Pledge of Allegiance

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DeSmogBlog aggregator (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

The Un-American Pledge, Nietzsche (Republican), Islamists, Anti-Statism, Health Care Reform (again), and Abortion Politics

2parse/blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Today, I present to you an early addition of the best reads for the long Thanksgiving weekend… 1. The Un-American Pledge. Michael Lind explains why the Pledge of Allegiance is un-American. 2. Nietzsche was a Republican. The Economist’s Democracy in America discusses Medicare and Nihilism. As it is undeniable that America’s population is aging, and that this accounts...

Bart’s Blackboard Should Certainly Prevent You From Having a Cow

Vulture (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

While our favorite single-serving Simpsons -related site remains Eye on Springfield , we just spent a few minutes happily poking around on Bart's Blackboard. As you might expect, the site is a collection of screengrabs of all the various things that Mrs. Crabapple and Princpal Skinner have sentenced Bart to write on the chalkboard at the beginning of every episode. Remember, kids, the Pledge...

This Is NOT For Real…Is it?

mitchieville (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

From Stormbringer: Every school kid in America should know this: when they play the National Anthem, or you recite the Pledge of Allegiance, you place your right hand over your heart. Please read the rest at Stormbringer…

Run This Town

Life is too short to be ordinary... (Free subscription) | yesterday

... this town tonight We gonna run this town Jay-Z We are, yeah, I said it, we are This is Roc Nation, pledge your allegiance Get y’all fatigues on, all black everything Black cards, black cars, all black everything And our girls are blackbirds, riding with they Dillingers I get more in-depth if you boys really real enough This is La Familia, I’ll explain later But for now,...

Run This Town

Life is too short to be ordinary... (Free subscription) | yesterday

... this town tonight We gonna run this town Jay-Z We are, yeah, I said it, we are This is Roc Nation, pledge your allegiance Get y’all fatigues on, all black everything Black cards, black cars, all black everything And our girls are blackbirds, riding with they Dillingers I get more in-depth if you boys really real enough This is La Familia, I’ll explain later But for now,...

Stupid human tricks

Enclave (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

... 1, 2009 (1:30 PM) CENTENNIAL PARK BOARDROOM 2565 Park Plaza I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. APPEAL OF DECISIONS V. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES VI. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS VII. INTRODUCTION OF STAFF, NEW EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS VIII. METRO COUNCIL REFERRALS 11-09-00 Mr. Sam Coleman, Councilmember of the 32nd District, requests permission to address...

We are a nation of Americans

Daniel's political musings (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

... know. Maybe this is what they're taught to chant in schools nowadays, a sort of multicultural Pledge of Allegiance. ... Do they really think other nations sprouted up out of the ground?"

Stand up or leave - Vindy.com

Washington (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

Hubbard High School student, Roxanne Westover, an atheist, has it all wrong. She claims that the Pledge of Allegiance “is more like a religious oath.” ...

Boaz honors student for character, hard work

Sand Mountain Reporter (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

Boaz Mayor Tim Walker and Boaz City Council members recite the Pledge of Allegiance before every council meeting

Illinois' Loyalty Oath: Take It Or The Communists Win

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

... Legion hall in Northwest Indiana. At a time when students are required out of habit to recite the pledge of allegiance and when republicans are considering their own type of loyalty oath , it may seem like just another procedural exercise, but not everyone is happy about it. In an interview with WBEZ, Illinois communist organizer John Bachtell said, "The very fact that it's on...

Glenn Beck has lost it.

Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

... have serious problems with Barack Obama serving as the supposed Commander in Chief, I would pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and if needed, die as a soldier fighting for the freedoms our Founding Fathers secured for us. We are in serious trouble with Obama as the President in regards to National defense, however, no-one should ever be discouraged from...

Confidentially, I think 5 of the 10 traditional Thanksgiving foods are kinda gross

The Girl on the Milk Carton (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

... ABOUT THE SPECIFIC MEANING OF POSITIVE IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH) as "the girl who says the Pledge of Allegiance." If you look in my yearbooks, a great number of my entries from other students mention this about me. My children will indefinitely notice it. I do not remember exactly how this whole thing got started, but I will try to provide at least some background. At my high...

Stark Racial Divide In Views Of Obama

Discriminations (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

... and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.... We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. Those lines led many gullible observers (including this one ) to entertain the hope that this young man offered the possibility of a post-racial future. Now, less than a year into his presidency,...

Book Shelf: You Better Not Cry (Augusten Burroughs)

Girl With a Satchel (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

... self-deprecating assessment of his limited intelligence as a child – stacking chairs, the Pledge of Allegiance and the difference between Santa and Jesus all tripped him up ("I could identify Coke or Pepsi with just one sip, but I could not tell you for sure why they strapped Santa to a cross... was Santa Jesus's father?"). This first chapter details the Santa face-eating...