TAKE THE PLEDGE OVER THERE

Townhall.com ^ | 16 November 2008 | Andrew Roman

[clintonh8r]

Public schools are about indoctrination, not education.

[Concho]

They are encouraging diversity, not unity.

One country, one flag, one language which is English, encourage Unity.

[JimSEA]

And since when is allegiance to the United States of America a political statement?

What next? It will be branded as "hate speech".

[Mr. Silverback]

Great column, Andrew.

Metmom, I know you already pinged on this subject, but this column just takes the weasels apart.

[originalbuckeye]

Thanks for this. Yesterday I tried to post the original article from the Burlington Free Press but we can't post from that paper. Many in our younger generations are not being taught to respect and love our country. More's the pity. When you aren't invested in your country you don't care about what happens to it. You just think it'll always be the same, always be there for you. These people should be sentenced to a year in a Socialist country. Oh, wait, we may be the Socialist country by next year. We will all be overwhelmingly sorry. Pray for our country.

[teletech]

I bet most adults today couldn’t recite The Pledge of Allegiance from memory.

[Old Sarge]

And since when is allegiance to the United States of America a political statement?
What next? It will be branded as "hate speech".

Not hate speech.

It will be referred to as either a loyalty oath, or a prayer.

THOSE will get it banned.

[sionnsar]

[OneWingedShark]

>It will be referred to as either a loyalty oath, or a prayer.
>
>THOSE will get it banned.

The Loyalty Oath Prayer.
Let’s just combine everything to make it easier. ;)

[freema]

The comments section shows how much the left wants ‘unity’.

That road goes both ways.

[Abby4116]

Jehovah's Witnesses cannot say the pledge of allegiance nor salute the flag. But I do believe that they can be present during same, just standing quietly.

Not sure if there are any other groups like that, but I don't think segregating some students is necessary. We had the pledge of allegiance and saluted the flag every morning in the classroom when I was in school (back in the dark ages) in public schools in Philadelphia.

[GnuHere]

They ought to make the ones who won’t recite it stand in the hall for the whole 20 seconds it would take, then reenter the classroom. That’s a lot less dramatic than marching the Pledge kids to a central location - but I guess that’s not the effect they want...

[DHC-2]

I bet most adults today couldn’t recite The Pledge of Allegiance from memory.

Yeah, I'm having a problem with that lately, I keep saying "stood" instead of "stands."

[teletech]

Yeah, I'm having a problem with that lately, I keep saying "stood" instead of "stands."

You're having trouble with one word. I'm talking about adults that don't know ANY of the words! If you ask them to say the Pledge, you get a blank stare.

[So Cal Rocket]

I'm so glad I'm in a position to be able to send my daughter to private school... each morning her class recites three things:

The Pledge of Allegiance: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all".

A prayer: "Father in Heaven to Thee we pray asking Thy help day by day. In all we say and in all we do make us kind and generous too. Make us eager in our work today, make us joyous in our play. Help us always to follow the rules, Father in Heaven bless our school!"

The Preamble to the Consititution of the United States: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

[metmom]

Sometimes related threads provide extra insight. No problem pinging it for another perspective.

[metmom]

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[stentorian conservative]

The absolutely fractured liberal feel-good logic of "offend no one except the majority" is spectacular to behold when displayed so prominently.

Very well put. I like your no holds barred style.

The last line bears repeating. . .

Dennis turned to his son and apologized for not handing off to him a better country than the one his parents gave him.

Sometimes, it is difficult to argue with that.

Thank you for writing and posting it.

[cyclotic]

I recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least 7 times a month, followd by the Scout Law and Oath or the Cub Scout Promise. There is usually a prayer tossed in there too.

And horror of horrors, last week, I took part in a flag burning. Two of them in fact.

As I looked over at one of my fellow scout leaders, a soldier in service to our Nation, I noticed tears in his eyes as the flag was retired.

People have fought and died under the cover of our Red, White and Blue colors.

That, people of Vermont, is why we pledge allegiance to the flag of our nation. The absolute least you could do is take two minutes of precious indoctrination (I mean class) time and at least pretend you love America.