A Nation Afraid To Be Free
By Michael Gaddy
OpEds Editor

Some months ago, I wrote an article entitled, A Nation Of Cowards. Undeserving Of Freedom. Some days later, I happened upon a discussion of this work at an Internet chat site. Unfortunately, many who responded to my article at this venue failed miserably in understanding the thrust of the article. The responses were full of the exploits of many people that were known by the respondents, most in the military and mostly family, who had made tremendous sacrifices, sometimes with their lives, for this nation.

Little did they realize those sacrifices, no matter how heroic, were not made in defense of this country. They gave no one more freedom or guaranteed those freedoms currently held. What it succeeded in doing was taking away the right of that individual to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Soldiers die for empire, and to enrich the corporate bottom line of campaign donors; they do not die for freedom. (Read the rest here)

What's Wrong With The Pledge of Allegiance
By Robert Greenslade © Nitwit Press

To most Americans, the Pledge of Allegiance is that 15-second annoyance that signaled the start of another school day. The ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, concerning the constitutionality of the words “under God,” turned this distant memory into a firestorm of debate. What’s ironic about the Court’s decision is the “under God” provision, which the Court ruled unconstitutional, is the only part of the Pledge that is factually and historically accurate.

The wording of the Pledge makes several inferences concerning the system of government established by the Constitution. First, the several States and the American people were consolidated into one nation or republic. Second, there is only one United States and the term refers to a single nation. Third, the flag is the symbol of this consolidated nation. Fourth, one of the purposes of establishing the so-called “one nation” was to guarantee “liberty and justice for all.” Since most Americans have never pondered the wording of the Pledge of Allegiance beyond the “under God” provision, this article will examine the other words of the Pledge. (Read the rest here)

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