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  1. Crusader 8 Crusader 8

    The pledge was around for a while but only recently in the past 60 yrs or so was it cited in classrooms each morning of school (can't remember exact date)

    Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:19:10 UTC from web
    1. ElectroiDFiRe ElectroiDFiRe

      @thehighlander Yeah

      Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:20:08 UTC from web
      1. Crusader 8 Crusader 8

        @electroidfire @juicyorange @redenchilada cold war, yes, and no coincidence. Here's the other tidbit: before the cold war, you didn't have the words "under god" in it.

        Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:38:09 UTC from web
        1. ElectroiDFiRe ElectroiDFiRe

          @thehighlander Well people will always change things to what suits them,`Nuff said

          Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:40:26 UTC from web
    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @thehighlander I hate that stupid pledge. Every time I get to school late they stop us in the halls and make us wait for it and I just want to get to class already so I don't miss anything important.

      Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:20:49 UTC from web
      1. [redacted] [redacted]

        @redenchilada You...hate your own national pledge? Seems a little unpatriotic, don't you think? I mean, we still sing God Save the Queen; although Heaven knows why most Englishmen do.

        Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:44:09 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @sirsquidfish It's not the pledge itself as much as the ABSOLUTE INSISTENCE that we recite it EVERY SINGLE DAY interrupting EVERYTHING ELSE. (Now, the Texas pledge? I do hate that in and of itself.)

          Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:51:40 UTC from web
          1. Caim Caim

            @redenchilada What chu got against Texas.

            Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:53:29 UTC from StatusNet Android
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @anarchycarcino They're a buncha redneck hicks who drive pickup tricks and eat monster-sized steaks with their hands.

              Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:58:33 UTC from web
              1. Caim Caim

                @redenchilada I don't see the problem here.

                Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 02:00:26 UTC from StatusNet Android
          2. That wierd guy next door That wierd guy next door

            @redenchilada one day I want to see you with short hair.

            Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:53:37 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @renovatedkitchen You'll never take my beautiful locks.

              Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:58:43 UTC from web
              1. That wierd guy next door That wierd guy next door

                @redenchilada one day.

                Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:59:29 UTC from MuSTArDroid
        2. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

          @sirsquidfish You say "unpatriotic" like it's a bad thing.

          Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 01:54:12 UTC from web
    3. Crusader 8 Crusader 8

      @juicyorange the third coincidence is that around same time, christians were turned into a single denomination by clever politicians. It used to be that people never called themselves christian, it was catholics vs baptists vs methoids vs etc etc. No real unity and they viewed each other as different as christians today view Hindus or Muslims. But thanks to some good speakers and some political movement, the word "christian" started being used to bundle all of them together. Or in the States, at least.

      Tuesday, 13-Nov-12 02:10:45 UTC from web