The California Army National Guard Chaplains’ Facebook page has a lot of goofy pictures. This one is classic.
Click to embiggen. The comments there are priceless. They are preserved below the fold in case of sudden deletion.
Trudy R: Hooah
Bonnie M: there is something missing…Under God?
Brenda V: Whats up with that?
Andrew V: Actually that’s the original pledge of allegiance. Under God was added in 1954 mostly over the red scare of the cold war.
Lila M: what happened to “under God?” I remember when they added that in the ’50′s…we had to practice the new way at school, as we said the pledge every morning.
Josie V: WHAT HAPPENED TO “UNDER GOD”???
Trudy R: Need the under God back
Chaplain James Collins: I am just a dumb ole country preacher, but it could be the point was just that…there is no God. We have taken God out of everything in this country. Yes, I understand that God was not in the original, but didn’t God make it better? Again, I don’t know much, but I think that it is better with God. We need God to bless America again.
Olivia R: Under GOD. Our country has been blessed because we r under GOD blessing. What other country in the world can say that ? That’s why we hav the freedom GOD has given us
Randy K: You forgot “under God”.
Barbara S: I liked it until I didn’t read “under God”.
Theresa O: That is the correct and original pledge of allegiance. Under God was added in the 50s.
Roger A: Hey ya ol country preacher your right God did and still does make it better… hooah Sir
Jessimine S: Cannot like it unless under God is there and don’t support anything that implies it’s ok to leave God out. That’s what is Wong these days as it is.
It might get deleted when I link to the picture. Be respectful if you join in, but you’re more than welcome to.
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oolon
October 13, 2012 at 4:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Given the separation of church and state enacted in the constitution how did that get changed? I’d imagine there is some interesting history there as I cannot believe no one challenged it…
mrianabrinson
October 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Looks like the right one to me, as well as the one used before the 1950s.
Crip Dyke, MQ, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden
October 13, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
So then… she never liked it????
Pierce R. Butler
October 13, 2012 at 6:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The “under god” part was added during the Cold War, to help emphasize the distinction between good us & gawdless commie them.
Everybody who spoke up to dissent immediately had the FBI asking their employers about possible suspicious affiliations, and possibly a subpoena to talk with the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. And probably rocks through their windows.
F
October 13, 2012 at 10:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The stoopid, it burns!
Yes, yes, god kissed it and made it all better. It’s the extra added ingredient which may make it work twice as hard.
All of them, idiot. (Except that it is actually true for none.)
How much practice was required is probably revealing of how much the brains were exercised normally. “…One nation, undervisible…” “No, no, start again. From the top this time.”
oolon
October 14, 2012 at 5:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hehe yeah I suppose I did not think of the timing there… Amazing how easy it is for a core part of the constitution to become ‘un-american’ when religion and politics intersect.
steve84
October 14, 2012 at 6:13 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And the courts invented some ridiculous BS called “ceremonial deism” which can somehow make the most over the top religious performance secular if it has been performed by the government long enough.
Outback Joe
October 15, 2012 at 1:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Australia; we don’t have any Pledges of Allegience with “God” in them, heck we don’t even have ANY pledges at all, we don’t even have “God” in our National Anthem AND we have a Prime Minister is a Non-Believer! How cool is that!
left0ver1under
October 15, 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
One’s country is not free if it demands pledges, demands reverence for a flag and demands that one stand for a national anthem. The ability to disrespect the symbols of one’s own country is a part of freedom and free speech, as important as criticizing the government and its policies.
Justin Griffith
October 15, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I believe the compulsory nature of the Pledge for school children is indebted to red-scare 1950′s… the same year they added ‘under god’.
Markita Lynda—damn misogyny!
October 15, 2012 at 9:49 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I just clicked on your link and, sure enough, the page is not available! Since I presume it was a public page that probably means it’s gone! Well spotted & preserved, sir!
Oh, please! It’s too early in the morning for such stupidity!
Brian Murtagh
October 15, 2012 at 11:07 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
There is no God in foxholes. Or anywhere else.
F
October 15, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
…one nation, under god (duck and cover)
eoraptor013
November 8, 2012 at 3:46 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The thing I don’t get is why I would pledge allegiance to a flag? Yeah, yeah, it’s a symbol, but the Constitution is our country.. the flag represents the country, but the Constitution defines it. Indeed, don’t elected Federal officials, and military personnel, swear to uphold and defend the Constitution?
How’s about:
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States,
and to the Republic it defines:
One nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.
Course, the whackaloons would probably call me a communist nazi atheist muslim in sheep’s clothing.
Nathanael
December 3, 2012 at 7:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Or even if, as in the case in the 1950s, it was made up last week. As long as it’s supported by the President!
More and more this is an elected dictatorship. People just haven’t noticed yet.
Nathanael
December 3, 2012 at 7:43 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yep. The oath (or affirmation) to uphold the Constitution is actually *in* the Constitution, and is a much better thing than pledging allegience to cloth.