Posted on 05/01/2013 3:05:05 PM PDT by Whenifhow
Today is now officially “Loyalty Day”, where all of the tax slaves of the United States can celebrate their obedience to government. In recent memory Mayday is associated with workers protests and things of that nature, but it is important to remember that people in various culture have been celebrating Mayday for most of recorded history. Far before the middle ages, pagan cultures in Europe would celebrate mayday, and even they drew their traditions from older astrotheological cultures.
This point on our calender now means many different things to many different people, and now you can add another one to the list.
The following “proclamation” was made through the official White House website:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
In the centuries since America broke from an empire and claimed independence, our people have come together again and again to meet the challenges of a changing world. We have reinvented our cities with advances in science and reformed our markets with new understanding of the forces that guide them. We have fought for freedom in the theater of war and expanded its reach during times of peace. We have revamped and recovered and remade ourselves anew, mindful that when times change, so must we. But with every step forward, we have reaffirmed our faith in the ideals that inspired our founding. We have held fast to the principles at our country’s core: service and citizenship; courage and the common good; liberty, equality, and justice for all.
This is our Nation’s heritage, and it is what we remember on Loyalty Day. It is an occasion that asks something of us as a people: to rediscover those ageless truths our Founders held to be self-evident, and to renew them in our own time. We look back to Americans who did the same, from generation to generation — citizens who strengthened our democracy, organizers who made it broader, service members who gave everything to protect it. These patriots and pioneers remind us that while our path to a more perfect Union is unending, with hope and hard work, we can move forward together.
Today, we rededicate ourselves to that enduring task. We do so knowing our journey is not complete until the promises of our founding documents are made real for every American, regardless of their station in life or the circumstances of their birth. Progress may come slow; the road may be long. But as loyal citizens of these United States, we have the power to set our country’s course. Let us mark this day by pressing on in the march toward lasting freedom and true equality, grateful for the precious rights and responsibilities entrusted to each of us by our forebears.
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2013, as Loyalty Day. This Loyalty Day, I call upon all the people of the United States to join in support of this national observance, whether by displaying the flag of the United States or pledging allegiance to the Republic for which it stands.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
BARACK OBAMA
What are your thoughts on this recent “proclamation”? Is this just a simple propaganda campaign or is there something deeper at work? Does the occult significance of mayday have any relevance to the choosing of this specific date?
Either way, now there is another holiday where people in America can celebrate their obedience to authority.
Thanks - I did not realize that history.
True, and GWB did as well, but there is a big difference in the rhetoric - freedom and liberty vs pet socialist concepts.
‘Onion?’
That was my first thought. This almost has to be satire.
I would think that the only people who might benefit from a, ‘Loyalty Day’, would be those Americans who are not sure just where their allegiance lie.
Any true American doesn’t have to be told.
I have been saying this for a while now. This As*hat does not intend to leave the office of the presidency peacefully.
This actually preceded Obama—since 1958.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-72/pdf/STATUTE-72-Pg369.pdf
LOL.
Eisenhower declared May Day, the Communist Holiday, as Loyalty Day for America?
I celebrate July 4th. Sorry Ike.
Yo, Obamatron: as one of the Founders said, “We have no king but Jesus.”
The idea goes back to 1921. The idea was to put something patriotic there to keep May Day from getting a foothold.
Except that....with the direction the “O” is driving this country....it will NOT be anything but a Commie Loyalty Day...
I for one welcome our government overlords.
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