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Vanity: The Pledge of Allegiance is Unconstitutional - If That Doesn't Convince You What Will?
June 26, 2002 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 06/26/2002 11:48:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

This is your wake-up call

My friends, I've been taking a lot of flak lately because of my stand on President Bush and the Republicans. Well, my thinking is that the coming elections are so critical that the very continuation of America as we know it may be at stake.

All of our institutions are controlled by liberals. Both houses of Congress are awash in liberals and socialists and moderates and very few conservatives. The Courts are infested with liberal activist judges. Our media and entertainment industries are overrun by liberals. Our universities are overrun by liberals. Our public education systems are overrun by liberals. The liberals control public opinion through their controlled nightly news programs and their daily liberal newspapers. My God, the whole damn country is run by hordes of mushy headed liberals and socialists in biblical proportions! And now they even have the audacity to openly attack patriotism and even God Almighty Himself!

A United States Federal Appeals Court in California has declared the

Pledge of Allegiance to be unconstitutional! And this simply because it contains the phrase, "Under God." I'm speechless! I just sit here and shake my head. Don't even know what to say.

Wake up America! We've been saying that for years. The far right-wingers have been shouting it for decades. Wake up America! Wake up America, the socialists are coming!

And now it's here. The Republic is in grave danger. The liberal activist judiciary has tested the waters. If America does not wake up and not only say no, but hell no to this abomination, then what will the emboldened court take next? Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not gonna sit around on my butt doing nothing while we find out.

Call to action: Get off your Butts! Call or write your reps! Voice your opinion. Demand that they do something about this. Tell them that America will not allow this outrage to stand! Demand of your Senators that they move President Bush's judiciary appointments through the Senate! The Democrat controlled Senate is holding up his appointments, hoping to delay as many as they possibly can until Bush appoints judges more to their liking, or possibly even until they can get Gore or Hillary elected in 2004. God forbid!

And, I'm convinced more than ever, that we must have a complete turnover of the judiciary in the next decade. This is critical. The liberal activist judiciary is getting more and more aggressive. If we do not get some conservative judges in there pretty soon, this game is going to be over.

How do we get conservative judges? Well, I can guarantee you that we will not get them as long as the Senate is controlled by Democrats. We must have a Republican President to appoint conservative judges and we must have a Republican majority so they will be moved through the Senate. This is one of the primary reasons why I want to push so hard to help elect Republicans to the Congress and especially to the Senate. And this is why I want to push so hard to help re-elect President Bush in 2004.

Wake up America! And wake up right-wingers! Vote out the Democrats. Vote in a huge Republican majority so we can retake America from the liberals!

We cannot afford a loss or even a squeaker in the next couple of elections. We must have Reaganesque landslides! Send them to Washington with a mandate from the American people! We want a complete turnover and makeover of the judiciary and all of the government. Give is back our Liberty!

This is not the time for sending a negative message. It does us no good for conservatives to sit on their hands or to vote third party. The only message that sends is to say you don't care if we have wall-to-wall liberals forever. The Democrats will love you. The liberal activist judiciary will love you.

The message you should send is one by pen and ink, or by phone calls and personal meetings. Send a message now to your congressmen and to the Republican Party. Now is the time to send the message. Tell them what we want them to run on and what we want them to do when they get in there. Send them a positive message filled with patriotism and love for God and Country. Tell them that we are fed up with the liberals and we want our country back and we want our rights back. Tell your relatives and your friends and neighbors. Tell them to write and call and visit. And tell them to vote for the Republican in their districts. We must do this if we want it back. We cannot afford to fail.

God bless you all and thank you for bearing with me. I love my country and I love my freedom more than life itself. I don't care what anyone says about me, or what labels they pin on me. From this day forward I am a Bush-bot and proud of it! I am going to help turn this thing around or I'm going down in flames trying.

