[GeronL]

we have to keep an eye on these people

Flashback; Wonderous Willard of Oz
we must never forget the bad ol' days!

[rickmoe]

notice the authors name.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

The power of the mob had prevailed.

When it's something this guy wants, it's called "popular opinion". When it's something he doesn't want, it's called "the power of the mob". A few days later, I bumped into a neighbor of mine whom I had seen at the meeting shaking his head in horror. I asked him what he made of it all.

"I thought I was in Nazi Germany," he said.

Oh yes, the horror. After all, who wouldn't prefer Lenin or Stalin to Hitler? (Two communist crackpots in one neighborhood. What are the odds?)

[fella]

Aint it funny how the purveyors of pure democracy suddenly call it "MOB RULE" when it works against their plans?

[The Raven]

Are these things true? Maybe this 9-11 thing will permanantly wake up parents.

[MitchellC]

If only the government weren't running the schools...

[lowbridge]

Still another described the city as "The People's Republic of Madison," and called the board members a bunch of "arrogant, elitist, heavy-handed, radical leftovers of the Vietnam era, who in your great zeal to protect the minority have stifled the expression of the majority."

Well, isn't that in the job description?

[Cultural Jihad]

"Progressive" is a nonsense word when used politically. After all, both cancer and dementia are said to be 'progressive' at times.

[vikingchick]

It's so sweet watching the libs lose. I've been surrounded by them all my life, living in the Bay Area. Thanks for posting this article.

[Howlin]

Life IS good, isn't it? :-)

[dasboot]

Love the Pledge, except for that indivisable thing. I think I should be able to divorce my wife if she keeps beatin' me up. A republic should be a voluntary association, shouldn't it? Otherwise it's just a shotgun marriage.

Or does that line just reflect the hope of comity that would endear one State to its neighbors?

[dasboot]

And while I'm thinkin' about it:

The original Oaths of Office upon which the Pledge is modeled were the promises, before God and before the People by whom they were elected, of officials to discharge their offices with due diligence. In that light, shouldn't it be the "flag" that pledges to to People?

Or maybe the People should pledge allegiance to their fellow citizens. Does the flag represent the People or the governmental construct they created?

I'm not being maliciously provocative, I sincerely want to know some other's thoughts on this matter.

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

Bump.

[Red Jones]

that was very nice of matthew rothschild to give us an eye-witness freeper report.