In case you didn't know it, today, May 15th, is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.  Well, actually it's Police Officer's Memorial Day, established by "An Act Of Congress".  Now, I don't want to minimize the importance of law enforcement - after all, I'm a Libertarian, not an anarchist.  But it struck me that we have so many national days of this-or-that that nothing really stands out - everything has its own "National Day," "National Week" or even "National Month".  Take a look here for some of the silliness... http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/may.htm

Heck, when they get around to proclaiming "National Velvet Day" I won't even know if I'm supposed to celebrate a horse or fluffy cloth!

Then, I stumbled across this little gem, and I froze in my tracks:  May 1st is now "National Loyalty Day" http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-3.html

The government is now telling me when and how I shall display my "loyalty" to this country.  My GAWD, what have we come to?  What's next, the Loyalty TEST?

Don't get me wrong.  I believe fervently in the founding principles of this nation.  But if the government has to TELL me to honor those principles, then they are already in deep trouble.