The pledge of allegiance was written by a socialist. Since it's official adoption, we've changed it twice to distance ourselves from:

a) Nazis, by changing from the bellamy salute pictured below to hand over heart.
b) Commies, by adding "under God".

Before that, we even clarified the wording so those silly immigrants wouldn't get confused about which flag they were actually pledging to.



AMURICA

8/10/2011 10:25:08 PM

i remember having to recite it at the beginning of each school day. do they still do that?

8/10/2011 10:28:28 PM

since the above mentioned reference to god is in there, a lot of schools have opted to not do it any more

8/10/2011 10:31:06 PM

i remember having to pray before lunch

8/10/2011 10:31:45 PM

from wikipedia:

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"In 2006, in the Florida case Frazier v. Alexandre, 434 F.Supp.2d 1350 (S.D. Fla. May 31, 2006), a federal district court in Florida ruled that a 1942 state law requiring students to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.[26] As a result of that decision, a Florida school district was ordered to pay $32,500 to a student who chose not to say the pledge and was ridiculed and called "unpatriotic" by a teacher.[27] In 2009, a Montgomery County, Maryland, teacher berated and had school police remove a 13-year-old girl who refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in the classroom. The student's mother, assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, sought and received an apology from the teacher, as state law and the school's student handbook both prohibit students from being forced to recite the Pledge.[28] On March 11, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance in the case of Newdow v. Rio Linda Union School District.[29][30] In a 2–1 decision, the appellate court ruled that the words were of a "ceremonial and patriotic nature" and did not constitute an establishment of religion.[29] Judge Stephen Reinhardt dissented, writing that "the state-directed, teacher-led daily recitation in public schools of the amended 'under God' version of the Pledge of Allegiance... violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution."[31] On November 12, 2010, in a unanimous decision,[32] the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston affirmed a ruling by a New Hampshire lower federal court which found that the pledge's reference to God doesn't violate students' rights.[33] A United States Supreme Court appeal of this decision was denied on June 13, 2011.[34][35] About half the states encourage schools to recite the pledge.[36"

8/10/2011 10:31:51 PM

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"i remember having to recite it at the beginning of each school day. do they still do that?"

Yep.

8/10/2011 10:36:17 PM

where the FUCK! were you people going to school that you had to recite the pledge every day? I never had to do that shit

8/10/2011 11:33:32 PM

I went to school in Raleigh, North Carolina.

8/10/2011 11:34:11 PM

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"I went to school in Raleigh, North Carolina."

8/10/2011 11:39:09 PM

JoCo NC had to say that shit.

Back in elementary school I'd always be a little rusty in the first week of school after not reciting it all summer.

[Edited on August 10, 2011 at 11:40 PM. Reason : ]

8/10/2011 11:40:40 PM

I remember

Was in school in Baton Rouge, LA; Newport News, VA; and High Point, NC

8/10/2011 11:42:50 PM

man, greensboro, nc didn't do that shit. FUCK! that noise

8/10/2011 11:52:30 PM

Good ole' Rockingham County, NC...

8/10/2011 11:53:24 PM

I remember prayer in school and the pledge.

Then again I was also told in eighth grade health that AIDS was sent to earth to punish gay people.

8/11/2011 12:16:22 AM

Not only that but in elementary school (Charlotte) I got to go to the office more than once and lead the entire school in the pledge over the pa. Oh, and we had to do it in ROTC in high school. Nowadays I find saying some sort of pledge to be kinda creepy especially since the only justification for doing so is "because it's patriotic".

8/11/2011 12:17:32 AM

see, I can get the ROTC classes doing it. that's the only place I ever saw it done.

but then again, I went to a football game in Hendersonville and went all when they had a prayer at midfield before the game.

8/11/2011 12:19:01 AM

When I was in 1st grade we said the pledge of allegiance every morning and prayer before lunch every afternoon. I remember there would always be one kid that told on another kid for not having their eyes closed during prayer. Silly kids.

and I went to Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Clarkton, NC

8/11/2011 12:25:25 AM

How the fuck would they know someone didn't have their eyes closed, if they, too didn't have their eyes closed.

Fucking dumb asses.

8/11/2011 12:31:48 AM

YEAH

THOSE STUPID FUCKING 6 YEAR OLDS DON'T KNOW SHIT

8/11/2011 12:36:10 AM

I had to say the pledge in elementary school. I'm pretty sure my high school still has prayer before games but I don't know because I stay the fuck away from there. Both in NC.

8/11/2011 9:26:45 AM

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"man, greensboro, nc didn't do that shit."

sure we did. Maybe they stopped before your time.

we definitely did this when I was in middle school in the late 80s.

8/11/2011 9:30:22 AM

Pretty sure I had to in Greensboro/Summerfield, but only in Elementary school

8/11/2011 9:33:15 AM

they did it in New Mexico

maybe New Mexico is more American than North Carolina

8/11/2011 9:47:52 AM

Today I learned that glass windows do not flow over time as much as claimed, despite being told that it does many, many times. Thank you Pawn Stars and wikipedia

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 9:18 PM. Reason : ]

9/13/2011 9:15:22 PM

I had to do it in Richmond, VA. When I moved to Concord, I was shocked that they prayed before every football game.

