What's with this "Loyalty Day" rubbish?

[stevietheman]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-3.html

This is the most unAmerican thing I've seen this President (or perhaps any President) do.

Who the f**k does this King think he is? And when does the coup start?

[originalpckelly]

1. Again, he's not the one who started it. The 85th Congress passed this law...

and that was back in the late 50s.

[Erika]

3. Must be some kind of post McCarthy over-reaction

Pretty weird.

[Journeyman]

4. "Ah, but facts, sir, are the enemy of truth!" ~Don Quixote de la Mancha. . .

There are times I feel this is the driving philosophy of a considerable portion of the posters on this board. More's the pity, though it can glean its share of humor, seen in the proper light.

[originalpckelly]

5. Yes, I know. I've only see about three or more of these posts blaming the idiot...

in chief for this, when it is obvious to anyone who knows anything about laws that the first number says 85 in the Public Law number to indicate the Congress that passed the law.

[nebenaube]

2. They just trying to erase May Day... n/t

[emilyg]

6. exactly