The Pledge of Servitude
Well, the old "Pledge of Allegiance" is back once again. The recently added phrase "under god" is again under fire by alleged atheists and a sympathetic federal court.
I wrote about the pledge the last time it came up, and still hold the same opinion on the matter.
The Stars and Stripes used to be a symbol of all that America is, but thanks to government school civics classes and actions of government on all fronts has led most people to the opinion that the flag is a symbol of the government. Thus, when we "pledge allegiance to the flag," most of us are pledging allegiance to the government. Note the way that many people react to the President as if he were royalty. Note how, during the recent troubles in the Gulf area, many people look to the President as a savior, and are extreme in their anger as they perceive that he's failed them.
Only from libertarians and a few conservatives do we even hear the suggestion that they might actually lift a finger to help themselves and help each other. From the left we hear, "Where was the federal government?" and "Bush doesn't care about black people."
So we send the kids to government schools where they recite the "Pledge of Allegiance" each day, to reinforce that the federal government is and always will be critical to their very existence.
That's what I mean by the Pledge of Servitude.
I don't care at all about the "under god" phrase. I've never added the "under god" phrase when I used to actually recite the pledge, but now, I won't recite it at all. It's subversive and unAmerican. Americans aren't subservient.
Americans are individualists.
I don't care about "under god." Any parent worth his stuff will keep his kids out of government schools (government schools are child abuse) and teach them that government is the servant, not the master. This servant has been doing such a poor job at it's assigned (by the Constitution) tasks that it deserves to be treated with nothing but contempt.
They've killed Freedom! Those bastards!
Warm regards,
Col. Hogan
Stalag California
3 comments:
Excellent. I suggest that the Pledge of Allegiance itself is what is unconstitutional. I also suggest that the guy suing is a jerk.
Come on Col, saying the pledge of allegiance is hardly on a par with Hitler's loyalty oathes.
Not the same thing, but the same principle. I used to love the country, and I still do, but I've learned that the country and the government are seperate and different entities. The government is hobbling the country, keeping us from becoming as great as we might.
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