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University of Texas Professor Creates New Pledge For The 'Godless Radicals'
The Daily Texan ^ | Dana Cloud

Posted on 07/08/2002 9:18:00 AM PDT by tarawa

Pledge for the workers

My daughter, who is 11, and I were delighted at the California court decision omitting the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. She and I have always been uncomfortable saying the pledge, not only because of the religious imposition, but because it seems very strange to pledge loyalty to a scrap of cloth representing a corrupt nation that imposes its will, both economic and military, around the world by force. So she inspired me to rewrite the Pledge.

Imagine schoolchildren every day reciting the following:

I pledge allegiance to all the ordinary people around the world,

to the laid off Enron workers and the WorldCom workers

the maquiladora workers

and the sweatshop workers from New York to Indonesia,

who labor not under God but under the heel of multinational corporations; I pledge allegiance

to the people of Iraq,

Palestine and Afghanistan,

and to their struggles to survive and resist

slavery to corporate greed,

brutal wars against their families,

and the economic and environmental ruin wrought by global capitalism; I pledge allegiance

to building a better world

where human needs are met

and with real liberty, equality and justice for all.

The original pledge does not include or represent us godless radicals. The backlash against the California decision shows just how thin our democracy is.

Dana Cloud Associate professor Communication studies


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hatredofamerica; moscowoncolorado; radicalleftists
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Fox News Leads into the story as follows:

A University of Texas communications professor who describes herself as a longtime member of the International Socialist Organization and spends her spare time promoting gay rights and workers' power has penned a new Pledge of Allegiance more suitable for self-proclaimed "godless radicals" as herself.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,57124,00.html

1 posted on 07/08/2002 9:18:00 AM PDT by tarawa
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To: tarawa
This is what we are up against in our colleges and universities. What claptrap.
2 posted on 07/08/2002 9:19:39 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: tarawa
This was posted days ago.
3 posted on 07/08/2002 9:20:20 AM PDT by RonF
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To: tarawa
...I have always been uncomfortable saying the pledge, not only because of the religious imposition, but because it seems very strange to pledge loyalty to a scrap of cloth representing a corrupt nation that imposes its will, both economic and military, around the world by force.

Imagine Whirled Peas.

4 posted on 07/08/2002 9:21:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: basil; Gracey; DrewsDad; The Bat Lady; TheSarce; TXBubba
ping
5 posted on 07/08/2002 9:22:28 AM PDT by tarawa
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt
It irks me that my tax dollars are supporting this traitor. This academic waste is taking the food out of the mouth some marine, denying extra pay for a seaman, or denying training to a grunt.
6 posted on 07/08/2002 9:23:39 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: RonF
Sorry. I did a search for both the title and a search for Dana Cloud, and neither came up with anything.
7 posted on 07/08/2002 9:28:18 AM PDT by tarawa
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To: tarawa
Imagine schoolchildren every day reciting the following:

I just tried that and I began to feel sick.

8 posted on 07/08/2002 9:31:49 AM PDT by Fzob
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To: tarawa
It sickens me that this caliber of teacher is influencing our young people at UT.
9 posted on 07/08/2002 9:36:58 AM PDT by austingirl
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To: RonF
Oh, you wait.

Within a week it'll be posted again, attributed to George Carlin.

10 posted on 07/08/2002 9:38:00 AM PDT by Illbay
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"...I have always been uncomfortable saying the pledge, not only because of the religious imposition, but because it seems very strange to pledge loyalty to a scrap of cloth representing a corrupt nation that imposes its will, both economic and military, around the world by force."

Its amazing...these are the same types who cry out if we leave a "peacekeeping" mission or pull out of a economically (worldy wise in my opinion) suicidal Kyoto protocol...
11 posted on 07/08/2002 9:39:00 AM PDT by smith288
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To: tarawa
With a last name like Cloud, the squaw sounds like a redskin.

In almost any other nation on the planet which she pledges to, her opinion would get her deported, imprisoned or shot.

If she is so anti-American, she is free to leave........and good riddance!

And the fact that such a huge proportion of the population disagreed with the California court ruling shows how real democracy works. Majority rule, however, does not mean total disregard for opposing views.

12 posted on 07/08/2002 9:41:17 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
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To: tarawa
herself as a longtime member of the International Socialist Organization

Never forget: The Nazis were socialists.

13 posted on 07/08/2002 9:41:40 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: tarawa
I don't care if it's been posted a dozen times--this is the first time I've seen it!

It especially hurts to know that this woman is right here at the University of Texas, my alma mata!

14 posted on 07/08/2002 9:43:17 AM PDT by basil
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To: tarawa
Subtree search below Communication Studies:
to

Name Dana Cloud
Dana L Cloud
Title Assoc Professor, Ph.D.
College/Department Communication Studies
College of Communication
E-Mail dcloud@mail.utexas.edu
Office Phone +1 512-471-1947
Office Address Dept Of Communication Studies
Campus Mail Code: A1105
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
Fax +1 512-471-3504
Room CMA 7.114
Unique ID 94D66B7AB67060E8
Business Card (vCard)

Electronic Directory Frequently Asked Questions UT Home Page

15 posted on 07/08/2002 9:52:27 AM PDT by That Subliminal Kid
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To: tarawa
Try Google and punch in the following: lesbian Dana Cloud
That should get you there.
16 posted on 07/08/2002 10:03:39 AM PDT by gaspar
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To: tarawa
I feel sorry for her daughter. Poor child doesn't stand a chance.
17 posted on 07/08/2002 10:09:18 AM PDT by alnick
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To: tarawa
This certainly seems to resolve all the objections this professor Dana Cloud seems to hold. Are we reduced to making up our own pledges if we are condemned to terminal irrationality?
18 posted on 07/08/2002 10:15:18 AM PDT by alloysteel
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To: Texas_Longhorn
SAY IT AIN'T SO BEVO!!! SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!!!! :(
19 posted on 07/08/2002 10:16:00 AM PDT by Texas_Longhorn
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To: Tribune7
Never forget: The Nazis were socialists.

What an odd thing to say.  Many more
people died under Stalin than Hitler and
communism enslaved nations for decades.
Yet you tell us not to forget the political
nature of Nazism as if we need the lesser
of two evils as comparison to remind us
of the greater of two evils.  Methinks you
have unknowingly introjected the liberal
mindset that sees communism as less
objectionable than Nazism.
 

20 posted on 07/08/2002 10:17:51 AM PDT by gcruse
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