phillyfan26
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Fox is to news what wrestling is to sport.
And the mainstream media are to news what cheerleaders are to sport. All that's missing are the Obama Blue pleated skirts and pompoms.
Philosophical.
Hmmm.
A 10 year old philosophizer?
Sounds like the kid could have been coached- which is sad.
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Hmmm.
A 10 year old philosophizer?
Sounds like the kid could have been coached- which is sad.
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Hmmm.
A 10 year old philosophizer?
Sounds like the kid could have been coached- which is sad.
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And the mainstream media are to news what cheerleaders are to sport. All that's missing are the Obama Blue pleated skirts and pompoms.
And you wouldn't reckon young childs being forced to say a pledge to a flag is being coached?
Ummm..I see it more as a healthy national tradition.
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When he's being accused of being a "gaywad" for making a statement in support of gay rights, I think a coached child would stop. He has not.
a tradition like saying "under God?"
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yeah and spending money w "In God We Trust" stamped all over it is troublesome for a few also I suspect.
For a "secular nation" there sure is a lot of mentioning God everywhere.
Hmmm.
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Usually I went with "under Canada." And I'm being serious.
How would the debate change if the kid's name was Muhammad or Roberto something-or-other? Or wasn't even a citizen?
Consciously objecting because you have the freedom to do so is quite different from choosing not to assimilate or wishing not to pledge to the flag of the United States of America because your allegiance lies with another flag.
i don't understand the question.
Thursday, June 27, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO — Politicians on both sides of the aisle decried a federal appeals court's declaration that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words "under God" inserted by Congress in 1954.
The Wednesday ruling, if allowed to stand, would mean schoolchildren could no longer recite the pledge, at least in the nine Western states covered by the court.
The case was brought by a California man who objected to his daughter being compelled to listen to her second-grade classmates recite the pledge.
In a 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the phrase "one nation under God" amounts to a government endorsement of religion in violation of the separation of church and state.
Leading schoolchildren in a pledge that says the United States is "one nation under God" is as objectionable as making them say "we are a nation 'under Jesus,' a nation 'under Vishnu,' a nation 'under Zeus,' or a nation 'under no god,' because none of these professions can be neutral with respect to religion," Circuit Judge Alfred T. Goodwin wrote.
In Canada, where President Bush was taking part in an economic summit, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "The president's reaction was that this ruling is ridiculous."
"The Supreme Court itself begins each of its sessions with the phrase 'God save the United States and this honorable court,'" Fleischer said. "The Declaration of Independence refers to God or to the creator four different times. Congress begins each session of the Congress each day with a prayer, and of course our currency says, 'In God We Trust.' The view of the White House is that this was a wrong decision and the Department Justice is now evaluating how to seek redress."
The Ft Hood debate centered around the name (and all that goes with it) of the assailant.
There was also an NBA player with a Muslim name that got into trouble for refusing to stand during the National Anthem several years ago. And again, much of that debate centered on his name.
A Golden Oldie of judicial activism
It's always judicial activism when you don't like the outcome.
Once every couple of weeks, someone would catch it, and kind of do a double take. We needed that kind of humor at 7AM.
7am??? What kind of ungodly hours are those for a school to keep?
Oh my God, what show is this? I must watch