Red SKELTON reciting Pledge of Allegiance

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  • Red SKELTON reciting Pledge of Allegiance

    This is a fine rendition:

    http://media.causes.com/604250?p_id=42563578


    P.S. A member wrote me wondering what my comment would be regarding Red's reading of the Pledge, had I made one.

    I posted it originally as just to be thought-provoking. I recall that Red was very formative to my sense of humor because my Dad was a big fan. He would let out a roar and if it missed me I would ask him for a brief explanation why he thought it funny. So I have fond memories associated with the Red Skelton Show.

    Like the member who questioned me for a comment, I too have mixed feelings about American History and its reflection in the Pledge of Allegiance. The main one with Red though seems to be a current events comment for the time, about some secular humanist philosophy putting the "IN GOD WE TRUST" trust into it (maybe). It did seem as though Red was commenting about a specific petition to remove God from the Pledge.


    Regards,

    David Merrill.
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      • Darkcrusade
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        Darkcrusade commented
        06-02-11, 04:40 PM
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        • allodial
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          allodial commented
          06-02-11, 05:49 PM
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          "Allegiance to the flag/Flag"
          Could be construed to refer to allegiance to a flag officer such as a commander in chief (relevant might also be Article II, Section 2, Clause I of the Constitution--a kind of ...commission, no?)

          The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
          A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark where the officer exercises command. The term usually refers to the senior officers in an English-speaking nation's navy, specifically those who hold any of the admiral ranks; in some cases it applies also to those holding the rank of commodore. In U.S. usage it is additionally applied to general officers in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard entitled to fly their own flags.


          1916-1945.



          1945-.


          Current U.S. Secretary of Defense's flag--note four stars (General/Admiral of the Army/Navy).

          There has never been a single (as in only one and no more) commander in chief in the United States of America. Even today (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr. as) the Governor of California is the commander in chief of the military forces of California.

          Last edited by allodial; 06-02-11, 05:58 PM.
          • allodial
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            allodial commented
            06-02-11, 06:04 PM
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            To reiterate ... by 1892 when the "Pledge of Allegiance" was said to have been created, it would have been widely known that the word 'flag' could refer to a flag officer. The U.S. Constitution apparently made provisions for at least one. If it isnt obviated enough consider the geniuses that go around talking about their "commander in chief" (flag officer).

            The paraphernalia of nationism is quite new. Even flag-worship is new. In the late nineteenth century "Old Glory" was indeed a popular emblem, so popular that merchants used it to hawk corsets, cough drops, and player pianos. There was nothing sacred then about the flag, precisely because the cult of the nation did not yet exist. The elaborate etiquette that now surrounds the national regalia was not concocted until 1923, the handiwork of the War Department and the newly formed American Legion. The object of the flag code was to transform the country's banner into a semi-holy talisman and so give the abstraction called the nation a semblance of life. No doubt the War Department half succeeded. When certain anti-Vietnam War protesters wanted to enrage their fellow citizens they burned American flags, proving how caught up in the flag cult, one way or another, most Americans had become. Why Johnny Can't Read
            The phrase, "Under God," was added by Congress and President Eisenhower in 1954 at the urging of the Knights of Columbus(7). (Source: The Strange Origin of the Pledge of Allegiance)
            The American Legion's constitution includes the following goal: "To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism." one of its major standing committees was the "Americanism Commission" and its subsidiary, the "Counter Subversive Activities Committee." (ibid)
            The Strange Origin of the Pledge of Allegiance
            The Rise of American Fascism

            Perhaps if you live in a military district, you're expected to swear allegiance or presumed to have sworn allegiance to one or more flag officers of the United States.
            Last edited by allodial; 06-02-11, 06:24 PM.
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