Properly Celebrating May 1

The world over, people were celebrating today as May Day. The first day of May has evolved from being the first day of summer (in Celtic and Germanic tradition), to the first day on the month of the Blessed Virgin (marked with pageants and festas), to the Marxist day for protesting "the evils of capitalism". A Wikipedia search has unearthed some very ironic discoveries, in light of the Marxist connotation taken on by present-day May Day observances.

In 1921, May 1st was declared as "Americanization Day" to counter the internationally "celebrated" Labour Day. I write "celebrated" because to celebrate something implies that one is joyful about it (anyone who's watched liberals at May Day celebrations has not seen a jubilant people). In 1958, Congress made it an official holiday, calling it Loyalty Day. President Eisenhower then went a step further by issuing a Presidential Decree, declaring that May 1 was Law Day in the United States. The decree was codified into federal law in 1961.

Why do I say this is ironic? Well, here in the U.S., the second largest news item of the day was the illegal immigration rallies. Granted, this year's numbers were quite depleted from last year's, but it was enough to make it on the news. Most of the talking head and student/protester sound bites called for "a path to citizenship" for illegal aliens currently residing here. Part of becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States of America is taking the following oath:

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me
God. In acknowledgement whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.”

How is it that one can take such an oath after already breaking it? Are we as a people supposed to trust the word of anyone who has? In the not-too-distant past, we had a President who was impeached and got disbarred for having perjured himself (in front of a grand jury, no less). Unfortunately, we didn't throw the bum out of office, but suffice it to say that he's still trying to do some post-Presidency legacy building so he doesn't go down...oops, poor choice of words...so he doesn't remain known as "Horn Dog in Chief".