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In reply to the discussion: Pres.Obama proclaims May 1 as Loyalty Day [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)100. I just posted that he had signed the Proclamation...
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+1 You know the system is sick when you can't even parody it anymore. nt
woo me with science
May 2013
#59
Well, there you have it. a "day celebrated by the left" gets to hear the "loyalty" message...
Eleanors38
May 2013
#70
Why not make it simple and just call it International Labor Day, to remember the struggles of those
sabrina 1
May 2013
#159
Yes, why this trip to May 1 Mecca to regularly pay homage to what it doesn't mean?
Eleanors38
May 2013
#73
Ah, yes, but the KING BARACK crowd WILL find a way to paint it in a negative light AND blame it all
MADem
May 2013
#150
"Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge
bemildred
May 2013
#11
JFK's last one before he was murdered...Proclamation 3528 - Loyalty Day, 1963 April 18, 1963
MADem
May 2013
#212
Some people here wouldn't be satisfied unless the President acted like a petulant child.
tritsofme
May 2013
#105
There are lots of "laws" that pervert other concepts. Doesn't make it "right", nt
JanMichael
May 2013
#106
Funny, that. Since it originates in the 1950s and was NOT invented by Obama.
kestrel91316
May 2013
#111
I know--when he took the Presidential Time Machine back to 1959 and made May 1 'Loyalty Day,' I was
msanthrope
May 2013
#95
Loyalty day? I think it's Obama's way of telling his supporters where HIS loyalties lie. nt
Demo_Chris
May 2013
#15
Well, this is 2013. Time to move forward. The 'commies' are over, although some people do live
sabrina 1
May 2013
#160
Absolutely correct, this is way outdated, definitely time to move forward. After we are able to
sabrina 1
May 2013
#161
But...but...N.Korea does not have all the rights and "freedoms" that we did..
dixiegrrrrl
May 2013
#38
If it's supposed to be a sop to the right, the irony is it will probably make them freak out.
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#42
yeah, it's a weird thing. I don't think I've ever thought about it outside of DU
fishwax
May 2013
#128
No, I'm just sick of the way McCarthyism and Blue Laws have stayed kicking and screaming
Taverner
May 2013
#147
Do we care about 'facts' any more or are we becoming factless anti-republicans.
pampango
May 2013
#94
My loyalty always has and always will be to the international working class....
socialist_n_TN
May 2013
#101
I think YOU get a FAIL for not correcting your misleading post when it has been pointed out
kestrel91316
May 2013
#108
Obama signed it. No one forced him to. I must as such take it as part and parcel of his intent. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#186
Loyalty 4 what? Stagnant Wages? Unemployment? Corporate Profits? Homelessness? Banks? War? Torture?
Catherina
May 2013
#121
Oh, go ahead and PRETEND you haven't seen this has been DEBUNKED all over the thread.
DevonRex
May 2013
#125
Your concern is noted. Please feel free to share more of your concerns, and enjoy your stay. nt
msanthrope
May 2013
#127
Certainly sounds as if a 60 something year old law has become very outdated.
dixiegrrrrl
May 2013
#144
When all else fails, wave the flag and look constipated with patriotic sincerity.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#146
Oh stop. This is 2013 and a near century year old law is what people are using to defend the use of
sabrina 1
May 2013
#162
Why don't you link to whatever it is you are rambling on about? IF I had seen this in the past
sabrina 1
May 2013
#167
None of that answers my question. YOU accused ME of not doing something and I asked you for
sabrina 1
May 2013
#172
"Law" isn't optional. It's the law of the land. You'd certainly pitch a fit if Dumbya flouted the
MADem
May 2013
#177
MADem, I have to say that you are TOTALLY enjoying yourself in this thread and the others
Number23
May 2013
#189
'absurd pomposity' is just about the most adequate word I can think of to describe these folks
Number23
May 2013
#220
This thread is indeed the tipping point for the preponderance of the evidence
treestar
May 2013
#200
Personally it too close to the "Loyality oaths" Republicans in W Administration tried
diabeticman
May 2013
#152
Why not get off your butt and work to repeal the law that requires the proclamation, instead
MADem
May 2013
#170
Your very post belies that assertion. I'd say you DO care, if you bother to gripe about it. nt
MADem
May 2013
#180
Blatant, utterly sickening attempt to make us forget May 1 is WORKER'S RIGHTS DAY!
Fire Walk With Me
May 2013
#182