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Old 05-02-2007, 11:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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FYI - We have had a loyalty day since 1959. It was passed into law by Congress back in 1958. So for all you Bush is a Nazi fanatics, the President is doing what is required of him by law, issuing a proclamation calling on the citizens to recognize the day and its important message.

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Old 05-04-2007, 10:04 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Uhh, Loyalty Day is May 1st, and the speech you provided a link for was given in September. When I was in school I was taught that May was the 5th month of the year and September was the 11th month. I am sorry that you fail to recognize the difference in the months. I would perhaps consider suing you teachers for not teaching you better.

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Amazing that suddenly the the President has seen to make an issue of it.

The law required the President to issue a proclamation. Now if he did not how long before all you suffering BDS would be calling for his impeachment for once again ignoring Congress.

Bush's proclamation would have been the 48th one given since the law was enacted. Look even Clinton gave one and Jimmy Carter as well as every President since 1959. I guess they were Nazi's one and all.

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Uhh, Loyalty Day is May 1st, and the speech you provided a link for was given in September. When I was in school I was taught that May was the 5th month of the year and September was the 11th month. I am sorry that you fail to recognize the difference in the months. I would perhaps consider suing you teachers for not teaching you better.

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And here I am, maybe the oldest on the forums, cos when I went to school, I was taught that September was the 9th month!

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"Loyalty Day" started out as "Americanization Day" in 1921 as a counter to the perceived Communist day of May Day...even though May Day itself actually has deep roots that go back to the European Pagan religious holiday as being the first day of summer (June 21st being midsummer).

"Loyalty Day," it seems, is just another holiday that has been given another "spin" by a culture who wants the holiday to mean something else than what it has meant up until then in other cultures.

Now you know the rest of the story...
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The law required the President to issue a proclamation. Now if he did not how long before all you suffering BDS would be calling for his impeachment for once again ignoring Congress.

Bush's proclamation would have been the 48th one given since the law was enacted. Look even Clinton gave one and Jimmy Carter as well as every President since 1959. I guess they were Nazi's one and all.

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I never knew it was such a big issue...well till now. Next thing you know "they" will want to start spying on us..oh wait never mind:
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"Loyalty Day" started out as "Americanization Day" in 1921 as a counter to the perceived Communist day of May Day...even though May Day itself actually has deep roots that go back to the European Pagan religious holiday as being the first day of summer (June 21st being midsummer).
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"Loyalty Day," it seems, is just another holiday that has been given another "spin" by a culture who wants the holiday to mean something else than what it has meant up until then in other cultures.

Now you know the rest of the story...


Well I also heard said that Loyalty Day was to be a counter to Labor Day!

http://www.14850.com/14850/9505/history.html

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Well I also heard said that Loyalty Day was to be a counter to Labor Day!
I think you mean "Labour Day"...with the more European English spelling.

Yeah, it could also be said that the US government intended "Loyalty Day" to be a counter to "Labour Day"...with all of its socialist/communist connotations.

(Although "May Day" was the technical name for that "worker" holiday in the Soviet Union...not "Labour Day.")

"May Day"..."Americanization Day"..."Labour Day"..."Loyalty Day"......

...Hmmmm...perhaps I'll just start a new holiday and call that day "May 1st Day" instead.

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...Hmmmm...perhaps I'll just start a new holiday and call that day "May 1st Day" instead.

Well BD, if you read the article I provided the link to, I would say that it is a grievous thing that right here in the US of A, on LaboUr Day, that there was all that uproar in Chicago and that eight people were given the death penalty, only on the basis of their political beliefs...

And also, I would say that I would like to declare May 4 a good holiday too! You in?

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Well BD, if you read the article I provided the link to, I would say that it is a grievous thing that right here in the US of A, on LaboUr Day, that there was all that uproar in Chicago and that eight people were given the death penalty, only on the basis of their political beliefs...

And also, I would say that I would like to declare May 4 a good holiday too! You in?

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Oh...OhDear...if you look back at America's anti-socialist/anti-communist actions of last century you'll find many, many incidents of socialist/communist persecutions...rather than just that Chicago incident.


Perhaps we can call today's holiday "May 4th Day?"
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