happy may day, and we certainly hope it will not interfere with your loyalty.
In the 1880s, May Day was declared International Labor Day and is acknowledged as such everywhere in the world, except the US and Canada. Those two governments didn’t want any actual, you know, solidarity between the workers of the world. Well, finally, the US has moved to acknowledge the works of the world’s Socialists, Anarchists, and Workers: three days ago,the United States Government declared May 1 to be, and I’m not making this up, “Loyalty Day.” In case you’re wondering what the big deal is about Labor around the world, they’re the people who made it so that you get to go home after working for eight hours, you get a weekend, and your employer isn’t allowed to lock you in a factory while it burns down. And, for their troubles, were often beaten to death by police, the KKK, and mobs who mysteriously knew when a Labor activist was about to be let out of jail.
(Thanks to Ben, L-Dopa’s own Uncle Elvis, for the Loyalty Day link.)
(Edit: it turns out this bill was passed in 2003.)
May 1st, 2006 at 2:11 pm
So do we get off for Loyalty Day? Or must we absolutely positively go to work?
May 1st, 2006 at 2:15 pm
I think you must work, but only so long as it’s for someone with greater power than you. So, uh, Cheney gets the day off. I think that’s about it.