9/13/2011 9:25:55 PM

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"I went to school in Raleigh, North Carolina. And Greensboro/Summerfield"

And we definitely had to recite it.

9/13/2011 9:29:27 PM

"Today I learned"


That quote means a lot because what you learned today didn't exist to you yesterday. Yet, you will view America in a whole new light.

What does that mean for all of the stuff you have never learned?

And what does that mean for all of the false information that people could potentially inject into your life of learning?



[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2011 9:45:13 PM

We had prayers and the pledge every morning. Pray before eating. And mass every Wednesday with confession once a month.

Yay catholic school!

9/13/2011 9:45:20 PM

Today I learned....

.... Sylvester Stallone's first film was a softcore pornography.

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM. Reason : and I'm sure everyone is firing up their google now ]

9/13/2011 9:46:40 PM

my roommates girlfriend is a high school spanish teacher and she makes her class recite it every day

I got into a large argument with her over it one night

it ended with me saying it was fucking insane and her walking out of the room

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 9:48 PM. Reason : thats better]

9/13/2011 9:47:42 PM

Most good arguments end with "I'm 100% sure I'm right and you're wrong"

9/13/2011 9:49:02 PM

I can say the pledge in Spanish.

9/13/2011 9:51:38 PM

I, too, distance myself from Naziism and Communism.
Carry on America.
Carry on.

9/13/2011 10:07:42 PM

what enka music is

7/21/2012 5:35:03 PM

We had to do it in DC everyday. The day started with a chime on a mini-xylophone, like that one in "Grease".

7/21/2012 5:38:53 PM

enka music?

7/21/2012 5:39:35 PM

I didn't have to do it in high school but I worked as a sub there a few years ago and they do it now.

I was like "WTF yall have to do this now? What is this 4th grade!?" and they were like "I know, right?"

7/21/2012 5:42:45 PM

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" sure we did. Maybe they stopped before your time. we definitely did this when I was in middle school in the late 80s."

+1

7/21/2012 11:29:21 PM

what is this? reddit?

7/22/2012 12:39:37 AM

I, too, assumed this would be about Reddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/

7/22/2012 1:18:55 AM

Today I Learned I can make some killer wings.

http://www.macheesmo.com/2009/10/sticky-wings/

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"Sticky Wings Yield: Serves 4-6. Prep Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Ingredients: 3-4 pounds chicken wings, about 3 dozen Dry Rub: 1/4 Cup packed brown sugar 2 Tablespoons ancho chile powder (see my note below on making the rub or you can use regular chile powder) 2 Tablespoons finely ground coffee (espresso beans are called for in the original but I just used a dark roast bean) 1 1/2 Tablespoons Kosher salt 1 Tablespoon hot paprika 1 Tablespoon onion powder 1 Tablespoon garlic powder 1 Tablespoon fresh ground pepper 1 Teaspoon dried thyme, crumble it up Sticky Sauce: 1/2 Cup rice vinegar 1 large shallot, finely chopped 2 Tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1/4 Cup sugar 1-3 Tablespoons hot chili sauce (like Sriracha. I used 3 1/2 Tablespoons because I like them not nuclear spicy) 6 Tablespoons canola or vegetable oil 1/4 Cup cilantro, chopped for garnish (optional) Helpful Equipment: Coffee Grinder (for espresso and also grinding ancho peppers if you are making your own chili powder)"

7/22/2012 1:45:46 AM

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"I went to school in Raleigh, North Carolina."

I've also done some work for a company in Florida that would recite the Pledge of Allegiance before meetings.

7/22/2012 1:47:58 AM

in elementary school we said the pledge and had a moment of silence every morning. i dont remember middle school.

7/22/2012 4:23:26 AM

My brother graduated from East Wake High School this year and we had to stand up and say the pledge at both his award's ceremony and the actual graduation.

7/22/2012 7:23:27 AM

i like how the pledge correctly refers to our country as a republic but still many dumbasses think its a democracy

7/22/2012 10:35:11 AM

7/22/2012 11:06:25 AM

Iredell county, late 90s: pledge of allegiance in the morning, the lord's prayer in the locker room before football games. If it weren't for playing football I probably never would have learned the latter



[Edited on July 22, 2012 at 11:22 AM. Reason : ah yeah forgot about the moment of silence too]

[Edited on July 22, 2012 at 11:23 AM. Reason : what in the actual fuck is wrpng with my phone]

7/22/2012 11:20:03 AM

they did it before every game at our school, and I never learned it. Just lowered my head and cycled through our first 10 scripted plays in my head

7/22/2012 11:24:54 AM

what a snicker licker is

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

8/12/2012 10:56:27 AM

TIL day by day, TWW is becoming more of a regurgitation of Reddit.

Set em up.

8/12/2012 11:01:32 AM