Boycott the bear.
Posted on 11/19/2008 8:06:01 AM PST by Bill Dupray
It seems that the Commies in Vermont don’t want to embarrass kids who don’t want to say the Pledge, so they make the ones who do, leave the room.
More . . .
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Let them leave the room, then
In fact, let them leave period
What are they-the ones whose parents voted for McCain?
s-a-r-c?
Good Bye, America. We hardly knew ye.
The Supreme Court decision required schools to allow students to “opt out” of reciting the Pledge.
It did NOT allow schools to require students to “opt in”.
What this school is doing is unconstitutional. Where is the ACLU when you need them, eh?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I am sick of these atheist leftist loons the first amendment does not give them the right to prevent others from speaking
No. Make me. I will sue.
Nonsense. There is no prohibition against requiring opt-in for an activity.
...don’t say it, wear on a t-shirt!
we need to fly them all to cuba
Their problem is “to the Republic, for which it stands.”
The “one nation, under Obama” does not bother them.
When my daughter was 3, we had to stop at every US flag while she saluted and recited the Pledge...
Her daughter, 5, loves the flag and loves visiting the “City of Flags”, (Washington’s Monument, etc in DC)
Drop all federal funding from that district immediately.
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its a Vermont thing.
They should join Quebec, then when Quebec becomes part of France, the Vermonteers will be where they need to be. Then the can all sing La Marseillaise before class starts...
Ain’t that sumptin’? Years ago:
If you didn’t want to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or sing the national anthem, you were disciplined and people thought you were strange.
You could go into a drug store and say, “Give me a pack of Marlboros,” and whisper softly, “Where’s your condoms?”
Nowadays, you shout “Give me a pack of condoms,” and whisper softly, “Where’s your cigarettes?”
Yep, and with our new fearless leader who won’t sing our anthem or wear a U.S. flag pin, we’re all in trouble.
the part of cuba where the people are mistreated and it should be closed, or gitmo?
the part of cuba where the people are mistreated and it should be closed, or gitmo?
works for me.
Thank you.
You are correct... for once.
The rights of the few outweigh the rights of the many?
Boycott the bear.
I scoffed when I heard about the upcoming so-called “balkanization” of the Unites States. Now I am not so sure.
Sadly,I could see this country dividing like India and
Pakistan along red and blue lines.
NO NO NO,,, the way to stop these assaults it to fight back.
Some brave child, with the full backing of their parents, needs to stand up IN CLASS and start to say the pledge, with as many friends as will join them.
Parents need to be visible across the street to intervene when the school turns on the kids.
People need to organize against the school board members.
We need to start the counter-revolution against the leftists. For too long we have headed to the gym as ordered. Time to refuse and to do it our way, just like them.
Her daughter, 5, loves the flag and loves visiting the “City of Flags”, (Washington’s Monument, etc in DC)"
~Thank you for that. You are very fortunate.
A lot of this stuff is a lost cause in places like Vermont. They elect an admitted Socialist to the U.S. Senate. You could go to one of these towns and literally never meet a person that you considered logical, rational, or patriotic. I was raised next door in Massachusetts (having since escaped to Virginia) and believe me, sometimes it is like living in a foreign country.
Did an NCO, or Officer write them up for "conduct unbecoming a member of the Armed Forces"? At the very least, an NCO should have hauled them outside, locked them to attention, and read them the riot act.
“How funny. Where will they go”?
...they can step outside into the 20 degree weather with the smokers.
I wonder if that will work in Texas........(or are they already doing that now?)
The John Birch Society used to have this saying, “A Republic, NOT a democracy.” I used to think it was a silly point, but now I get it...Now that it’s too late. Welcome to the United Socialist States of America, the USSA.
I'm not sure exactly what is the goal. For those who truly have “allegiance” to their country is it to let everyone else know in a very public way? Is it to identify those that don't so they can be harassed?
Forcing/pressuring someone to do this in public who may be uncomfortable or doesn't understand will only lead to enmity, bitterness and possibly reprisal. Love, or allegiance, to country will be proved in someones actions, not in chanting phrases in public.
