And just for the politically correct folks out there;

I Pledge (if I am emotionally so inclined, but otherwise make no commitment
whatsoever) Allegiance (or if not, at least a passing interest in) to the
Cloth Symbol (known by most but not necessarily myself as "The Flag") of the
loosely associated group of governmental regulatory bodies known as The
United States of America (which may also be referred to as a group of
ethnically diversified persons living in the same place at the same time) and
to the Republic (please refer to the aforementioned disclaimer regarding the
USA) for which it stands, one nation (please refer to the aforementioned
disclaimer regarding the USA), under (or maybe even over) an unspecified
deity (or not if you so choose so as not to possibly offend any member of the
ethnically diversified group herein assembled to recite or not to recite this
statement of allegiance or interest depending on the mood of the moment)
indivisible (or invisible or visible or whatever) with Liberty (because you
have to have liberty even if there is no commitment or responsibility
whatsoever) and Justice (whatever you may define that to be) for All (and by
"all" we may mean just one lousy individual who wants to, with the help of
his A.C.L.U. court appointed attorney, ruin everything for everybody else).