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Capt Underpants don’t want no Pledges of Allegiance to no America he doesn’t believe it
Feb 18th
There is an assorted list of fascist policy decisions, laws and ordinances in recent years coming from of our Boulder City Council, that question resonated with me, What’s next?
How about a seminar about violence in the workplace where our City Attorney declares not all the public speakers who go beyond the 2 minute rule are threats?
Now, councilman Karakehian comes up with a novel idea, let’s pledge allegiance to the flag before every council meeting.
Councilwoman KC Becker responds that if people do not want to “pledge” before meetings, “I’d be interested in hearing why.”
Therein lies the problem.
Pledging, “Under God,” or under anything at all, even refusing to stand! like me, those who have been taught to questioning authority? The act is repugnant.
Have you ever been ostracized and harassed?
I refused to pledge allegiance in middle school and high school in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
My parents taught me well.
Ironically, my homeroom teachers both taught history and I took a ruler on the knuckles or a slap on the head from time to time, just for not standing up while other recited “The Pledge.”
The purpose of the pledge seems to divides us all into the patriotic vs. the non-patriotic, the believers vs. the non-believers.
How to escape? While many in the Council Chambers stand to recite cobweb loyalties and factitious duties.
Some of us feel that pledging allegiance to the wall is unpatriotic, especially, when those leading the pledge have forgotten to uphold the “with liberty and justice for all” part.
The small “violations” of that pledge itself, camping tickets, curfews… are examples of a reoccurring problem of our Boulder City Council.
We’ve got a long way to go, baby.
Some of us feel we are going backwards.
Must we must support anything, however bad, because we were born or live in a particular place?
Why?
What is a pledge or promise of allegiance?
Curiously, such lessons in supposed good citizenship in the form of reciting a pledge of allegiance are rarely, iever, accompanied by deeper introspection.
So, it should be no surprise that reciting “The Pledge” has been proposed by members of the Boulder City Council.
What’s next?”
Seth Brigham
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Seth Brigham is a sometime contributor to Boulder Channel 1 News
God bless Seth and God bless the United States of America
Carpet One – New Zealand’s Finest Strong Wool
Feb 18th
McDonald Carpet One in Boulder carries the finest New Zealand strong wool from sheep’s raised and shorn specifically for making the best wool carpets there are. Stop by and check our their big selection of this great carpet.
Find more news and videos from McDonald Carpet One in Boulder here.
22 Boom – 2012 Grammy Awards Special – Episode 50
Feb 16th
It’s our second annual Grammy Awards Special this year is a big one, in 2012 we have great music from lots of the nominees and music categories including Adele, Kanye West and Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Mumford and Sons, Maroon 5, and Foster the People.
Videos in this Episode
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22 Boom Intro -
Adele – Rolling in the Deep – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Kanye West and Jay-Z featuring Otis Redding – Otis – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Taylor Swift – Mean – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Foo Fighters – Walk – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Katy Perry – Firework – Grammy Award Nominee -
Bruno Mars – Grenade – Grammy Award Nominee -
Coldplay – Every Teardrop is a Waterfall – Grammy Award Nominee -
Mumford and Sons – The Cave – Grammy Award Nominee -
Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger – Grammy Award Nominee -
Foster the People – Pumped up Kicks – Grammy Award Nominee -
Kanye West with Rihanna and Kid Cudi – All of the Lights – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Adele – Someone Like You – Grammy Award Winning Song -
Outro