It reminds me of what Jesus said about charity in that it should be done in private. Those that do so publicly are interested in something far less noble than helping those in need. My question is what is the interest of people who insist on public displays of patriotism?
I know you’re right,,, and the NO NO No wasnt aimed at you,, but at the people who force this.
I know we can’t change them philosophically. All we can do is have carefully planned guerilla attacks that are calculated to extract the maximum in embarrassment from them, then hide back inside our spider holes.
We need to carefully plan and do things that force them into the role of publicly bullying people innocently exercising their rights. And like them,, someone needs to shoot video of the oppression. Let them see you do it. They need to face the bullying they have dished out unanswered for 20 years.
Now that i think of it,, FR was a pioneer in this.
And i agree with you,,
my reason for spupporting it has more to do with the fact that the school is making it’s anti-americanism a point of pride.
I read about Pappy Boyington almost getting in a fight in 1941 at a football game because he didnt know one of the rituals such as standing or something, surrounding the playing of “America the Beautiful”.
He had been in China with the flying tigers when the song became popular.
“my reason for spupporting it has more to do with the fact that the school is making it’s anti-americanism a point of pride.’
I didn’t get that from the story. Can you show me where they we’re anti-American and how it was a point of pride?
I like that.
This is a national disgrace. I’m appalled that these “educators” don’t believe that young people don’t owe any allegiance to their country.
HA good tagline!
I agree with you, UncleDick. I don’t much believe in pledging loyalty to a flag or a country. I pledge allegiance to liberty and justice for all, wherever they can be found. The USA, our government, and even our flag, all can morph, devolve, and change.
Agreed. If one must pledge than pledge to the underlying principles that make this nation one deserving of admiration.
Question for the pledge humpers...if Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Hillary make a cesspool of this once great nation, will you still demand oral, public allegiance from all on a daily basis?
We NEVER ‘banned’ the pledge from our classrooms!
Here is the official press release from our School Board. Our School Board Chair is a Christian Conservative who homeschooled her children and lobbies the Vermont legislature for school choice.
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Press Release
Friday, November 21, 2008
12:00 pm EST
From: Woodbury, Vermont School Board
RE: The Pledge of Allegiance
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WOODBURY, VERMONT: The Woodbury School Board members wish to make a statement regarding the misinformation in the media about the situation
related to the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in the Woodbury
Elementary School.
-— It has been the tradition at Woodbury Elementary School for more than
ten years to recite the Pledge at the weekly school assembly. At some point
in the previous school year, the Pledge was dropped from the meeting. This
was not intentional, but an oversight due to scheduling conflicts in the
weekly assembly. When the situation was brought to the attention of the
Principal, the weekly recitation was returned to the weekly school meeting.
-— A petition signed by over 300 registered voters in Woodbury requested
that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance “.be made part of the school
day routine.” The Board asked the school staff to come up with a way to
comply with the desire of the community, which they did.
-— Currently, the whole school community (consisting of 55 children plus
teachers) assembles each morning in a large foyer connecting the four
classrooms of the school. As the children stand, a sixth grader is in
charge of reading the announcements and leading the Pledge. The students
remain in the foyer for recitation of the Pledge and then step back into
their classrooms after the Pledge has been recited. Those children and
teachers with a religious or philosophical belief that makes recitation of
the Pledge a violation of their conscience have the option to abstain from
the recitation.
-— The Pledge has not been “banned” from the classroom, nor has “under
God” been banned. The board has now voted twice to support the decision of
the staff to incorporate recitation of the pledge into the school day
routine as requested by the petition. At this point, the staff has chosen
to have the 55 students at Woodbury Elementary School recite the Pledge as a
community (as it has traditionally been done) rather than in their
individual classrooms.
-— This conversation has never been about should the Pledge be said, but
about how often and where it should be said. The Pledge is now said on a
daily basis in the Woodbury Elementary School and there is overwhelming
support among parents and students for this current arrangement.
**************
Contact:
Retta Dunlap, chair of board
PO BOX 72
Woodbury, VT 05681
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