Pledge your loyalty to the US government on May 1st.

[Oddball]

allegiance to the government? Nope. Allegiance to the republic - yea.

there you have it....progressive socialists declaring their own religious holiday, to genuflect and grovel to their god: Big daddy big gubmint.

lol

What's funny -no, pathetic, really- is closet cases like you too dopey to recognize that May Day is a longstanding socialist/communist holiday.

International Workers' Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Little wonder that you would then work to get your God -authoritarian central gubmint- rolled into the festivities.

 

[Oddball]

Allegiance to the Government? Nope. Allegiance to the Republic - yea.

There you have it....Progressive socialists declaring their own religious holiday, to genuflect and grovel to their God: Big Daddy Big Gubmint.

Actually, these proclamations have a long history, which I have posted. Eisenhower through Bush II, with the exception of LBJ. It is LOYALTY DAY.

Loyalty shmoyalty...We're talking about fealty and subservience.

BIG difference.

 

[Peach]

there you have it....progressive socialists declaring their own religious holiday, to genuflect and grovel to their god: Big daddy big gubmint.

lol

What's funny -no, pathetic, really- is closet cases like you too dopey to recognize that May Day is a longstanding socialist/communist holiday.

International Workers' Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Little wonder that you would then work to get your God -authoritarian central gubmint- rolled into the festivities.

It is ALSO LOYALTY DAY in the US:

Loyalty Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[occupied]

Allegiance to the Government? Nope. Allegiance to the Republic - yea.

There you have it....Progressive socialists declaring their own religious holiday, to genuflect and grovel to their God: Big Daddy Big Gubmint.

Actually, these proclamations have a long history, which I have posted. Eisenhower through Bush II, with the exception of LBJ. It is LOYALTY DAY.

Kind of a narrow crack the usual suspects find themselves on this issue, they certainly dislike the socialist holiday on may 1st and they find loyalty day distasteful for it's empty patriotism. Maybe some tea party leader will address the issue and tell them how to feel on the subject.

 

[The T]

there you have it....progressive socialists declaring their own religious holiday, to genuflect and grovel to their god: Big daddy big gubmint.

lol

What's funny -no, pathetic, really- is closet cases like you too dopey to recognize that May Day is a longstanding socialist/communist holiday.

International Workers' Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Little wonder that you would then work to get your God -authoritarian central gubmint- rolled into the festivities.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KosJHGHwIcw&feature=related"]May 1st Soviet Parade 1974[/ame]

 

[Oddball]

There you have it....Progressive socialists declaring their own religious holiday, to genuflect and grovel to their God: Big Daddy Big Gubmint.

Actually, these proclamations have a long history, which I have posted. Eisenhower through Bush II, with the exception of LBJ. It is LOYALTY DAY.

Kind of a narrow crack the usual suspects find themselves on this issue, they certainly dislike the socialist holiday on may 1st and they find loyalty day distasteful for it's empty patriotism. Maybe some tea party leader will address the issue and tell them how to feel on the subject.

What I find distasteful are closet cases lamely trying to reframe a well established socialist/communist holiday to somehow be fit for American consumption....I don't give a hoot in hell who is doing it.

 

[Peach]

Actually, these proclamations have a long history, which I have posted. Eisenhower through Bush II, with the exception of LBJ. It is LOYALTY DAY.

Kind of a narrow crack the usual suspects find themselves on this issue, they certainly dislike the socialist holiday on may 1st and they find loyalty day distasteful for it's empty patriotism. Maybe some tea party leader will address the issue and tell them how to feel on the subject.

What I find distasteful are closet cases lamely trying to reframe a well established socialist/communist holiday to somehow be fit for American consumption....I don't give a hoot in hell who is doing it.

Here is Reagan's Loyalty Proclamation:

Proclamation 5645 -- Loyalty Day, 1987
May 1, 1987


By the President of the United States
of America

A Proclamation

For nearly 30 years, Americans have celebrated May 1 as Loyalty Day. This is a day to reaffirm our loyalty to our land of liberty and to recall with pride and gratitude the generations of our countrymen who preserved our freedom by their loyalty to America.

