The Pledge of Allegiance

COONASS

I - "Me; an individual; a committee of one."

Pledge - "Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity."

Allegiance - "My love and my devotion."

To the Flag - "Our standard; Old Glory; a symbol of Freedom; wherever
she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has
given her a dignity that shouts, 'Freedom is everybody's
job.'"

United - "That means that we have all come together."

States - "Individual communities that have united into 48 great
states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and
dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries,
yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for
country."

And to the Republic - "Republic. A state in which sovereign power is
invested in representatives chosen by the people
to govern. And government is the people; and
it's from the people to the leaders, not from
the leaders to the people."

One Nation - "One nation, meaning, so blessed by God."

Indivisible - "Incapable of being divided."

With liberty - "Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's
own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of
retaliation."

And Justice - "The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with
others."

For All - "Which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as
it is mine."

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We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

Edited by - COONASS on 07/05/2002 21:14:24

COONASS

The following words were spoken by the late Red Skelton (born July 18, 1913) on his television program as he related the story of his teacher, Mr. Laswell, who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day.

Now, more than ever, listen to the meaning of these words.


"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester

and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you.

If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"

I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one.

Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.

Allegiance - - My love and my devotion.

To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.

United - - That means that we have all come together.

States - - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.

And to the Republic - - Republic, a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.

For which it stands

One Nation - - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.

Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided.

With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.

And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.

For All - - For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.

And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools, too?

Red Skelton

You can hear it Red's own words here; http://www.spiritisup.com/pledgeofallegiance.html

COONASS

Ever heard Red Skelton's recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance from his show back in the '60's? He tells the story of his elementary school principal explaining to the students what each part of the pledge means.

I located a copy of it it on the web here:

http://www.shrineclowns.com/skelton.html

Besides reading the text, give it a listen. It doesn't take long to load.

It's very timely.

salzo

I love seeing the pledge broken down and defined word by word, phrase by phrase. It really shows how full of socialist tripe the pledge is.Pledging Allegiance to the Country-how absurd! Why not a queen! The founders would be rolling in their graves if they could see such nonsense!
The only thing I do not find offensive is the "god" reference(the god refrence was probably put in so that people could see a difference between the Dogma of the US and the dogma of every other communist nation).
BELLAMY(author of the pledge) WAS A SOCIALIST!!



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dheffley

I guess you have to spill a little blood for it before you can understand it.

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