Pledge of Allegiance... revised:

[Smarmie Doofus]

A member of the Ethical Culture Society of Riverdale, NY has proposed the following revised version of the pledge:

I pledge allegiance

to the principles on which the United States was founded,

to our one nation,

united in good,

indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.



I like it; though I would improve it a bit here and there. The author has sent her version to the president and to members of congress.

She points out that the terminological improvements ( good for god),
principles for flag), have the immediate effect of making the pledge more inclusive of the population while obviating the flag-burning issue.

Presumably she sent her version to Senators Clinton and Schumer.

Prediction: Schumer will ignore it and Clinton, if she doesn't ignore it ( which she almost certainly will) will find some nebulous verbiage to say precisely NOTHING.

Anyway, maybe someone of substance in congress will see it respond more responsibly.

PS. I have to laugh... when I spell-checked for this, the program wanted to substitute "Schemer" for "Schumer."