FReegards,

Jim Robinson



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KEYWORDS: god; northcarolina; oldnorthstate; pledge; unconstitutional
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To: Greg Weston
"Under God" is an accurate reference in a historic and cultural sense. The reference would remain accurate even if, for the sake of argument, God were only a fictional being with no more existence than Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
181 posted on 06/27/2002 2:54:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Please take heart. Solomon once said [in Proverbs], Pride comes before a fall. Solomon was referring to arrogant pride. This is clearly it. The liberal courts messed up. I forsee the very outrage you are hoping for.

I would somehow think pride is a sin that both liberals and conservatives are guilty of here. I would just want to throw out the question, "Would Jesus say the Pledge of Allegiance?" Based on Matthew 5:33-37, I somehow do not think He would.

As a Christian raised in the Anabaptist tradition, I do not say the Pledge of Allegiance, nor would I "Swear to tell the whole truth" in a court of law. Jesus has given us guidance against ever saying pledges which, I would think, would include the Pledge of Allegiance.

Also, for all you Christians out there I would ask, "Where does your allegiance lie, with America or with Christ?" No man can serve two masters. I think if Christians in America are to be upset about something, it would be along the WorldCom/Enron/Whoeverisnext scandals, where it seems whole corporations were pledging allegiance to money over American values of honesty and integrity. These scandals threaten the moral fabric of America FAR more than this silly pledge issue.

But, since Conservatives have sold out Christian values to Capitalism, they wouldn't notice this either.

182 posted on 06/27/2002 2:57:23 AM PDT by ponyespresso
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To: cva66snipe
Don't try to defeat the DEM's with RINOs

Yeah. "Me too, but not as much!" is not a very inspiring campaign slogan, is it?

Liberalism must be crushed!
183 posted on 06/27/2002 3:02:16 AM PDT by Thorondir
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Actually, the frog has been hopping mad ever since the Clinton pardons.

If the frog is the American people, I would disagree.

Yes, most people besides the Clinton Kool-Aid drinkers were mad as hell about the pardons.

Dollars to donuts, ask anyone of them, man on the street type guy, what is your opinion of Clinton and you will get an answer that has something to do with Monica, which is the least of the many Clinton abuses of power.

Except for viligant, the last eight years of Clinton is water under the bridge for most Americans who are too absorbed watching their 401 (K) disappear.

This pledge issue will also pass under that bridge and the left moves on.

I hate to be a pessimist, but that's how I see it.

We need a new frog

184 posted on 06/27/2002 3:02:25 AM PDT by JZoback
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To: ponyespresso
I don't think that a blind, unquestioning "allegiance" is intended by the pledge. But rather a common sense intention to seek the country's good in a unity which is mustered under obedience to God -- like the Jews were bidden to do in their dispersion. Jesus Himself, from all biblical evidence, obeyed the law of "Caesar" even better than He obeyed the Pharisees whom He was continually at odds with.

But you are quite free to refrain from the pledge if you believe God forbids it, and you will incur at worst only some funny looks. That is one of the beauties of America.

185 posted on 06/27/2002 3:05:37 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Jim Robinson
Good for you Jim Robinson, I'm damned proud to hear you say this.
186 posted on 06/27/2002 3:07:20 AM PDT by kipj
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To: maui_hawaii
This pledge thing is over the top...

From today's WJS editorial: "The suit was brought by a Sacramento crank, who recently lost a bid in federal court to stop President Bush from mentioning religion on public occasions."

This guy has way too much time -- and apparently money -- on his hands!

187 posted on 06/27/2002 3:08:15 AM PDT by maryz
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To: JZoback
Except for viligant, the last eight years of Clinton is water under the bridge for most Americans who are too absorbed watching their 401 (K) disappear.

The dots connect this 401(K) vanishing act to those very eight years, which made promises which were beyond their power to keep.

188 posted on 06/27/2002 3:08:46 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Jim Robinson
“Yeah, and we know where Gore/Hillary/Daschle stand too. The choice is obvious.”

