Lemon
Pledge
 The
United States and the Philippines
are the only two countries
on Earth which have a pledge
to a flag. Ours also includes
mention of an all-powerful
monkey that lives in the
clouds and, for good measure,
includes an extra-large
gooey glob
of xenophobia.
This pledge does not
make us a better people,
it makes us decidedly weird. We could do
SO much better.
As a reminder to all you non-history buffs,
the "under god" part of the pledge
was added in 1954 while the country was
embroiled in a contrived tizzy over communist
incursion of the U.S. government. So it's
not like Jesus wrote it on a fig leaf,
just for us.
Yeah, I know, bummer, but you might find solace in the fact that the tune to
the Star-Spangled Banner came from an old drinking song. (See video below)
Happy holiday, everyone.
Now go blow yourself up
like
good little Americans.
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Now
that you're back from
the lake and feeling
rested and ready how
about signing
this petition to
amend the Constitution
to:
• Firmly establish that
money is not speech,
and that
human beings, not corporations,
are persons entitled
to constitutional rights.
• Guarantee the right to
vote and to participate,
and to have our vote
and participation count.
• Protect local communities,
their economies, and democracies
against illegitimate "preemption" actions
by global, national,
and state governments.
C'mon! You know you want to.
And thanks!
=Lefty=
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 "We're
going to have a relentless focus on creating jobs." -
John Boehner, February 10, 2011.
The following is #48 in a list of accomplishments
by the GOP since they gained control of the House
in 2011.
None
have yet to result in one, single new job.
(48) 7-4-2011: The little bastards are
still on holiday. Lucky us.
For the entire list of GOP futility, click
here.
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 And
what manner of lie is Fox News spewing today? That
corporations NEED
their jet plane subsidies, while NPR
can go suck eggs.
Click here to help Drop
Fox from your cable system.
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