Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Pledge of Allegiance - Revised

I was thinking about this in the shower after reading a few more news articles about the government shutdown. I grew up saying the Pledge of Allegiance in school -

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands
One nation, under God
indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.

And then I realized that we've had so many fights over whether we should take the "under God" part out because it might offend people - but to be honest, there are a few phrases in here that offend me, simply because 98% of the time, they're completely untrue and, during the pledge, we are swearing an oath. A promise.

And we're all lying.

So I've revised it a bit. And now it might be quite a bit more offensive, but a bit more truthful as to America's true perspective.

I pledge allegiance to the
political party of which I believe best represents what all
United States of America citizens should believe.
And to the semi-republic for which it stands.
One nation - with fifty states that are constantly at an intellectual war with each other all the time -
Under the gods of money, prestige, humanitarianism, big business,
capitalism, and the freedom of religion (just so that it's only my religion that's free),
completely divided by race, gender,
religion, creed, political party, agenda, et cetera,
with liberty and justice for all who were either born into the privelage
or have the money to buy into it.

I think that seems to be more accurate at this point in time.

Sorry for the cynicism. The government shut-down, name calling and constant bickering (without getting ANYTHING done; I don't care WHICH side you're on, both sides are at fault) gets me cynical.

I'd LOVE to live in the country described in the first pledge. Where did it go?

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