Sunday May Day

Today is May 1, May Day. For much of the world it’s International Labor Day or International Workers Day (since 1889 and the fight for an eight-hour workday), but because the U.S. is so hostile to everything that smacks of workers’ rights (and those danged socialist unions), well …

The May Day I’m more familiar with is the one with pagan (gasp!) roots, a festival to mark the first day of summer. While it has been known for raucous and libidinous activities (part of the reason the Puritans were not fans), I always think of it as an innocent celebration with flowers and dancing around the maypole.

The closest I may see to that today is Charlie chasing Kevin around the feeder pole.

Charlie sacrificed his treats because he wanted to stay outside to intimidate Kevin Saturday.
See, you can always find a good reason for things that may seem absurd. Image found on The Dancing Dance Mom.
I’ll just watch, thanks. Image found on kmkat and her kneedles.
Hey, hey, hey … innocent, remember? Image found on Pinterest.
I’ll be dancing around the maypole in my dreams. Now go away and let me get back to sleep. Image found on cheezburger.
And whatever version you celebrate. Image found on imgflip.
On the bright side, the absence of ribbons means less chance of having to chase a cranky cat around as he’s pooping ribbon. Image found on DailyKos.

12 thoughts on “Sunday May Day”

  3. What “danged socialist unions”? I have been a proud member of the local chapter of AFGE for many years and I didn’t know that union members were considered to be socialists. I am tempted to jokingly ask you what is a socialist?

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    • You’d have to ask the idjits who think everything they don’t agree with or that helps other people is socialism. But it was an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions that designated May 1 as a day of celebration for workers to commemorate the Haymarket Riot.

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      • When I made the mistake of telling my sister-in-law that I was a member of the employee union at the Veterans Hospital where I work and had been a member for many years, she said she would pray for me to come to my senses and realize that unions are the work of the Devil. She got mad at me and accused me of blasphemy and heresy and sacrilege when I reminded her that what the union tried to practice was similar to what Jesus preached. She said that if the management at the Veterans Hospital were good Christians, then we wouldn’t need a union. So far as I can tell, management at the Veterans Hospital are nowhere near being good Christians or even bad Christians.

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    • As a clue: when FDR created Social Security, GOP members called him a socialist. Same thing when LBJ created Medicare. Perhaps we need to acknowledge that socialism is committed to serving the needs of all those who have reasonable needs they cannot satisfy themselves. The GOP is opposed to such radical Christian ideals. Time they admitted it.

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