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Title: Red Skelton’s Pledge Of Allegiance
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URL Source: http://rightwingnews.com/culture/red-skeltons-pledge-of-allegiance/
Published: Jul 4, 2015
Author: Red Skelton
Post Date: 2015-07-04 12:09:49 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
Keywords: constitution, america, united states flag, old glory
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Comments: 10
This Independence Day holiday is an excellent time to revisit one of Red Skelton’s most endearing works: his recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and what that pledge means. You don’t get patriotic entertainment like this anymore… In the words of Red Skelton: “I’ve been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester,” said Mr. Laswell, “and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. May I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?” “I” — me, an individual, a committee of one. “Pledge” — dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity. “To the flag” — our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there’s respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody’s job! “Of the United” — that means that we have all come together. “States of America” — individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that’s love for country. “And to the republic” — a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it’s from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people. “For which it stands, one nation” — one nation, meaning “so blessed by “Indivisible” — incapable of being divided. “With liberty” — which is freedom — the right of power to live one’s own “And justice” — the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others. Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance… “UNDER GOD” Wouldn’t it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? God Bless America! Poster Comment: ======================================================== Red. We lost.
“Allegiance” — my love and my devotion.
God.”
life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.
“For all” — which means, boys and girls, it’s as much your country as it is mine.
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#3. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
Red Skelton was a good, decent American. His heart would be broken to see what has happened to America recently. I saw him in Fort Worth a few years before he died (around 1994?): what a funny comedian, his entire routine was family- friendly, unlike every comedian today. He was NOT a fan of Bill Clinton :)
He was an actual comedian, and unlike those ripping off the word today did it all with clean language and wholesome humor. There is NO SUCH THING as a good excuse for the toilet mouthed stuff that prevails today (damn Robin Williams all over again as he's mouldering in the grave).
Red Skelton remains a wonderful example of what men were when I was a kid in the late 50s. I miss him, men like him and the country I grew up in.
#8. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
Thank you for that "ping." It was wonderful, wasn't it? I just can't understand how everybody could just start gulping Jue kool-aid and throw it all away. amerika was one country in 1960 and an entirely different one in 1965!
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