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September 28, 2005
Unter Gott
"So, what's all the fuss about?" Indeed. Why don't you tell us, Mr. Stantis. 'Cause from where I'm sitting, the only fuss is the fuss oozing out of your felt-tip pen.
I suppose I do recall a day two weeks ago when your colleague Matt Drudge posted an alarming siren on his website followed by the scary headline, "Activist Judge Declares 'Pledge' Unconstitutional; World Awaits God's Vengeance." But it's been real quiet since then. That is, until your little peep-peep-peeping started Monday.
But anyway, since WHEN is the Pledge voluntary? When I was a wee lad, if I didn't say the Pledge I got my knuckles rapped by Sister Mary Ellen Rottencrotch. Granted, I went to Catholic school. And we actually emphasized the God part. In fact, we were forced to change the words to honor our Principal...
I pledge allegiance to the Hag
That is Sister Principal Erica
And to the repugnance
For which she stands.
Please help us God,
Make us invisible,
And protect us from her wrath.
It's not a masterpiece, but whaddya gonna do. We were in 5th grade.
All I know is that this week's series makes me want to play Activist Judge on my own head so the pain will go away. (Please note: Activist Judge is not to be confused with the Blame Game. Different hitting implements are used.)
Comments
You'd better be careful, CJo - making fun of the Pledge could eventually lead to you being tried as a traitor and put to death by crucifixion (God's preferred method).
Posted by: The Furnace at September 28, 2005 01:11 PM
ah, i can't wait for the day when my daughter goes to her public school, is told she can abstain, if she MUST, from saying "the god part" of the pledge and then taught about intelligent design. it's enough to make me want to leave the country and raise her in some civilized non-god-fearing place.
Posted by: magpie at September 28, 2005 01:49 PM
Ok, so it's voluntary (though I remember when I was a sprout that they only allowed Jehovah's Witnesses to be exempt). The teacher and peer pressures alone will wreck havoc on the phyches of the kids that don't want to do it... so they will anyway. Submission or ridicule.
Posted by: JB at September 28, 2005 02:08 PM
I went to Catholic grade school in Chicago as well and it was mandatory. Screw Stantits.
Posted by: FredN. at September 28, 2005 02:09 PM
The next time the Religious Right demand prayer in school we should tell them as long as god is in the Pledge, they've already got it.
Posted by: The Furnace at September 28, 2005 03:29 PM
Remember that quote a few days back from that Republican senator (from one of the Carolinas) who said the recent ruling in Calif. that banned "under God" from the pledge was "a gift from the political gods" since it would distract conservative voters from the fraud, corruption and incompetence of the Republican majority? Religion is as much a means of slave mind control today as it was way back when the Catholic priests used it to rob poor CJo of his virginity.
And as for activist judges, George Will had an interesting column not too long ago in which he suggested that conservatives can all this "activist judge" crap. Check it out here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102258.html
Posted by: Sister Soldya at September 28, 2005 10:00 PM