The choice is basically a Third World South by 2030 or maybe one by 2040 by voting for the Republicans. This thread is just the latest battle and the latest loss in the ongoing March of Political Correctness. The Republicans need to realize they will never win such a sissy fight by putting on the gloves of pandering which the Democrats will always beat them at.
189 posted on 06/27/2002 3:15:03 AM PDT by Pythagoras
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To: Pythagoras
B/S.
190 posted on 06/27/2002 3:16:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Pythagoras
Basically what is needed in the United States is the same kind of wakeup call Europe just got from Jean Marie Le Pen.
191 posted on 06/27/2002 3:16:14 AM PDT by Pythagoras
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To: Jim Robinson
It is clear to me that the ultimate goal of the radical left is the destruction of America. In all of modern history, I cannot think of a single successful athiest-based nation.

However, I have to admit that these leftist-anarchists have demonstrated patience in their effort to subvert American culture. They knew it would take time to undermine our way of life so they focused on a handful of critical institutions to achieve their goals - education, media, judiciary, and academia. Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" is alive and well in these critical institutions and it is up to us to respond to this "wake up call" and expose their subversive agenda and remove these domestic terrorists from our nation.

192 posted on 06/27/2002 3:16:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Pythagoras
If a Le Pen showed up in the USA, we would get a Democrat landslide in that race.
193 posted on 06/27/2002 3:17:46 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: maryz
This guy has way too much time -- and apparently money -- on his hands!

I think he enjoys making America scream.

194 posted on 06/27/2002 3:19:07 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck
The dots connect this 401(K) vanishing act to those very eight years, which made promises which were beyond their power to keep.

Yeah, almost forgot we are in a "new economy"

Clintons affirmative action for very, very short people (Robert Reeeeeeeeeich) told us that once.

195 posted on 06/27/2002 3:19:33 AM PDT by JZoback
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To: Jim Robinson
Jimbo !!! STANDING AND APPLAUDING !!!!!!!!!!!!

My God, the whole damn country is run by hordes of mushy headed liberals and socialists

You left out "arrogant" but that's OK

The problem is the control freaks naturally gravitate to positions of power - no matter how small the power. And the victims work for them. The rest of us support them [ government is welfare]. We need to take their power away, once again.

196 posted on 06/27/2002 3:22:17 AM PDT by The Raven
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To: HiTech RedNeck
“If a Le Pen showed up in the USA, we would get a Democrat landslide in that race.”

The point to be made is that Le Pen shook things up and people like Fortuyn and Haider are continuing to shake things up in Europe as well. What is needed here is something similar, some kind of political earthquake.
197 posted on 06/27/2002 3:22:41 AM PDT by Pythagoras
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"If a Le Pen showed up in the USA, we would get a Democrat landslide in that race."

ROFL Le Pen doesn't strike me as multicultural politically correct kinda guy to be honest.
198 posted on 06/27/2002 3:25:43 AM PDT by Pythagoras
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To: Pythagoras
I mean an independent Le Pen would be a spoiler. It would be very nice if a Le Pen showed up in the Republican Party in certain conservative districts. Kind of like Newt Gingrich but with immensely more integrity.
199 posted on 06/27/2002 3:26:39 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Jim Robinson
Even Sen. Robert Byrd said on the floor of the Senate, "What is this country coming to?, This country cannot be ruled by a bunch of atheists?...I'll say it right here, let them come and get me...and if the atheists don't like it, they can LEAVE...CSPAN has the entire ruling and more video...

This is a ruling that is being handed to "WE THE PEOPLE" as a challenge to US by the Court. The Sleeping Giant has been getting a little tired lately, since the flags of 9-11 are somewhat tattered and this is really the last straw...

GRRRRRollin for the USA!

200 posted on 06/27/2002 3:27:35 AM PDT by GRRRRR
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