I kind of see where Rob Roy is coming from. Unfortunately the reason that the Pledge of Allegiance has become a ritual incantation though, is due to the overwhelming number of liberal socialists, and if traced back far enough - communists that went into hiding during the McCarthy period, that have infiltrated our school system. After the McCarthy inquisitions, the communists vowed to beat the capitalists from within. Which is exactly what they have been doing ever since. The best way to do that is to control our images and what ideals are taught to our youth.
The U.S. never had a problem with Freedom of Religion (Note that it is Freedom OF Religion, NOT Freedom FROM Religion) prior to liberals and communists trying to change our economic system from capitalism to socialism. Now that the citizens of the U.S. have become so brainwashed with the liberal agenda through years of liberal education and liberal media images of how bad the "greedy rich capitalistic pigs" are, all of a sudden we don't get the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance.
I can understand why it is so important for our youth to know The Pledge of Allegiance. It's important so that we always remember where we came from, why we are American. It's great that we are a country that has a multitude of cultures all gathering together to bring the best of what they have to offer to make our nation great. Unfortunately, too many people don't know or don't remember why this great nation was started in the first place.
Our Founding Fathers came together and brought forth this great nation to give people FREEDOM to be able to be who they want to be, practice the religion they want to practice, when they want to practice it, how they want to practice it, being able to consume what they want, when they want, and how they want. The intent was to be a FREE state, not a state controlled by monarchs, socialists, or communists. This nation was and is a FREE REPUBLIC, NOT a democracy. It was never meant to be a democracy. Republics control from the individual states, not from a federal group of zealots. In this way, if you don't like the laws of the state you live in, you can always move to a state where the laws are in agreement with your own ideals. With this being the case, you could still be a citizen of the U.S. but live in areas that have different opinions. THAT is the vision our Founding Fathers had. They NEVER wanted the U.S. to become a welfare state, an unambitious group of peoples hoping others would take care of them. If that is what people want, they should go back to the countries that have adopted those types of governments. The U.S. was meant to be a place for HARD WORKING people who believed in the idea of PERSONAL FREEDOMS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTRUSION (You know. . . stuff like growing your own pot without it being illegal, practicing your own religion, GIVING A PLEDGE to a country that SUPPORTS YOUR IDEAS OF PERSONAL FREEDOMS by swearing an ALLEGIANCE to it.
We could get this all fixed here if people were just smart enough to start reading between the lines of the lying democrats and republicans that supposedly represent us half a world away from where we live. PUT THE CONTROL BACK INTO THE HANDS of THE STATESMEN. Get rid of an overpowering, OVERREACHING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!
My God is NOT a white guy with a long white beard, in white linen tunics with glowing auras around him. My God IS in MY heart and in my pineal. If anybody is looking for their God anywhere else, then they don't know who or what God is. I have NO PROBLEM PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO A NATION THAT WAS FOUNDED UNDER THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM OF YOUR OWN IDEAL OF GOD. I can't for the life of me understand why anybody else would? Unless of course, you've just resigned to the idea that this is ALL there is and after you die there is no more. What a miserable existence that would be though. I always try to do good for others and protect myself. I've got to believe that somebody that doesn't think they need to be responsible for their actions here to move on to greater things elsewhere are masochists. I exist to make the world a better place, and I'll continue to exist afterwards to continue to try to make the world an even BETTER PLACE.
