Since it's flag day today...

[tjwash]

A little reminder of the original pledge of allegiance.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Thanks for the reminder.....I like the original much better. n/t

[tjwash]

4. I know. If I see one more of those "under god" bumper stickers...

Arrrgghhh.

[mopaul]

2. one nation.........under canada.......

and over mexico

[Fenris]

3. Ah! A communiqué! "You will find true love on flag day."

[silverpatronus]

5. as a 'foreigner'

i don't understand why y'all pledge allegiance to the flag. in every other pledge that i've heard, allegiance is pledged to the country. just seems strange to pledge allegiance to a symbol...

[gpandas]

6. ...and to the republic for which it stands...

[LuminousX]

7. It was composed by a flag seller

as a way to sell more flags.

[tjwash]

8. Oh, that reminds me I forgot to add that it was written by...

...a Socialist. In the Pledge, he is expressing the ideas of his first cousin, Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897).

I can hear cognative dissonance making the lurking freepers heads go *POP* right now.

[Morning Dew]

9. Looking Backward... good book.

Gotta read that again, it's been at least 20 years.

[Solly Mack]

10. It is?

Damn, I'm such a bad American.

[tjwash]

11. *passes Solly Mack the wet noodle*

Here flog yourself fifty times with this...

[Solly Mack]

12. Woohoo!!! The wet noodle treatment!!!!

51....52...53...54.....55...

oh wait..you said 50 times.