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Pledging allegience to the Republic and to the flag which serves as its herald need not bar burning the flag, of course, as long as you are not also burning the Republic.

I think Ms. Dream that it prior to the '54 amendment it read just as it does today, minus those two words "under god"... i.e. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Am I wrong, are you quoting an original original?

But seriously -- what was wrong with "one nation, indivisible"?

I believe that Oregonian state law(I live in Oregon) recently made it obligatory for schools to recite it every week or so.

I am quoting an "original original," as you put it. Look it up. The other stuff got changed later.

I grew up reciting it every day but it never really meant anything to me. Sure I understood it, I just didn't give a damn either way.

I don't know having to pledge our loyalty over and over again almost seems like worshiping our country.

When I was a kid. And this includes high school up until 1958, we had a daily Bible reading.

Errrm Onyx, America has (roughly) 260,000,000 citizens. If as you say, 99.99999999999 per cent of them suck that leaves 0.00000000001 that don't. That is something like 0.026 of a person who doesn't suck. Onyx has just insulted the entire American nation including herself without realising it.

Hey, let's face it, I'm not proud of most of the stuff humanity has done. And the stuff we've done that I AM proud of, was probably done for reasons I'm not proud of. If I could figure out how to be something besides human, I would be.

Actually, she only insulted 0.974% of me. The rest of you didn't get off so easy.

Does she know about the 49th parallel?

Correction -- .028

Oh thus be it ever
When freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes
And the war's desolation
Blessed with victory and peace
May this heaven-rescued land
Praise the power that hath made
And preserved her a nation
And conquer we must
When our cause it is just
And this be our motto
In God is our trust
And the Star Spangled Banner
In triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave