I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
This was posted on Facebook by one of my "friends". He's a Vietnam Veteran and he posts all sorts of pro military stuff up on my wall.
In catholic school, every morning we would stand up, point ourselves at the flag and say this pledge.
As a senior adult, I find this pledge to be offensive and a slap in the face.
First, pledging allegiance to the flag is about as offensive as knelling in front of a statue of the "Virgin" Mary and saying five Hail Marys. I mean, think about it.
Why don't we pretend a rock has the power to burst into flames and all we have to do is pray that it does or doesn't.
Come to think of it, that would be a very powerful thing.
Having rucks burst into flames at the appropriate moment could have saved the Twin Towers.
That a piece of cloth can make the national debt go away. We need to gather all the still allive idiots who got us to this point and make them pay for the debt.
Then there's this republic business. I'm about to look that up because to this day, I still don't know what that means. So, here goes:
A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, retain supreme control over the government.[1][2] The term is generally also understood to describe a government where most decisions are made with reference to established laws, rather than the discretion of a head of state, and therefore monarchy is today generally considered to be incompatible with being a republic. One common modern definition of a republic is a government having a head of state who is not a monarch.[3][4] The word "republic" is derived from the Latin phrase res publica, which can be translated as "a public affair", and often used to describe a state using this form of government.
Okay, so now that the meaning is been cleared up, that doesn't fly either since money talks and common sense gets constantly thrown under the bus.
One Nation Under God
There is no one nation under god anymore unless, of course you're from a different planet where there really is a god and everyone agrees you better kiss his ass or you're going to be roasty toasty.
"Sorry, god, I forget"
BAM. And while the burning ashes of vaporized flesh sit smoldering from the words.
Announcer, "Don't let this happen to you. Remember to pledge every.."
BOOM.
Guess he forgot, too.
But seriously, don't we get enough greater than thou politicians and CEOs thinking they are gods and are above common sense law?
And INDIVISIBLE. We're so divisible the rich want their butt wiped by an electronic toilet while the poor still go to their out houses. I wonder if that electronic toilet comes with a hair dryer.
We all are indivisible on one thing. We're going to die.
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Who are rich and/or who went the law school.
The rest of us wish there really was a god and we could pray for some plucking of the bad apples.
And the chorus from heaven...
"Which god?"
Please don't tell me I'm not an American because I don't believe in The Easter Bunny, the Sandman, Santa Klaus or the Tooth Fairy, you'll spoil my fantasies of free speech.
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