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| The Pledge of Allegience |
| 2005-09-19 |
| My Fellow Americans, I am deeply troubled from what I am about to say. There are a few people among us, who would like to rule about what we say and what we think about, and about what we buy. But they forgot the rule on how we should feel. We are and can be, very feeling Americans. We feel for our army in Iraq and in Afghanistan and other countries who are doing a dirty job over there, to support the ideals of freedom and country. We felt very deeply, into our pockets after September 9/11 and after the devastating Tsunami, and the recent Hurricane Katrina, to help support the families who lost loved oneâs in these disasters. And whom did these people turn to in their time of need? They turned to their god for help. Does he exist? Yes for some and no for others, but let us take a look at this simple statement. For those who believe in Him, no explanation is necessary, for those who do not believe in Him, no explanation is possible. For those people who would turn your backs on your own founding fathers, who came here with their simple ways and beliefs, to remove the Lord from a simple pledge of allegiance from our classrooms, our Post Offices, our homes, you do so with my utter contempt!Ladies and Gentlemen, stand and recite those words that should be branded in our minds and in our hearts, Please stand, Senators and Democrats and Republicans, Policemen, Firemen, Soldiers, my fellow Americans. I pledge of allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. In 1954, Congress, after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer!!. So, to those folks in the Texas Post Offices, your prayers have been answered. So it is not illegal to say it in public or to show this anywhere, for it was passed by Congress, and only by an act of Congress may it be removed. Ladies and Gentlemen, of Congress and Senators, remember the very oath that you yourself have sworn to and to yourself and your Country to do your duty. The last change in the Pledge of Allegiance occurred on June 14 (Flag Day), 1954 When President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved adding the words "under God". As he authorized this change he said: "In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war." Pass it on, good night and May God Bless America. |
| Posted by:Glomoper Slert8352 |
| #1 The fundamental problem is that what was set up as a judiciary has degenerated into a modern aristocracy. It has delegated onto itself powers incomprehensible by the founding fathers. Congress has surrendered time after time its responsibility to curtail this vast assumption of power. The judiciary operates completely outside the Jeffersonian admonition that âGovernments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers form the Consent of the Governedâ. The very definition of a republic, a democracy is a form of government which represents the vast numbers of its population. While respecting the rights of individuals and small groups, it can not strip the population as a whole of its basic rights of belief, culture, and daily life and still be a republic or a democracy. The Constitution was written by men in the common language of the period. It is not written in some arcane and ancient language only decipherable by a small and select group of acolytes. It is long past the time that Jeffersonâs warning must be enacted up, to wit - âthat whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish itâ. As Senators where once not subject to the direct consent of the governed and the XVII Amendment altered that fact, so too now the judiciary must be brought likewise to be accountable to the people. The arguments advance to maintain the status quo will interestingly enough reflect the very same arguments advanced by royalist for why we should have never separated from the crown over two hundred years ago. It is time for a full republic. |
| Posted by: Chiger Shineng4673 2005-09-19 09:44 |