Posted on 03/30/2006 6:29:34 PM PST by STFrancis
Here is an excellent video of the Pledge of Allegiance as recited by Red Skelton.
It's on YouTube and I hope you'll enjoy it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a6Kt_D4MegM
Thought you might enjoy this one....
Thank you! I'm going to have my kids watch this tomorrow morning before they go to school.
Thankyou, this is an old one but a real goodie. They should be made to show this in the schools but the libs are in charge!!
as a libertarian i have a few issues about the pledge of allegiance...
how often must i pledge my allegiance... once would seem practical since i value my honor and integrity.
i do not swear allegiance to "a flag"... but to the principles of this great nation and its constitution which defines america.
it should always be voluntary and never mandatory and under god has its place amongst it...
jmho... teeman
All good points.
But as another libertarian, I'll add the observation that when I say the Pledge, I am indeed speaking of my Country -- "the Republic" for which the flag stands as a symbol. There's no confusion between the symbol and the reality -- symbols are powerful and important, but they are not the thing themselves.
I've got a 6-foot Old Glory hung on my front porch and I am proud to show my love of my Country and her Flag. I have yet to get a complaint from the neighbors. For what it's worth, my great-grandfather was the President General of the American Flag Association, and let me say that no American was more devoted to the American Flag than he. Yet he, too, recognized that the flag was only the external visible sign of the invisible yet overwhelming glory of the Constitution, the document which defines America, as you stated. The Flag had his respect; but the Nation had his love.
Also as you said, the Pledge should always be voluntary. But I would add to that, that if one finds that one cannot, in honesty, pledge allegiance to America, and to the flag which is its symbol, then one should question whether one belongs in this country. It would seem to me quite cynical to take advantage of the freedoms we have here, without also acknowledging the source of those freedoms and the Constitution which guarantees them. I certainly take strong issue with many of the things the government has done, but that's a matter of the particular idiots in a particular government, not the Constitution.
You are welcome. I really liked the visual presentation to the words. Somehow it really brings home the point of what this country is all about.
Well said...
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