a competing tradition - Liberty Day, on May 14, date of the assassination of Lincoln."
Just for historical accuracy: Good Friday, April 14, was the date Lincoln was assassinated.
When the socialist-realist style Obama posters became ubiquitous, I sensed a cartoonish revival of over-the-top state veneration would be trendy for a while. So I put my 27th Congress CPSU poster up in the office. It says "the plans of the Party are my plans." The statists who don't read Russian think it's pretty. The irony helps me cope.
http://www.ldsliberty.org/why-i-do-not-pledge-allegiance-to-the-flag/
I support my nation: New Mexico.
The Union is NOT my nation. It is an organization in which my nation holds membership.
The greatest brain-washing scheme in the history of the US has been the inculcation of the lies of the Pledge of Allegiance.
The US is NOT a nation.
The US is not a republic.
The US ARE a Union of free and independent States.
Does this sound like a group of people that would approve of "Loyalty Day"?
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
> The US ARE a Union of free and independent States.
Not since 1865. :(
Loyalty Day
My lord. Every single president has done this every single year since 1961. Bush, Nixon, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford... all of them.
My lord. Every single president has done this every single year since 1961. Bush, Nixon, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford... all of them.
See. That makes it a conspiracy.
Operation Paper Clip work as planned!
Anon: Remember remember the fifth of November...
Yes, 'cause going to cast a vote for Willard Hussein Obamney or Barack Mittens Rombama is going to really bring about lots of hope-n-change for the denizens of the dumbass dystopia.
Gen Kong: "Yes, 'cause going to cast a vote for Willard Hussein Obamney or Barack Mittens Rombama is going to really bring about lots of hope-n-change for the denizens of the dumbass dystopia."
No matter the OBL celebration, O will win round 2. If Mitt or Ron Paul wins, I'll be surprised but not happy.
I'm not understanding the worship of O or MittMexi - what ever happened to looking to yourself for your own income/livelihood, health care and quality of life? Depending upon the policy, no president is responsible for one's woes, freedom, liberty and happiness. Sometime, pple place too much faith in gov't or in their respective party paradigms (when its really a filthy den of thieving wolves).
I just had to comment on the dumbness -- this post not the actual loyalty day.
I’m too lazy to read all the comments about this but hopefully someone pointed out that May 1st is traditionally the big day for International Socialists, Marxist and other hippy scum. Loyalty day is just an awkward way to subvert the pinko’s favorite day. It’s a good tactic, too. It worked for Christmas. Crack open a book peoples.
No mater how bad America sucks, the rest of the world sucks more. USA! USA!
Anonymous.
Keep it up. Saying things over and over and over makes them true.
> Yes, 'cause going to cast a vote...
He's not referring to election day, but Guy Fawkes' day.
Yeah Vox, you should update your original post- this 'Loyalty Day' thing started a while ago. The law actually says that Obama must read this proclamation every year. I know- it's surprising that he is following the law here, but in our system Presidents get to pick and choose which laws they follow and we slaves have to go along with it. So update your original post.
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