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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 01:43 PM
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Porky Pig's Pledge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URGk0DBsZY&feature=youtu.be

The original pledge with some modifications but still sans "god", as written by a socialist Baptist minister.

It used to be really short- I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 01:57 PM
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1. Porky Pig is a filthy atheist. He didn't say "Under God!"
Boycott Porky Pig! :rofl:
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 01:59 PM
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2. No he didn't - The god botherers will hunt him down
and make porky pig chops.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 02:00 PM
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3. Mmmm...Pork Chops.
Wait. Can a guy eat an animated pig? I'm real confused now.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 02:09 PM
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4. Only if you enjoy animated pork chops
bu-dah bu-dah bu-dah bu-dah, that's all folks
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nykym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 02:14 PM
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5. The original pledge didn’t have the words "under God" in it.
They were added in 1954 as part of the McCarthy red scare.

Porky's pledge was filmed in 1939 hence no under god.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 02:46 PM
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6. We got all the way through WW2 under no god?
Incredible!
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 03:54 PM
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10. And into the Twenties without saying "the United States of America."
They just said "my flag." Wow, and the U.S. survived WWI that way -- with people possibly pledging allegiance to some other flag.

;-)
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 02:47 PM
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7. I remember seeing this
When I was a kid watching cartoons on TBS after school and wondering why Porky was messing up the pledge.

TlalocW
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 02:49 PM
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8. And now you know he didn't mess it up.
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frebrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 03:15 PM
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9. No, I believe it was Eisenhower who messed it up....
Just part of the Cold War insanity this country has never recovered from.
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Thats my opinion Donating Member (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 05:27 PM
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11. When we are in a place where it is said
let's go back to that version loud enough to be heard by those around us..
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-11 07:49 PM
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12. I always do that -
Edited on Tue Jun-21-11 07:49 PM by GoneOffShore
but I'm not usually in places where "the Pledge" is recited.

Don't go to sporting events or public rallies where it's expected (and then I don't recite it).

It's really jingoistic silliness. Exactly like putting a flag on your front lawn. Is it to remind you that you're from this country?
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 01:32 AM
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13. I replace flag
With US Constitution and omit God.

TlalocW
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 09:22 PM
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14. That's very good idea.
I'm doing that the next time I'm in a place where "The Pledge" is recited.
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