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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
18. Thanks for that link!
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 06:22 AM
Jul 2014
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Thank you very, very much for letting us little kids live here. It really, really was nice of you. You didn’t have to do it. And it’s really not freaky that us little, little kids mindlessly recite this anthem every day and pledge their life to a government before they’re old enough to really think about what they’re saying. This is not a form of brainwashing. This is not a form of brainwashing. This is not a form of brainwashing. This is really the greatest country in the whole world. All the other countries suck. And, if this country ever goes to war, as it often wants to do, I promise to help go and kill all the other countries’ kids. God bless Johnson & Johnson. God bless GE. God bless Citigroup. Amen.”

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flag worship is idolatry and is forbidden by the bible (among other texts) nt msongs Jul 2014 #1
Maybe your edition of the Bible. former9thward Jul 2014 #8
10 commandments--thou shalt have no other god before me thing dembotoz Jul 2014 #10
I am not aware of anyone who salutes the flag former9thward Jul 2014 #11
the music RoBear Jul 2014 #2
I wish more people would not stand when Cyrano Jul 2014 #4
You may be thinking of this Mad Magazine poster from 1971 csziggy Jul 2014 #7
Thanks for that link! Scuba Jul 2014 #18
ee cummings ChazInAz Jul 2014 #3
One of my favorites from cummings. Cyrano Jul 2014 #5
The problem with patriotism is that it's been hijacked by the RW. Glassunion Jul 2014 #6
At a swimming pool? Iggo Jul 2014 #9
... Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #14
. Iggo Jul 2014 #15
Overplayed WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jul 2014 #12
Attended a car show recently Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #13
As a kid in school I was a Jehovah's Witness and then a Quaker. hunter Jul 2014 #16
So you're one of "those" people, eh? Scuba Jul 2014 #17
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