Time: Sun Jun 29 03:00:43 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA01608; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 02:55:49 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA18377; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 02:55:42 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 02:54:01 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Pledge of Allegiance (fwd) <snip> > >Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance >by Red Skelton > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers explained the words and >meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down, >and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It is followed >by an observation of his own. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one. > >Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity. > >Allegiance - - My love and my devotion. > >To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she >waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that >shouts, Freedom is everybody's job. > >United - - That means that we have all come together. > >States - - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great >states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and >purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common >purpose, and that is love for country. > >And to the Republic - - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is >invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government >is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the >leaders to the people. > >For which it stands > >One Nation - - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God. > >Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided. > >With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own >life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation. > >And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others. > >For All - - For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country >as it is mine. > > >And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance: > >I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the >Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and >justice for all. > >Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two >words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it >be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated >from schools, too? > >Red Skelton > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Contributed by : David R. Lewis, Nashville, Tennessee. > >http://www.icss.com/usflag/skeltons.pledge.html > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: Kepi <kepi58@telapex.com> > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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