When I went to school it was mandatory to say the Pledge and it didn't hurt me at all to say it! I think we should have to say and if you don't believe in God don't say the words under God! It is sad to me that they took the pledge out of the schools because some one got offended by it! Many of our soldiers died for our right to say it and I think it should be brought back to the schools as soon as possible

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Believe in yourself and all things are possible

Of course they should have to say it. There's no harm in teaching patriotism

hELL YES AND A MORNING PRAYER I DID IT VERY DAY GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

Yes they should. People complain that it says "under god" but our money has "in god we trust" on it

Yeah funny how a CIA instigated coup replacing a democratically elected government in the name of the Queen's representative might have that effect.

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Yes

i agree with older students saying it but only once they can understand what it truly means.

Maybe if you had been taught to question authority rather than follow it like sheep your country would not have followed Bush and Cheney into their war justified by lie upon lie ten years ago.

Those soldiers died because there were not enough US citizens patriotic enough to ask hard questions before the fiasco. Instead the cowards shouted down those brave enough to ask and called them traitors.

Between 100,000 and 600,000 people are dead because of that war and Iran now controls Iraq.

Bush was a liar and so was Nixon before him. Last week the LBJ tapes came out confirming that Nixon had illegally sabotaged the Paris peace talks to prevent an end to the war before the 1968 election.

Thatcher was also a liar and a cheat. She made a big public show about being anti-communist but she begged Gorbachev to send in the tanks to crush the demonstrations in East Germany that brought down the Berlin war.

What we need is more people who will stand up to governments that lie and oppress.

Close the gulag in Guantanamo and put the war criminals who authorized torture on trial. Then lets talk about whether that flag is worth anything.

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Not after the last 3 corrupt presidents Clinton, Bush, & Obama, illegal wars, collusion with the banking corporations, propping up criminal labor unions, and uncontrolled spending against the future of our children and their children. I no longer say the pledge of allegiance myself.

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You are invited to read Passionate Danger, Part II, a story collaboration by Kim and ArtMan.
http://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/passionate-danger-part-ii.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis

The role of the CIA is pretty well established. The crisis happened at a time when the CIA was pretty much a rogue agency running its own agenda. Carter and Regan both worked to bring it to heel. Particularly after their incompetence led to the Iranian hostage crisis. A faction in the CIA preferred to have a right wing administration in Australia. People who spend their time bringing down inconvenient governments inevitably end up attacking their own.

What really forced the CIA out of that business was the loss of interception capabilities when the cryptanalysis of the Enigma machine became public and when electronic codes replaced the weaker mechanical systems.

The TriLateral Commission does exist. I know the North American Chairman quite well, I have worked with him. It is not the world government people think and never has been.

Railing against groups like the Tri-Lateral commission and blathering on about black helicopters is how people who are actually in the business of dirty tricks discredit scrutiny.

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There is actually this thing called the constitution that means that it is illegal for a school to require it.

My church and Ben Franklin fought for the first amendment to protect the church from corruption by the state.

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Am I correct in assuming that you yourself didn't fight for this country, just people you happen to know? I just want to be clear, because you glaringly omitted yourself, and it seems suspicious.

That was a concern but not the only one. The non-conformists original complaint was against the established church as being corrupt. The Quakers were concerned that the new state would have an established religion and return to persecuting them.

Persecution of the Quakers is one of the factors that led to the revolution, albeit indirectly. The reason Massachusetts lost its privilege of self government in the first place was the execution of Mary Dyer for her faith. The King ordered the colony to hold no more trials for religious offenses and when the colonists refused put the colony under direct control.

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I fought for this country and held in my arms my friends that died for it!!!! If you don't like the way this country is then you are welcomed to get the HELL out!!!
But if you are here and not a United States citizen you have no right to criticize the way we do our things.
But yes I believe ever child regardless of what country they live in should learn to respect and support their country no matter how they feel about it.
That start with learning their national anthem.

I am gonna go with HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!! Those in Texas should say the State Pledge tooo and dare I say a prayer.

Give the kids a since of value for the Country, State, and God. They need to learn respect and that it means something to be a citizen and that it is a privilege not a right.

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