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In reply to the discussion: Massive DU History Fail.....the CONGRESS passed "Loyalty Day' in 1958. [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)147. Article I , Section 8....I knows it. nt
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Massive DU History Fail.....the CONGRESS passed "Loyalty Day' in 1958. [View all]
msanthrope
May 2013
OP
We've got two threads hopping in GD now. They are high, civics-free humor. nt
msanthrope
May 2013
#3
What's the controversy then? I missed all but the proclamation. Standard stuff.
freshwest
May 2013
#6
Ahem....The current President did what every other Democratic President did, and is being blamed for
msanthrope
May 2013
#9
Someone explained it to me. It's called ratfucking, invented by the Nixon operative, Segretti:
freshwest
May 2013
#31
I just found out we can also DUmail ourselves things to refer back to, if needed.
freshwest
May 2013
#129
Our problem is the stake through the heart! That only works on vampires.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
May 2013
#146
Are you unaware that the wording in your OP is misleading, or do you just not care?
redqueen
May 2013
#19
I'm asking you. And will you correct your mistake in your title? It's a Civics Fail that
msanthrope
May 2013
#20
The DU version of 'Obama doesn't have ketchup on his burgers!' and 'His hair cut looks Muslim!'
freshwest
May 2013
#156
I think President Obama read it through a bullhorn, while standing on piles of money.....nt
msanthrope
May 2013
#25
And there was a sulfurous cloud of smoke wreathed about him, as befits the anti-Christ
Hekate
May 2013
#72
yes, and how calling may day another holiday is very much to quash May Day as May Day.
robinlynne
May 2013
#97
"It's ridiculous to think that an American Pres would issue a proclamation honoring workers day"
magellan
May 2013
#78
I get the confusion now. You have to know the history behind International Workers Day
OKNancy
May 2013
#142
Over 80 countries count it as a national holiday-- over an event that happened in Chicago...
eilen
May 2013
#149
You Better Believe It!!!! The "Losing of Shit" combined with a "Civics Fail" is high comedy.
msanthrope
May 2013
#23
Look, when Obama used the Presidential Time Machine to go back to 1958 and get this law passed,
msanthrope
May 2013
#29
He's actually one of the Pharoahs, in case you haven't heard. He's an immortal shapeshifter.
freshwest
May 2013
#55
Yes, pursuant to statute created in 1958. Frankly, I find the co-opting of Beltane by the Marxists
msanthrope
May 2013
#62
...and the wholesale fucking of the American worker has been going on since the 1800's
Earth_First
May 2013
#48
Nah--I'm betting it was written sometime in April, was reviewed and edited by the DLC,
msanthrope
May 2013
#53
I don't remember, but then I was busy studying for final exams back then at this time.
Cleita
May 2013
#64
Statement by the President Upon Signing Resolution Designating May as Loyalty Day
James48
May 2013
#76
Obama took over Eisenhower's body through the Jedi mind-meld after he used the Presidential Time
msanthrope
May 2013
#79
Of course it came out of the McCarthy era list making oath taking time of knives in backs
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#96
Damn Jimmy Carter, and every other Democratic President who answered that request from Congress!!!
msanthrope
May 2013
#103
If you say so. But, I think he's just rather typical and very ordinary.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#114
Yeah, a Republican, anti-Commie idea to counter May Day as International Workers Day
Coyotl
May 2013
#136
The President is requested, not the President shall. His choice, not his duty.
TheKentuckian
May 2013
#157