Ummm. . .I hate to break it to you ΓΌber-patriots out there, but the Pledge of Allegiance was created as an advertising slogan to sell American flags. Idiots.
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Woman Receives Death Threats Days After Beck Targets Her On His Show
The League of Women Voters has filed complaints with police in Evanston, IL and the FBI saying that one of their officials has been targeted by death threats relating to a candidatess debate she moderated last week. Kathy Tate-Bradish was a volunteer moderator at the October 21 debate in the state’s 8th District and sparked conservative outrage when she expressed what was perceived as “lukewarm” support for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. . .
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Death Threats for Not Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance?
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Faux Patriotism,
Glenn Beck,
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Torries had the same problem with Americans, back in the day.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out, we the people don't like Tyranny.
And we don't like Torries, co-conspirators, enablers, and apologizers.
Back in the day, 'loyalists' like Benedict Arnold were no longer welcome here; the Torries were strung-up, tar and feathered, burned out of their homes and businesses, and exiled out of the country. Because they wanted to force tyranny upon the American people.
Thus always unto Tyrants.
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
It's the Virginia State motto for a reason, and is worth contemplating.
"It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government."
- Thomas Paine
And what did any of that have to do with my post?
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