tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post109560001330048899..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: More Smoke and MethanolM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-1115755982893267232005-05-10T20:13:00.000+00:002005-05-10T20:13:00.000+00:00There has been much controversy over the years con...There has been much controversy over the years concerning 'The Pledge of Allegiance.' Much of it centers around the inclusion of the words "under God." I believe that arguments pro and con this addition are distractions from the fact that, apart from those words, the Pledge is servile, generic, and unpatriotic.<BR/><BR/>I believe that the solution to this obvious problem can be found in America's 'Declaration of Independence.' So, as an immediate corrective measure, I propose the replacement of the Pledge with the defining statement of America's founding principle:<BR/><BR/>"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish <BR/>it."<BR/><BR/>Next time the opportunity presents itself, instead of reciting that servile drivel that was drilled into our skulls while in the custody of our gov't schoolmasters, stand proudly and proclaim your independence. Who knows, you may become a founding member of an American Renaissance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com