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The pledge Being shown in schools

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:09 am
by Insurrectionist

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:01 am
by snoopy
If you think about it, the pledge we've been saying for years is kinda silly.

I'm not crazy about the fact that it's more about Obama than it is about the U.S. That's really the scariest part.... I don't think we should be all about one certain president.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:04 am
by CUDA
great more of Hollywood show us how great they think they are

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:09 am
by Spidey
I pledge…that sometime by the end of the day…I will stop laughing.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:12 am
by Gooberman
I must admit I got pretty bored towards the end and only made it 3/4 through. But I didn't quite find anything objectionable.

Find a cause you care about, work to make it better, etc...I'm having trouble locating a piece of sky.

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:23 am
by snoopy
Gooberman wrote:I must admit I got pretty bored towards the end and only made it 3/4 through. But I didn't quite find anything objectionable.

Find a cause you care about, work to make it better, etc...I'm having trouble locating a piece of sky.
I biggest complaint was the guy saying he pledges to Barak Obama, and the ending where it zooms out to the Obama logo. It's like he's trying to buy himself a longer leash, and I prefer to keep my politicians on a short one.

I guess I shouldn't complain too much. It's not really being aimed at my demographic... and the people that it is being aimed at could probably use the encouragement.

It just smells of PR/campaigning to me.

I'd love for the next 7 years to go well for the country... but at the same time I'm afraid of the way that Obama's following seems cultish. If I ever hear mention of getting rid of the two term limit I'm gonna go off on someone.

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:29 am
by Duper
snoopy wrote: It just smells of PR/campaigning to me.

... but at the same time I'm afraid of the way that Obama's following seems cultish. ...
And really that sums up most people's concerns. Rulers always go for the kids. Always.

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:45 am
by CUDA
snoopy wrote:I'd love for the next 7 years to go well for the country.
7 YEARS?!?!!? you hoping he gets re-elected in 3??

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:05 am
by woodchip
snoopy wrote:
If I ever hear mention of getting rid of the two term limit I'm gonna go off on someone.
Get ready because I seem to recall some Dems were considering just that so they could have their own version of César Chávez.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:07 am
by SirSamII
\"I pledge, to never give anyone the finger when I'm driving again\". Hahahaha nice

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:41 pm
by Duper
woodchip wrote:
snoopy wrote:
If I ever hear mention of getting rid of the two term limit I'm gonna go off on someone.
Get ready because I seem to recall some Dems were considering just that so they could have their own version of César Chávez.
There Is a bill before the house right now that is purposing just that. It isn't getting much support though.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:06 pm
by Will Robinson
I only watched the first half but unless there is some partisan gotcha at the end it looks good to me. Is there some kind of politicized uproar about this too?!?

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:43 pm
by ccb056
wtf. This is a joke, right?

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:52 pm
by Lothar
Boring.

Let's see a video of celebs apologizing for their uncivil behavior (opposite of \"smile more... laugh more...\" etc.) during the Bush administration. That would be interesting.

Re: The pledge Being shown in schools

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:49 pm
by Bet51987
Thanks for the link. It's an awesome inspirational video. I've been pledging my time for years at the senior center, the church food pantry, getting food donations for holiday dinners, and blood drives. The republican comments I've seen are nothing short of stupid.

"I'm not doing it because Obama wants me to" just shows how far paranoia can go.

Bee

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:56 pm
by SirSamII
Ftlog Omfg Bee

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:17 pm
by Dedman
I damn near puked at 3:55. I understand and even agree with most of the message. Be a better person, help your neighbor, serve your country. I get that.

But to \"be a servant to the President\"? I effing think not!

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:20 pm
by Spidey
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your president.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:40 pm
by CUDA
President Barack Obeyme
Bee wrote:The republican comments I've seen are nothing short of stupid.
hello pot meet kettle

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:44 pm
by woodchip
I too donate time to help all sorts of people. 30% of the time I spend working goes to pay my taxes which are then used in all manner of ways by the federal and state government to fund welfare projects.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:17 pm
by Insurrectionist
I'm shocked that no one said any thing about I pledge to flush only on a deuce. I don't want to smell any ones pee.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:23 pm
by Spidey
Yea, it’s not like all that blather is original or anything…

If it’s yellow…let it mellow.
If it’s brown…flush it down.

Yikes……

I pledge…to use more plastic, just to spite that one ★■◆●.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:19 pm
by Will Robinson
I saw a bumper sticker today that I think could sum it all up without the need for publicists and agents and self aggrandizing celebs in need of credits and after parties.

It simply said: Wag More, Bark Less

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:45 pm
by Insurrectionist
Well the video was shown to Eagle Bay Elementary School in Farmington, Utah. 850 students gather at a school assembly so the principal could show this video. I have no problem with the message until I hear this \"I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama\" Fine message up until that.

I will say this Pledge.

\"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\"

I will not put myself into the service of another man.

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:56 pm
by Spidey
Insurrectionist wrote:I will not put myself into the service of another man.
Me neither!…unless I’m getting paid.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:57 pm
by CUDA
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:00 pm
by CUDA
\"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I say calmly, 'Your child belongs to us already...What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing but this new community'.\"

Guess who

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:41 pm
by Bet51987
CUDA wrote:
"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I say calmly, 'Your child belongs to us already...What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing but this new community'."

Guess who
An American soldier to a Taliban extremist....

Bee

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:55 pm
by AlphaDoG
CUDA wrote:
"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I say calmly, 'Your child belongs to us already...What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing but this new community'."

Guess who
Google search attributes said quote to Herr Hitler.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:39 pm
by woodchip
I would of thought someone like Vladimir Lenin

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:18 pm
by Gooberman
Ok, I made it to the end and the end was a bit creepy: but honest to God what child will be able to pay attention to that video all the way through to the end.....

....it took all I had.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:48 pm
by Sergeant Thorne
I think it's sickening. A bunch of self-deceptive feel-good bull★■◆●.

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:09 am
by dissent
I pledge ....


to read more,

to put up with less BS from politicians,

to put some shoe leather into getting better political representation elected, because quite a few of the current group of clowns need to be shown the door.


Oh, and show me the video where any of these celebrities are actually doing something useful, instead of just talking about what they will do. Talk is cheap. Patrick Henry did not say \"Give me platitudes, or give me death ...\".

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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:48 am
by CUDA
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Sheeple is a term of disparagement, in which people are likened to sheep.

It is often used to denote persons who voluntarily acquiesce to a perceived authority, or suggestion without sufficient research to understand fully the scope of the ramifications involved in that decision, and thus undermine their own human individuality or in other cases give up certain rights. The implication of sheeple is that as a collective, people believe whatever they are told, especially if told so by a perceived authority figure believed to be trustworthy, without processing it or doing adequate research to be sure that it is an accurate representation of the real world around them.
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:07 pm
by Bet51987
Nice edit Cuda, but I already saw it. :wink:

Bee

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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:21 am
by snoopy
CUDA wrote:
snoopy wrote:I'd love for the next 7 years to go well for the country.
7 YEARS?!?!!? you hoping he gets re-elected in 3??
I'm trying to be realistic. I don't think he's going to shoot himself in the foot enough to only last 4.

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:43 am
by Spidey
He has 2 feet.