Loyalty to our country means being faithful to our heritage of liberty and justice for all. During this Bicentennial year of the Constitution, let us make our observance of Loyalty Day one of reflection on all the profound good that our experiment in individual liberty and limited government has meant for the United States of America and for the hope of the world. Let us rekindle in every heart the unshakeable strength and purpose that was our forefathers'. Let us ask the Author of Liberty, as did they, to bless and protect the United States. In these ways we will, in loyalty, fulfill our sacred trust to ``secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.''

To foster loyalty and love of country, the Congress, by joint resolution approved July 18, 1958 (72 Stat. 369, 36 U.S.C. 162), has designated May 1 of each year as ``Loyalty Day.''

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 1987, as Loyalty Day and call upon all Americans and patriotic, civic, fraternal, and educational organizations to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies. I also call upon all government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings and grounds on that day.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh.

Ronald Reagan

Proclamation 5645 -- Loyalty Day, 1987

 

[occupied]

It's acceptable to get all nationalist during a republican administration.

 

[The T]

It's acceptable to get all nationalist during a republican administration.

Wrong. It's appropriate to celebrate LIBERTY during ANY administration and defend it no matter whom is sitting in that chair.

Get it?

 

[Peach]

It's acceptable to get all nationalist during a republican administration.

Wrong. It's appropriate to celebrate LIBERTY during ANY administration and defend it no matter whom is sitting in that chair.

Get it?

That is my belief also T.

 

[occupied]

It's acceptable to get all nationalist during a republican administration.

Wrong. It's appropriate to celebrate LIBERTY during ANY administration and defend it no matter whom is sitting in that chair.

Get it?

Somehow I doubt it you would have the same reaction to learning of loyalty day if a republican was president. Authoritarians such as yourself cream themselves to hear this stuff from leaders they accept as legitimate.

 

[Foxfyre]

Actually, these proclamations have a long history, which I have posted. Eisenhower through Bush II, with the exception of LBJ. It is LOYALTY DAY.

Kind of a narrow crack the usual suspects find themselves on this issue, they certainly dislike the socialist holiday on may 1st and they find loyalty day distasteful for it's empty patriotism. Maybe some tea party leader will address the issue and tell them how to feel on the subject.

What I find distasteful are closet cases lamely trying to reframe a well established socialist/communist holiday to somehow be fit for American consumption....I don't give a hoot in hell who is doing it.

Actually the May Day tradition dates well before there was an America or before there was a Karl Marx and communism or any of the governments that have sprung up as a result of all that. It at least dates back to fertility celebrations in the Roman Empire. And it has been co-opted by Wiccans and others over the centuries as well as just being spring festivals in various country folklore. As a child we did the Maypole dance with streamers every May Day thinking it was just an old country folk dance as we learned many old country folk dances back then.

And of course it has also been politicized by the USSR, by American politicians, by the 'greenies' as a 'save the Earth day' etc. etc. etc.

In short, it means different things to different people.

 

[Peach]

Kind of a narrow crack the usual suspects find themselves on this issue, they certainly dislike the socialist holiday on may 1st and they find loyalty day distasteful for it's empty patriotism. Maybe some tea party leader will address the issue and tell them how to feel on the subject.

What I find distasteful are closet cases lamely trying to reframe a well established socialist/communist holiday to somehow be fit for American consumption....I don't give a hoot in hell who is doing it.

Actually the May Day tradition dates well before there was an America or before there was a Karl Marx and communism or any of the governments that have sprung up as a result of all that. It at least dates back to fertility celebrations in the Roman Empire. And it has been co-opted by Wiccans and others over the centuries as well as just being spring festivals in various country folklore. As a child we did the Maypole dance with streamers every May Day thinking it was just an old country folk dance as we learned many old country folk dances back then.

And of course it has also been politicized by the USSR, by American politicians, by the 'greenies' as a 'save the Earth day' etc. etc. etc.

In short, it means different things to different people.

Good post Fox, thanks. yes, May 1 has been noted for a long time. The Soviets co-opted it for a dictatorship rally.

 

[occupied]

What I find distasteful are closet cases lamely trying to reframe a well established socialist/communist holiday to somehow be fit for American consumption....I don't give a hoot in hell who is doing it.

