Happy Labor Day
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.]
Labor Day is the bookend standing at the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day.
July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the moment I dreaded as a child because it marked the end of vacation and the start of the school year. Spiffy new clothes, a shiny bookbag, freshly sharpened pencils, and the promise of the beautiful autumn leaves’ arrival were nice. But they couldn’t make up for the fact that a new school year was beginning. Where oh where had the summer gone?
And it goes even more quickly these days.
Here’s wishing you all a Happy Labor Day. Barbecues, picnics, the beach, just hanging out in your yard, whatever you desire and whatever you decide. And for the historically-minded among you, here’s some information on the origins of the holiday.
It’s sad that the Democrats, who were so pro-labor when this holiday was established, no longer represent or sympathize with Americans who do actual manual labor.
When I was young, back in the Pleistocene era, school always started the Tuesday after Labor Day. I still get a little wistful on that date, because I was so sad to see Summer end, and I have the same feeling now.
Now, school starts some time in mid-August. I suppose there are good reasons for doing so, but I want to yell at somebody, “You are throwing away precious weeks of Summer!”
It struck me as sad yet predictable to learn that this Labor Day weekend, the DSA has been holding a big meeting.
As Kate said, all they are about seems very “anti-labor”. And their meeting now seems “anti-labor celebration”. (Plus, anti-family!)
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Weird: I saw a short segment on this DSA meeting during a fox news show recently. But web searching now, I can’t find anything!
Anti-labor, anti-family, anti-country.
A trifecta!
(Pro-destruction, though, which in a nihilistic age is a huge advantage…)
+ Bonus: make your freedom of choice count.
“A Microsoft engineer found that a smart thermostat in a tabulation room in the Georgia 2020 election was talking to a tabulation server, reporting the votes back to China….”—
https://instapundit.com/821461/
Have the tv on while cooking. The “Special Report” hour had a brief bit on the DSA annual conference I mentioned above.
It is/was a 4-day conference in Chicago. (Perfect place.)
One takeaway: they did not come to a consensus about whether they should stay the course — running in the Democrat party — or create their own party.
I didn’t hear enough to know if “create own party” meant “soon” … or for 2028, or even later.
Interesting. But sad & scary, all around.
For Neo (and the rest of us who feel melancholy around Labor Day), here’s something to cheer up: Broadway legend Rita Moreno sings, acts and dances her way through “It’s An Art (Waitress)” from the 1970s PBS American Playhouse musical “Working”, which was based on Studs Terkel’s book of the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vELaF3b1g