Posted: 10/22/2010 5:43:56 AM EDT
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http://media.causes.com/604250?p_id=42563578
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Interesting, but I'll pass on the emotional garbage of how our pledge is something special.
The pledge was written by a socialist in 1892. It has nothing to do with the intent of our country, nor the intent our Founding Fathers had during the conception of the Constitution. The fact that it places so much emphasis on "one nation" and "indivisible" shows clear views of a strong central government and a socialist view of rule of people, versus rule of law. The pledge is merely a reflection of the reduction of states rights after the Civil War in favor of a strong central government that would extend its control even more. It is significant, because the language of the Constitution was specially written and carefully chosen to avoid such a thing from happening. Here is what the author of the pledge, Francis Bellamy wrote: "It began as an intensive communing with salient points of our national history, from the Declaration of Independence onwards; with the makings of the Constitution... with the meaning of the Civil War; with the aspiration of the people... " "The true reason for allegiance to the Flag is the 'republic for which it stands'. ...And what does that vast thing, the Republic mean? It is the concise political word for the Nation - the One Nation which the Civil War was fought to prove. To make that One Nation idea clear, we must specify that it is indivisible, as Webster and Lincoln used to repeat in their great speeches. And its future? " He doesn't believe in a Republic and he certainly doesn't believe in states rights which the writers of the Constitution fought so hard to protect. Now we recite this garbage in schools and brainwash kids to the true meaning and reason our country was founded on. Next time the pledge is recited, count me out. |