The pledge of allegiance

[ashling]

[Keefer]

1. I pledge allegiance...

to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.

[Brother Buzz]

2. I pledge allegiance...

to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under Guard, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.

That was my, then, five year old's take on it when the American Legion boys made their annual 'flag visit' to his school just after September 11, 2001. I never bothered to correct him.

[Keefer]

3. Never mind...

Oops.

[ashling]

4. I led the pledge at our county Dem meeting once

I passed around copies I had made from a Coronet magazine that had the pledge illuminated on the inside cover - circa 1947
(you know, the one that got us through WWII)

I said that I would be leading the pledge from this and to please read along

There were a few people who still said "under God." go figure

[Brother Buzz]

7. I can, Indeed, believe it

Now, my son, one sharp cookie, is hip to that history and he opts to use his childhood creation to this day. I applaud him.

[Morning Dew]

10. Let's see what Margaret Hamilton says:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA0A0ymd0CM&feature=related

or P-p-porky P-p-p-pig.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiN-MW-CP0A&feature=related

[saras]

5. The real thing.

The original:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Francis Bellamy (1855-1931)

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[RaleighNCDUer]

6. I pledge allegiance to the flag

and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[Mnemosyne]

8. As I understand it, US citizens are not required to pledge allegiance to anything.

I will not say it, ever.

[Brother Buzz]

9. I gather you've never attended a tractor pull

At a similar event I attended, a wacky demolition derby, I chose to hang out at the concession area until all that jingoistic patriotic pledge and star spangled crap was completed. Where in the Hell do they get flags that huge?

[Mnemosyne]

13. Been to too many damn tractor pulls, stepfather was a John Deere nut, had 20 or so antique ones.

He also had the bumper sticker that says, "Keep working, millions on welfare depend on you.".

I've been verbally attacked for refusing to say the PoA. Fuck those fascist bastards.

They get those flags from ChinaMart! :rofl:

[canoeist52]

11. Was written by a socialist

Francis Bellamy
http://oldtimeislands.org/pledge/pdgech3.htm

"Francis Bellamy, as a Vice President in the Society of Christian Socialists, was an active speaker and chairman of its Educational Committee. His lectures included, "The Socialism of the Bible," "What is Christian Socialism?," "Jesus the Socialist,"and "How Many Angels Can Live on the Point of a Needle?," about the poor women in sweat shops. He gave a series of sermons on the socialism of the primitive Church, drawn from the Acts of the Apostles."

[TBF]

12. Honor the Texas flag;

I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.

Heh, just kidding ...

My kids do say it every day in school down here, along with the pledge of allegiance to the US flag.