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Reciting of Pledge of Allegiance prompts controversy
Syracuse Post Standard ^
| 03.03.06
| Scott Rapp
Posted on 03/03/2006 5:53:02 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Many of the indians belong to regular christian churches. I have historical letters telling about their participation. This appears to be just "deliberate disrespect" for the country that supports and protects them.
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:51:42 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines; Fred Nerks; Justanobody
Thank you for posting this article.
I am NOT at all surprised that some reporters refused to stand. Most of them root against this Country and do all they can to undermine its success! See tagline...
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posted on
03/03/2006 11:54:07 AM PST
by
jan in Colorado
(Beware of the ENEMEDIA!!! What treason have they perpetrated today?)
To: All
My Name Is Old Glory
I am the flag of the United States of America.
I fly atop the world's tallest buildings.
I stand watch in America's halls of justice.
I stand side by side with the Maple Leaf on the worlds longest undefended border.
I fly majestically over institutions of learning.
I stand guard with power in the world.
Look up and see me.
I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.
I stand for freedom.
I am confident.
I am arrogant.
I am proud.
When I am flown with my fellow banners,
my head is a little higher,
my colors a little truer.
I bow to no one!
I am recognized all over the world.
I am honored - I am saluted.
I am loved - I am revered.
I am respected -- and I am feared.
I have fought in every battle of every war for more then 200 years. I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appomattox. I was there at San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, in the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome and the beaches of Normandy, Guam. Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon Vietnam. Know me, I was there.
I led my troops, I was dirty, battle worn and tired,
but my soldiers cheered me, And I was proud.
I have been burned, torn and trampled on the streets of countries I have helped set free. It does not hurt, for I am invincible.
I have been soiled upon, burned, torn and trampled on the streets of my country. And when it's by those whom I've served in battle -- it hurts. But I shall overcome -- for I am strong.
I have slipped the bonds of Earth and stood watch over the uncharted frontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon.
I have borne silent witness to all of America's finest hours.
But my finest hours are yet to come.
When I am torn into strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the battlefield,
When I am flown at half-mast to honor my soldier,
Or when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent at the grave of their fallen son or daughter,
I am proud.
MY NAME IS OLD GLORY... DEAR GOD, LONG MAY I WAVE.
Author © Howard Schnauber
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posted on
03/03/2006 12:13:06 PM PST
by
jan in Colorado
(Beware of the ENEMEDIA!!! What treason have they perpetrated today?)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Dan French, protege to the late Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, graduated law school in 1995.
French was first appointed to be a US Attorney by Clinton in '99, and left in early 2001 when Dubya took office.
Dan French came into his job as U.S. attorney with something to prove two years ago. Of the 94 U.S. attorneys across the country, none had less legal experience. There was grumbling in the legal community that someone just four years out of law school didn't deserve to run an office where career prosecutors had been putting away criminals for decades. As the top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York, French was in charge of prosecuting federal crimes in a 32-county region that includes Syracuse.
...
He said he wants to get involved in federal lobbying and might eventually run for public office. But he and his wife, Channel 9 reporter Kelly French, plan to stay in the Syracuse area.
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posted on
03/03/2006 1:27:21 PM PST
by
Fixit
To: Fixit
his wife, Channel 9 reporter Kelly FrenchBut there is no liberal media, there is no liberal media, there is no liberal media...
To: billbears
>>Written in the late 1880s, it's a 'progressive' piece advocating a socialist utopia that would exist in the year 2000
Did it work?
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posted on
03/03/2006 5:19:36 PM PST
by
DelphiUser
("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
To: DelphiUser
Look around you. A populace concerned more with their nationalistic pride and a national government taking over day to day operations of our lives more and more. Maybe not at the level of Bellamy's desires but we're getting closer
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posted on
03/03/2006 6:10:14 PM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: Behind Liberal Lines; ntnychik; devolve; PhilDragoo; Smartass; Boazo
Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
03/03/2006 6:51:01 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
Thanks for the PING potlatch
"French, who was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York from
1999 to 2001, said it's unfortunate when people use "something as sacred"
as the Pledge of Allegiance to question
somebody's patriotism."
Well Mr. French, I'd say it was more un-American to sit, instead of standing!
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posted on
03/03/2006 7:56:05 PM PST
by
Smartass
(Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
To: Smartass
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:39:09 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: ntnychik
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:40:21 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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