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- clownguyx, on 10/12/2007, -14/+69I think I'm going to vomit.
- dracostimpy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33He's gonna have to pick another day. 5/1 forever more is officially known as "Screw DRM Day".
- Sultana, on 10/12/2007, -9/+36...ooookkkaay....
At first I thought this was a joke.....
Now I just feel...a little creeped out... - robbh66, on 10/12/2007, -8/+35Once again you have all been duped into thinking Bush is up to more evil deeds and diabolical plans. Nope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day - KMye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19"NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 1993, as Loyalty Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, including public recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. I also call upon government officials to display the flag on all government buildings and grounds on this day."
More appropriate excerpt - deeek, on 10/12/2007, -15/+34All hail king George! Hail!
I feel sick. :-# - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22I'm waving my pirate flag.
- Pfhreak, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25Don't we already have Independence Day and Flag Day for patriotism?
Orwell was a prophet. - amba, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17It's not a new thing, it's just rarely made this public.
Plus right now a lot of people are questioning what loyalty actually means. That's not a bad thing, because one of the signs of a healthy society is the need to constantly question the values of the world in which they live in. - eliah, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19"The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as 'Loyalty Day.' This Loyalty Day, and throughout the year, I ask all Americans to join me in reaffirming our allegiance to our Nation."
Surreal. - amba, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14If the Socialists also celebrate May Day does this make them more loyal or less loyal?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17This is so doubleplusungood :(
- riffic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Loyalty Day was first observed in 1921 as "Americanization Day," and was intended to counterbalance the celebration of the Labour Day on May Day — May 1.
For a quick history lesson, May Day was first observed as a memorial to the Haymarket Square killings in Chicago, 1886, the results of a labor dispute gone wrong. May 4th will be the 121st anniversary of this mass-murder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_martyrs - reevolutn, on 10/12/2007, -7/+17i am weasel
- kyfho23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I try not to confuse loyalty to the idea that is America with loyalty to government.
- vsujohn2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Happens all the time bro, for instance this Friday is International Firefighters' Day, and is also No Pants Day. However, if my house were to suddenly catch fire, I would hope someone wouldnt be observing the latter.
International Firefighters' day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Firefighters%27_Day
No Pants Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Pants_Day - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10From robbh66's wiki link:
"The holiday was first observed in 1921 as "Americanization Day,"and was intended to counterbalance the celebration of the Labour Day on May Day — May 1, which was perceived as communist."
Labor day was perceived as communist?!? We've come a long way baby! - Glynth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10"I still don't like or trust Bush, so you can suck it."
So what you're saying is: Who cares about the facts; I hate Bush!
(And of course, the link to the facts is buried while the "I hate Bush" childish rant is Dugg.) - guyinjapan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Bush didn't invent Loyalty Day, he just made a statement about it. Dumbass.
"The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as "Loyalty Day." This Loyalty Day, and throughout the year, I ask all Americans to join me in reaffirming our allegiance to our Nation." - OmniMe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10i am ninja
- DevilDunkard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Guess we all missed it yesterday, but we were busy bitching about numbers.
- KMye, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13"Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim January 16, 1995, as National Good Teen Day. I urge all Americans to observe this day with appropriate programs and activities."
I think this is some creepy *****, too, but apparently it's the format all "Presidential Proclamations" are made in.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/proclamations.php?year=1995 - KMye, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11This holiday had already existed for 30 years when he wrote 1984...but despite that, I don't disagree with any part of your comment...
- Glynth, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Get a clue and actually READ the story:
"The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as "Loyalty Day."
BUSH declared this? No, CONGRESS DID. And a little loyalty isn't such a bad thing sometimes. No one's asking for binding loyalty to the President. In contrast, the President has sworn an oath of loyalty to the Nation.
Your BDS is showing. Might want to see someone about that. And try not to singe yourselves on those burning flags. - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/481017943_46dd1795fe_o.jpg
- kizzbizz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Its either Law Day or Loyalty day, depending on what the president feels like. Look at the past years around this time, he's pretty much always written something about either of the holidays around this time. It's nothing particularly new.
