Wednesday, February 23, 2005

UFO Secrecy and the Death of the American Republic (by Richard Dolan)

"Americans have lived on a mental autopilot for long enough. Every day, millions of children mindlessly recite a pledge of allegiance to the flag 'and to the republic for which it stands.' Do they know what a republic is? Do the adults who teach them know? Do you? The word once had meaning for all Americans, but those days are long gone. Today, we hear nothing about such things as republican institutions, and even less discussion about what structures of real power have actually evolved in the United States, and indeed throughout the world. I am not sure what exactly we should be calling this new government, but it isn't a republic, nor is it particularly democratic."

5 comments:

W.M. Bear said...

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the distributed oligarchy for which it stands....

I could go on. But you know one thing that always struck me when I was a kid? WHY DO WE HAVE TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE EVERY SINGLE BLESSED MORNING IN SCHOOL? If I've pledged allegiance once, isn't that enough? Hell, I never even pledged allegiance to either of my (serial) WIVES that often!
--WMB

Ken Younos said...

Really, I think they were trying to *indoctrinate* us. Pretty despicable, huh?

W.M. Bear said...

Probably. My wives definitely were (not despicable but trying to indoctrinate me). BTW, why is it we pledge allegiance to the FLAG of the United States of America and not just to "the Republic [sic]for which it stands." Well, I guess if one has pledged allegiance to the flag, then one can't go out and burn it.
--WMB

W.M. Bear said...

But don't tell the Bush crowd that. They'd probably use it as a legal argument.
--WMB

arkde said...

It is not a Republic any longer. I would call it a Corporate. The corporate philosophy, of what's good for the corporation is for the people, is running the U.S. today.