New Pledge

The current Pledge of Allegiance is as follows.

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.

This version was established in 1954 after the cold war fear of communism. Before that, the words "under God" was not in the pledge, ever. Yes, it wasn't there.

But with the new right wing, activist Supreme Court and the Republicans with the extremist Tea Party in Congress, the new Pledge of Allegiance is now as follows.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the corporate republic for which is stands, one corporate nation under a Christian God, indivisible, with restricted liberty for the people and justice only for the corporations and wealthy. May God have mercy on the rest of us.

Or so it seems with the Citizens United and the recent Wal-Mart decisions among others by the John Robert's activist, conservative Supreme Court and Congress reducing our rights, protections, liberties and justice for the sake of an imaginary war on terrorism, runaway corporate wealth, ever increasing lower taxes for the richest 1%, and war on the social entitlements and federal government.

So folks, when you stand and pledge allegiance to the flag and this country, make it for the people, of the people and by the people.