Loyalty day is an Eisenhower legacy to combat the inherent "communism" of international labor day. Granted, with the past two years protests around this time it's alot more stirring when the president starts spouting about "loyalty day" - robbh66, on 10/12/2007, -11/+15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day
Idiot. - antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9So for the Democrats, they can celebrate by waving Cuban and Venezuelan flags.
- itsameericle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I'm loyal to the flag and what it represents. I will fly it to spite George W. Bush because his actions do not represent such honorable ideas of freedom (hey look, there go the civil liberties!) and unity (divisive leader at best).
You have to earn loyalty. - KMye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That was a joke, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Day_%28United_States%29 - Democracy Day
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/pa/free_1 - Freedom Day
and just to make the point there's one for everything: http://www.nowscape.com/mast/mast_day.htm - KMye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@powatom -
The above comment wasn't mean-sarcastic, is was more wry-sarcastic, and I hope you didn't take it wrong. I'd never heard of those either, but I assumed there must be something like them, since, as a rule, our politicians seem to spend at least half of their grueling 20-hour work weeks discussing and voting on what new day to create, how much their next pay raise should be, or something else equally productive. And by the way, I think either of those names would be more appropriate for the sense of this holiday. - nakba, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5He wrote 1984 in the year 1948, and this holiday was instituted in 1958. Hardly 30 years before he wrote it.
- thomas, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Hmm, I could have swore that the 4th of July already had that spot filled.
- enicholas, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5@glynth: I find patriotism horrifying, to be honest. As far as I can tell, patriotism seems to be the idea that you must support your nation's government at all costs, even when it's doing ridiculously stupid things like invading other countries for no good reason, trampling on the rights of its citizens, lying, stealing, and cheating.
Tell me, why should we be loyal to the American government? This is OUR country -- we elected them, and we can damn well kick the bums out if we don't like them. We the people have more power than even the government, and they SHOULD be loyal to us instead of the other way around. Where's THAT day?
Keep in mind that back when the states were still British colonies, a "loyal patriot" would have supported the British crown. This country was founded by people who rebelled against an unjust government. How have we reached this point, where you are expected to support an unjust government, /or else/? - EarlR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like the Dutch American friendship day the most...
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25177
April 19th. I'll make sure to visit Amsterdam next year and pass on some love personally. - powatom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4No, it wasn't a joke. I don't live in America, so I don't know all of the holidays they celebrate. 'Loyalty Day' just sounds like a really bad title, while Democracy Day is simply a 'proposed' holiday.
- Kratos76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Submitted: 15 hours 4 min ago, made popular ...about 6 hours too late. Loyalty Day, May 1st, 2007
- Glynth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I see the "truthers" are out in force. Lookie here: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2772159
At least, I assume that's the main reason my "fire CAN melt steel" comment was buried. Either that, or just Bush-haters burying pure fact again due to the link on what the statue actually says. - NihilFist, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8As an outside observer, I have to ask:
Last time I checked, your country (America, that is) was not under communist regime... Has that changed over night? - malfourmed, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8"This Loyalty Day, and throughout the year, I ask all Americans to join me in reaffirming our allegiance to our Nation..."
Or else. - ekranoplan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Great! Another National Holy Day to distract everyone from all those pesky corpses piling up all over the place. So get together, wear your Party badge, wave your flag and afterwards we'll project an image of some random bearded guy on the big viewscreen and we can have a nice Two Minutes Hate.
- justo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america -- and to the republic for which it stands.
i love my country, and won't stand for it to be abused. i love my earth, and won't stand for it to be abused. - Psyael, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Between the Soviet-style strike first, regime change policy that rebuilds nations with 'freedom' and 'liberty' the same way the USSR used to 'give the gift of Communism' to other nations in the Cold War era... You tell me.
- supermajic, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7I saw an abnormally large, intelligent word in an article apparently written by mr bush.
buried as inaccurate. - ZenPirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2 Oh "May Day" how we miss thee....
- AmericanEmpire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Interesting..............................
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day - Glynth, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Yeah, we only need to be patriotic two days a year, right? /sarc
- moosebaloney, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3No, that would be "national digg.com unloyalty day"
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