[Mark Bahner]

"Mark, thank God (or a deity of your choice) we have YOU to tell us what's constitutional and what isn't."

Y'all don't need me. Anyone who can read (both the Constitution, and the historical documents that describe what the Founding Fathers were attempting to do) can tell what's constitutional, and what isn't. In most cases, anyway. It ain't rocket science.

But if you think that Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the War on Some Drugs, federal ownership of national parks, etc. etc. etc. are constitutional, you need to do more reading. They clearly aren't.

As far as the Pledge of Allegiance goes...if you care one way or the other, you need to get a life! Why do you care about the Pledge of Allegiance when the federal government is MASSIVELY violating The Law (the Constitution)? (Also, the very idea that your children will somehow "turn out" one way or the other, depending on two words they say or don't say in school, is ridiculous!)

...my two cents. Or maybe it was a nickel. Keep the change. ;-)

[My2Cents]

Just out of curiosity, would you share the short version of why Medicaid, say, is unconstitutional?