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According to a report I saw yesterday, the school board in Sioux Falls SD in a unanimous vote declared that there was no time to have the students in the local high school recite the pledge of allegiance. It was pointed out in the televised meeting that the recital of the pledge only took 10 seconds. The board acknowledged this fact and yet decided that nowhere in the 7 hour school day was there an opportunity to allocate the ten seconds necessary for pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and therefore, it would not be done.

I guess national pride and honor or no longer important for the up and coming generation. Ladies and gentlemen we are witnessing history being rewritten. I can only hope that at the next school board election in Sioux Falls SD the general public shows more concern for our national heritage and the sacrifice of those who guard our freedom.
 
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I hate to sound corny, but the older I get, the more I see this country drifting away from what made it great. And once you start to slide, it gets harder & harder to stop the slide, let alone reverse it. Its a sad state of affairs when half a minute can't be allowed to reaffirm dedication to the ideals on which it was built!:(
 
It runs in the same vein of " passing laws before you read them" and no U.S. flags being allowed to be flown on your lawn, a cross being taken down because it offends someone and on and on and on.
I believe if its allowed to continue, we are witnessing this country's downfall, piece by piece. It ain't the same place my Dad grew up in, that's for sure. Not even the same place I grew up in.
 
It's a disaster, that pledge is extremely important. I hope this doesn't get a political demerit but this PC stuff is insane. I can't have a cross but have to be tolerant of head scarves and full burkas. Yep, in Jersey City NJ it's common to see the full burka. We have office building that provide prayer rooms but the Christian cross is deemed offensive. I don't get it.
 
25elk said:
According to a report I saw yesterday, the school board in Sioux Falls SD in a unanimous vote declared that there was no time to have the students in the local high school recite the pledge of allegiance. It was pointed out in the televised meeting that the recital of the pledge only took 10 seconds. The board acknowledged this fact and yet decided that nowhere in the 7 hour school day was there an opportunity to allocate the ten seconds necessary for pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and therefore, it would not be done.

I guess national pride and honor or no longer important for the up and coming generation. Ladies and gentlemen we are witnessing history being rewritten. I can only hope that at the next school board election in Sioux Falls SD the general public shows more concern for our national heritage and the sacrifice of those who guard our freedom.
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I saw that on the news too and made me see red. I cant believe the sheer idiocy these types show these days???
 
Jessie said:
I haven't given up the ghost yet. I see all this as a wake up call and I hope most Americans do also.
Elections have Consequences !!
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To put it mildly, ive always said ill be one of the first political prisoners here in the USA. Im not giving up the ship either. Wheres John Paul Jones, Nathan Hale & Patrick Henry when we need them?
 
Apparently honor and pride aren't PC.
By God, I'm an American, and I have to right and freedom to insult and offend anyone I please. If they don't like it, they can't try to offend me or take me to court or file charges. Bite it!
 
I attended two Veterans Day programs at local schools on Thursday and Friday before the holiday. The first was at my Grandson's Elementary School. The program began with a mass Pledge of Allegiance. It progressed to a solo by a teacher who, singing acapella, beat Whitney Houston's National Anthem! Tears and cheers all around! Then, the 4th and 5th Grade student choir sang many patriotic songs. The program ended in prayer.
The second program was at the Middle School where my God Daughter sang America the Beautiful solo. She did a great job. That program also included reciting the Pledge, en-masse, as well as a prayer. I was very proud of the schools putting on the programs. Both programs included students reciting passages from the Bill of Rights as well as the Constitution. The 2A was recited along with the 3rd.
My daughter is the Assistant Superintendent of Schools here. The Administration gets a steady diet of Conservative views
 
I just returned from the monthly meeting of our retired police officers' association & we open EVERY meeting with the pledge. When I go to a baseball game and everyone stands for the pledge, a good deal of young people just stand there paying no attention. A good dose of being in another country (Vietnam '66) to see how fortunate we are might cure that for some of them.
 
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Sioux Falls better hope there is not a need to be protected. I guess they have all turned in their passports. Suppose they will take the flag down next...no time to put it up in the morning. Take off all those little Made in the USA stickers on stuff at school.....oh..forgot nothing is made here any more that a school system would buy.

They are all full of cow poop.....just my opinion though
 
the ringo kid said:
To put it mildly, ive always said ill be one of the first political prisoners here in the USA. Im not giving up the ship either. Wheres John Paul Jones, Nathan Hale & Patrick Henry when we need them?
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Look in the mirror...they are us now
Maybe better to say we need to be them now
 
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sophie said:
I would do some investigating and try my best to replace the school board members that voted for this disgrace. Get petitions up and get them thrown out.
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They still do the pledge of allegiance in schools? I thought for some reason many schools stopped doing that long ago. Maybe the parents wanted this and if that is the case then they have the right.

James
 
You have to make time for some things no matter how busy you may be. The pledge is one of them. As adults, we lead by example and the adults in this case are certainly setting a bad one. How can we show our kids the right path to take if we are lost?
 
srv1 said:
They still do the pledge of allegiance in schools? I thought for some reason many schools stopped doing that long ago. Maybe the parents wanted this and if that is the case then they have the right.

James
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I remember them trying to remove "Under God" from the pledge.

Maybe that didn't save them enough time so now they're going for the whole 10 seconds?

We all know how busy they are, With all this brainwashing and such.
 
I would tell President of the Board Morrison that you never end a sentence with a preposition. I'd also remind him that SOMEONE better know where all those kids are at any given time!
 
When one of my daughters graduated from high school and they stood up for the Pledge of Allegiance there were quite a few kids that never stood up. Two right in front of me. Unfortunately didn't relish the idea of spending the night in jail or longer. Really ticked me off. Frank
 
Don't know about you guys, but as for me, the public schools I attended in the 60s and early 70s for junior high and high school did not provide for saying the Pledge daily. This wasn't a matter of a school board policy, just "the way it was." We did it in elementary school, but not beyond that.

Somehow, the Republic survived anyway.
 
Its all a reflection of political correctness, an outgrowth of the concept that being non-judgmental is a enlightened state. A few generations of Americans have been raised to believe that no one set of beliefs or culture is superior to another, so outward demonstrations of reverence for this country is frowned upon (after all, there might be some present who have greater loyalty to another culture or country and no right minded progressive would want that person to feel uncomfortable). I wonder how many classrooms today do not even have an American flag at the front of the room. I read awhile ago about some border Texas schools that give the flag of Mexico equal standing with the U.S. flag.

As recently as when I was in elementary school (which is not really recent, I am talking the late '40's and early '50's) everything was taught in English. If a non-English child was present they did the best they could, received extra help from the teacher, and before very long were joining the discussions, in English. We now foster the balkanization of the country by operating schools in children's "native" language. I understand that the L.A. school district operates with 132 different languages in the curriculum. Why should we be surprised that pride in America and the traditions that made us great should no longer be in favor when we openly teach children that every culture is equal and Americanism, and the English language are not only not special, they are the source of many of the world's problems?

I also used to be a Rotarian, and every weekly meeting would begin with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a patriotic song. Even then I was surprised by how many fellow Rotarians did NOT know the words to the Pledge or what I considered the most common of patriotic songs (God Bless America, My County Tis of Thee, etc.).

It may not yet be too late to save America, but at best we are close to the point of no return.
 
Nothing new. I graduated in 98 and the last time I remember saying the pledge was 3rd grade. In fact I was actually picked to do it for one week, over the laud speaker.

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