Actually the May Day tradition dates well before there was an America or before there was a Karl Marx and communism or any of the governments that have sprung up as a result of all that. It at least dates back to fertility celebrations in the Roman Empire. And it has been co-opted by Wiccans and others over the centuries as well as just being spring festivals in various country folklore. As a child we did the Maypole dance with streamers every May Day thinking it was just an old country folk dance as we learned many old country folk dances back then.

And of course it has also been politicized by the USSR, by American politicians, by the 'greenies' as a 'save the Earth day' etc. etc. etc.

In short, it means different things to different people.

Good post Fox, thanks. yes, May 1 has been noted for a long time. The Soviets co-opted it for a dictatorship rally.

International workers day began here in America as pretty much what it is now, a celebration of organized labor.

 

[Oddball]

What I find distasteful are closet cases lamely trying to reframe a well established socialist/communist holiday to somehow be fit for American consumption....I don't give a hoot in hell who is doing it.

Actually the May Day tradition dates well before there was an America or before there was a Karl Marx and communism or any of the governments that have sprung up as a result of all that. It at least dates back to fertility celebrations in the Roman Empire. And it has been co-opted by Wiccans and others over the centuries as well as just being spring festivals in various country folklore. As a child we did the Maypole dance with streamers every May Day thinking it was just an old country folk dance as we learned many old country folk dances back then.

And of course it has also been politicized by the USSR, by American politicians, by the 'greenies' as a 'save the Earth day' etc. etc. etc.

In short, it means different things to different people.

Good post Fox, thanks. yes, May 1 has been noted for a long time. The Soviets co-opted it for a dictatorship rally.

What else do you expect modern pagans to do?

To the both of you....Think thematic structure, not content.

 

[The T]

It's acceptable to get all nationalist during a republican administration.

Wrong. It's appropriate to celebrate LIBERTY during ANY administration and defend it no matter whom is sitting in that chair.

Get it?

Somehow I doubt it you would have the same reaction to learning of loyalty day if a republican was president. Authoritarians such as yourself cream themselves to hear this stuff from leaders they accept as legitimate.

*I* Have a loyalty to this Republic, The Constitution...and preserving it from destruction from the temporary occupants of ANY office.

Clear?

 

[Peach]

Actually the May Day tradition dates well before there was an America or before there was a Karl Marx and communism or any of the governments that have sprung up as a result of all that. It at least dates back to fertility celebrations in the Roman Empire. And it has been co-opted by Wiccans and others over the centuries as well as just being spring festivals in various country folklore. As a child we did the Maypole dance with streamers every May Day thinking it was just an old country folk dance as we learned many old country folk dances back then.

And of course it has also been politicized by the USSR, by American politicians, by the 'greenies' as a 'save the Earth day' etc. etc. etc.

In short, it means different things to different people.

Good post Fox, thanks. yes, May 1 has been noted for a long time. The Soviets co-opted it for a dictatorship rally.

What else do you expect modern pagans to do?

To the both of you....Think thematic structure, not content.

I think of LABOR DAY as for labor, not May 1. And I'd rather have Loyalty Day than "the people's" general strike day.

 

[Oddball]

Good post Fox, thanks. yes, May 1 has been noted for a long time. The Soviets co-opted it for a dictatorship rally.

What else do you expect modern pagans to do?

To the both of you....Think thematic structure, not content.

I think of LABOR DAY as for labor, not May 1. And I'd rather have Loyalty Day than "the people's" general strike day.

Once again, mired in content.

 

[occupied]

Wrong. It's appropriate to celebrate LIBERTY during ANY administration and defend it no matter whom is sitting in that chair.

Get it?

Somehow I doubt it you would have the same reaction to learning of loyalty day if a republican was president. Authoritarians such as yourself cream themselves to hear this stuff from leaders they accept as legitimate.

*I* Have a loyalty to this Republic, The Constitution...and preserving it from destruction from the temporary occupants of ANY office.

Clear?

It's clear you refuse to explain how "the republic" is distinct from "the government".

 

[Peach]

What else do you expect modern pagans to do?

To the both of you....Think thematic structure, not content.

I think of LABOR DAY as for labor, not May 1. And I'd rather have Loyalty Day than "the people's" general strike day.

Once again, mired in content.

CONTENT is fine with me. Better than references to "the people's" strike!