Vanity: The Pledge of Allegiance is Unconstitutional - If That Doesn't Convince You What Will?

June 26, 2002 | Jim Robinson

[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

[eeriegeno]

Right on Jim.... We have to remember this fall that the liberal democrats blocked Bush's judicial appointees through inaction which allowed this senile liberal judge to be brought back from retirement to make this ridiculous decision. The inaction by the Senate should be screamed as a campaign issue to oust the liberal democrats.

[P-Marlowe]

Regarding this pledge, I would suggest that each of us who have children encourage our children to SHOUT the words "under God!!!" each and every time the new - court revised - pledge is spoken in the public schools. And then when they are done saying it, lets all encourage them all to yell out a hearty AMEN! Lets see if the courts can stop that kind of expression.

[Miss Marple]

This Nedenow guy first filed this suit in Florida, where it was thrown out. He then moved to California to get a friendlier court (read nuttier court). He also wants the "In God We Trust" off the money, and he filed suit against the President to get him to stop mentioning God in his speeches. He is not going to quit, obviously, since someone who would do such things borders on being obsessed. Since he has had this little smidgen of success, others will follow in other parts of the country.

Thus, Jim is absolutely correct that we need to get more conservative judges appointed, and that means taking back the Senate and re-electing the President. The Rats know the judiciary is their key to power, and that is why they are holding up appointments. I want to thank Jim for calling this to people's attention. It is the most important thing we can accomplish for our country.

[HiTech RedNeck]

someone who would do such things borders on being is definitely obsessed

[bleudevil]

In this country we enjoy freedom OF religion. Not freedom FROM religion. Get it?

Yes, we do have freedom from religion, if we want it. If an American adult doesn't want to go to a house of worship or to tithe, no one can make him. You have the right to knock on my door and tell me about your religion and I have the right to say no thanks.

What do you really mean when you say we don't have "freedom from religion"? That every American must have a religion, but has the freedom to choose which one? I don't think so.

[JohnPaulJones]

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[brityank]

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[Amelia]

Well said, Jim.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Why is the artwork on a little blue patch on the chest? It ought to loudly and proudly cover the entire front of the shirt!

[steve-b]

The pledge is not mandatory; by logic, what else could it be? Though the onus clearly is on the parent teacher to explain this.

Just a correction, to name the person in charge of the moment-to-moment management of the classroom.

[capydick]

I'm with you Jimbo. My fervent hope is that conservative members of the House and Senate blanket the news shows with statements that this is what the country gets when Dasshole holds up President Bush's judicial appointments. And - just as American's want to "connect the dots" to understand how we got 9/11 - American's need to "connect the dots" to understand how we get judges who come up these kind of decisions in our judicial system. They dont just show up and get the job, it's the liberal Democrats that put them there and its the liberal press that acts as their consigliere. Although it's been said quite a few times, it really is time for America to wake up and smell the coffee.

[JohnPaulJones]

I'll change it!

[Lazamataz]

This *was* a wakeup call.

I will meet you half-way: I will vote for GW Bush and Republicans no matter if they do act liberally, AND I will still bitch and yell at them and hold their feet to the fire when they act like liberals.

[HiTech RedNeck]

What do you really mean when you say we don't have "freedom from religion"? That every American must have a religion, but has the freedom to choose which one? I don't think so.

No, Bleu. This does not mean every American must have a religion, it simply means that our representatives do not have to hide their religious viewpoint from the public. It means that we refuse to tilt at windmills (like Newdow constantly does) such as the suit to try to stop President Bush's speaking about Jesus Christ at his official appearances.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Two words: parental responsibility. The teachers are not there to tell a child he can be the personal king or queen of his or her own little world; however they do have to respect the parents' wishes. They cannot elaborate on what "under God" ought to mean.

[hobbes1]

The message you should send is one by pen and ink, or by phone calls and personal meetings.

Speaking of which, I hope many of you will join me, in writing to the Elk Grove School District Superintendant...

Text I sent This AM...

Mr. Superintendent.
Good Morning.

While the 9th circuit opinion is being (rightfully) appealed, kindly allow me to suggest that in place of the Pledge of Allegiance, and in accordance with California State Law, that mandates an appropriate Patriotic Exercise, the following paragraph from the Declaration of Independence be substituted.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
A lesson in patriotism, and a lesson in the law of unintended consequences for the thorn in your side.

Good Luck in your appeal, and my condolences on having to spend your time dealing with such nonsense.

Supt   DGORDON@edcenter.egusd.k12.ca.us
Chief of Staff   mcavanau@edcenter.egusd.k12.ca.us

[maica]

Phone calls to the in state offices of your senators and representatives help, too. You will express your opinion - consider it a free pool opinion - and every voice counts.

For any who might be wondering, the office numbers of your local congressmen are in your phonebook.

[PogySailor]

Yes. That is the danger as I see it. The ultimate goal is to remove the "dangerous" idea that there is any authority higher than the government. 
Newdow has made the statement (paraphrasing here) that not only was he offended by the teacher leading the pledge, but that his daughter has to hear the very word "God" mentioned. Notice also that it's not just enough that the pledge isn't lead by the school, he also wants it changed BY LAW to remove the words so that even students can't mention the foul word as protest:

Newdow said he believes that the Pledge of Allegiance should be completely rewritten so that students and others could not inject "under God" as an act of protest to the court ruling.

[Joe Brower]