Bush proclaims 1st May to be "Loyalty Day"

As passed on by the delectable ias, you couldn't make this stuff up. I was under the impression that Independence Day already covers the same ground, and I'm especially annoyed that he's chosen to use the 1st of May, which is already used in the rest of the world for events celebrating workers' solidarity.

(as an aside, the line in the third paragraph that "every life counts" sounds especially hollow given the civilian casualties in the US's last two military adventures, and it takes a conscious effort not to mentally add "but some count more than others")

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Bush proclaims 1st May to be "Loyalty Day"

As passed on by the delectable ias, you couldn't make this stuff up. I was under the impression that Independence Day already covers the same ground, and I'm especially annoyed that he's chosen to use the 1st of May, which is already used in the rest of the world for events celebrating workers' solidarity.

(as an aside, the line in the third paragraph that "every life counts" sounds especially hollow given the civilian casualties in the US's last two military adventures, and it takes a conscious effort not to mentally add "but some count more than others")

( Text of the proclaimation )