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Kelvin Mace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 08:52 AM
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Unfreep this poll - The "Pledge of Allegiance" must always be in English
http://www.nbc4i.com/education/4271505/detail.html
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pnutchuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 08:55 AM
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1. Done eom
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 08:55 AM
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2. I voted that it was "Much Ado about nothing"
because it is.

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blogbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 08:56 AM
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3. Well, now, hasn't English always been in a sense about..
ethnocentrism?
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 08:57 AM
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4. can this be for real?
They are upset because the pledge of allegiance is being broadcasted in foreign languages? I thought the Right loved the pledge and wanted it said all over the place? Man, these people are messed up.
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mordarlar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 08:58 AM
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5. My two oldest children know the pledge in English and Spanish
because each day over the announcements it is recited in both languages. I think it is FABULOUS.

Juro fidelidad a la bandera de los
Estado Unidos de América,
y a la república que symboliza,
una nación, bajo Dios, indivisible,
con libertad y justicia para todos.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 09:02 AM
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6. Next poll question
"The Pledge of Allegiance must always be printed in a 13.5-point Times Roman font."

"The Pledge of Allegiance must never be printed on pastel-colored paper."

"The Pledge of Allegiance must always be prominantly displayed during trout season."

"The Pledge of Allegiance must not be recited in an autombile at a speed grater than 55 miles per hour, or 65 miles per hour on rural highways."

"The Pledge of Allegiance must never be employed as device to repel gay space aliens."

--p!
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latteromden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 09:02 AM
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7. Jeg forplikter meg til flagget mitt - naturligvis USAs flagg
*sigh* I love my country - I can't stand my LANGUAGE (English), but why should that make me unpatriotic? :crazy:
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 09:04 AM
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8. Why, you ask?
You hate us for our imperfective verb gerunds.

--p!
Lernu Paroli Republikanacxo.
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Kelvin Mace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 01:59 PM
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11. When symbols of liberty
are more important than ACTUAL liberty, we are truly screwed.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 09:13 AM
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9. Iay ledgepay llegianceaay otay lagfay
foay hetay Niteduay Tatessay foay Mericaay.
ndaay otay epublicray orfay hichway tiay tandsay
Neoay ationnay nderuay Odgay
ndivisableiay
orfay ibertylay ndaay usticejay orfay llaay
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Flammable Materials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 09:17 AM
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10. Holy shit, here's the Republican mindset in a nutshell!
"This is America, and we got soldiers at war," said 15-year-old Patrick Linton. "When you're saying the Pledge in a different language which nobody understands, that's not OK."

Since nobody understands Spanish or German, every time you recite the pledge in one of these languages, one of our brave soldiers dies.

STOP THIS COUNTRY, I WANT TO GET OFF™.
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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 02:01 PM
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12. The Real Republican Mindset is That It's a Bigger Outrage
That we're saying the pledge in another language than it is that our kids don't KNOW any other languages.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:25 PM
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13. kick n/t
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