When people say the pledge in class. I sit there and finish my work. I undoubtedly love this country as my home, but I refuse to pledge my life to the ONE THING I KNOW THUSFAR, and will never do so until I've experienced many flags that I could potentially praise to the fullest of my ability.
i pledge allegiance to my fellow americans that want to destroy the tyrant government that rules us at gunpoint and denies our rights.. they are my true brothers and caretakers of freedom
Anyone who thinks an indoctrinated and/or forced pledge of allegiance to a flag of all things, proofs loyalty or patriotism, does not understand what those terms mean or how they are achieved.
the pledge of allegiance is kinda like what n korean kids and chinese kids have to say every morning but conservatives would condemn the governments of n korea and china for their children having to spit that stuff
Republicans can't stand the original phrasing "one nation indivisible" because they are the most divisive of all people in the U.S. This guy can't even say "indivisible."
IT sure does drive us liberals crazy when dumb politicians try to fool us....you can only fool the conservatives. We have figured you out, unlike the folks who belong to the cult of Fox News.
Its obvious what happened. He was thinking about the "under God" part so much that he skipped "indivisible". You can tell by how he put extra emphasis on "under God". Yeah it was a gaff, but he didn't butcher it.
I'd be more worried about someone who hasn't said the pledge since high school trying to talk about patriotism or politics in general.
Kink, or whatever your name is. You are a boil on the ass of America.
You haven't said the pledge since you were in high school? Oh, I guess you only said it when you were a minor and had no choice. Now that you are all grown up, I guess you don't need to say it any more. You are probably so relieved.
You have no respect for our country OR our flag. You continue to make me SICK!
I grew up learning the pledge and the smuck forgot the ONE line O.o. Maybe i'm over reacting but how can u forget the pledge? In fact in the 90's-2000+ we went from under god to leaving that part out and just saying the rest because not everyone believed in god. I hate it when people make a big deal about things and then mess up the same thing they want to save o.o. If u know the pledge as cenk says "god bless move forward" if not don't embarrass urself>.>
The fact that he has to add, "And it drives the Liberals crazy" proves he is immature. The whole motivation that some of these "patriots" construct as ways of ticking off Liberals is such a waste of political energy, but I guess it appeals to people who are about 6 years old emotionally and think it is worth cutting off their own noses to annoy someone they are in contempt of. I have yet to meet a Liberal whose policy choices exist only to annoy and upset Conservatives.
i wonder how many gop know that the words under god were not in the orginal pledge. oh and correction i have no problem with the pledge at all i have a problem with the fake patroits that are the republicans saying the pledge and not adhearing to those words
It's nice when they screw things up. I've heard that you forget spelling stuff, but the pledge of allegiance? You can't not forget it. I tell you the country is gone crazy and those who go along with it are on the same train. It's sickening.
It wouldn't be such a big deal if he wasn't such a huge advocate of the pledge, and claimed that knowing and reciting it was a shot at "the Liberals". Yes, mistakes happen but it's hard not to focus on someone like him screwing up something he claims to defend and know so well.
same old tactic of the conservatives, and not just in the US. They claim any progression is un-patriotic, they dont care if it is or isn't relevant, thus creating a' them and us' feeling amongst their supporters...
Yeah hahaha liberals hate the Pledge of Allegiance, ho ho ho, he sure has us there.
Seriously, where do these guys get this stuff? I don't know a single person who has a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance. Some may not like the "under God" part, but as for caring about the country? Come on, it's ridiculous. These guys have nothing and they offer no viable solutions to anything. They're just pathetic.
well it doesnt bother me an i'm liberal, so that was dumb, but moreover we arent a nation under God, there are some who truly follow God in this nation but not all. in order for that to be so i think that everyone in this nation would have to willing choose to follow God, and our leaders would be the Godliest of us all, but this is not the case. not everyone wants to follow God and our leaders are very corrupt
Yep, contrary to popular belief it wasn't always there. President Eisenhower added it in. He also put "In god we trust" on paper money, replacing E Plurubus Unum.
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I don't why everyone is crying about this....heck most on the left don't want a "pledge of allegiance " said in school let alone a USA Flag to say it to.
But of course it's differnt if it's a pledge to Obama just like singing the national anthem versus singing about Obama. One is ok and the other is not.
I never heard anyone on the left say they don't want flags in school. Don't call into question people's patriotism just because you don't agree with their political viewpoints. For example, I don't agree with yours, but I don't think you're unpatriotic. I just think you're a moron.
I love how Cenk always starts up with: "This isn't about this at all". Then it seems the whole segment is about it anyways. Wow, this man really has an ability to make mountains out of molehills.
todd aiken is just another typical american and america hating gop'er. his whole idea with sponsering this bill is to "stick it to the liberals" sorry todd but i thought your job in washington is to support america and americans and do what's right for them not to go on some liberal witch hunt. so concerned about liberals that you can't even do your job. this guyis using this to make himself seem patriotic like all these republicans do and then ignore the will of the people
Republicans have killed thousands of Americans with their stunts and delay theatrics over the last 8 months. Enough is enough. The American people have spoken and they want health care reform with a strong public option. No more Republican nonsense in the US Senate. Call your Senator and tell him you want health care reform passed in the Senate through the reconciliation process.
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the pledge of allegiance is like holy water to liberals, it burns their sinful muslim loving ears and makes them insane with anger, thats why we should protect it, and secondly the republicans are trying to unite america, the liberals are trying to divide it with their disastrous attempt to takeover health care, their attempts to destroy god and faith in america by supporting islam, and the ft hood shooting shows the divisive effect liberalism has on gods earth
And they say we atheists 'butcher' the pledge when we omit 'Under God'...which was the damn original version! Clearly they don't realize that America is not a Christian nation and that 'Under God' was only added to separate us from the Communist cesspool that was the world to them in 1954 under Eisenhower.
When I say the pledge of allegance at school (it's mandatory) I replace 'under god' with 'under corporations' partly because I am non-religious and because we ARE under corporations.
Yeah, they really like the certainty and the supposed absolute and unambiguous framework old documents seem to provide.
Though they rarely read them and are usually told what is in them by a figure they view as unquestionable whether its dick Cheney or there racist dad.
We already know a lot of Republicans don't really care about these kinds of things nearly as much as they claim. If they cared about the Constitution as much as they claim they would know that Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution allows for things like the creation of social programs. They would also realize that the Bill of Rights makes things like the Orwellian "Patriot Act" unconstitutional and they wouldn't support it.
"These guys are all wife beaters and closet homos" -qwertywxyz
Argumentum ad hominem.
I don't really care what side of an issue someone is, but it annoys me when people resort to logical fallacies. When a person engages in childish name calling it detracts from the arguments of individuals with whom they align themselves and increases the validity of the arguments of the individuals the insults sought to malign.
He doesn't like the indivisible part. I don't really care about the "under God" part. This is a silly bill, and if someone sponsored a bill to to remove "under God", I would think that bill was silly. Is this the kind of crap we pay these people 6 digits a year for? Write some legislation that deals with real issues.
Old son, is that what we are saying now? Anyway, Old son, keep in mind that these are the people who thought Born in the USA was an anthem to the greatness that is America. CmdrTobs, you hit the nail on the head, like drug addiction, far right conservatism should be treated, not punished.
I love the comment, "Drives the liberals crazy" and Bachmann laughs her imbecilic head off.
There non-thinking base who loves "us them" 'starwars' politics will now add "liberals hate the pledge of allegiance" to a mental list in their minds somewhat erroneously titled 'Valid points"
I am really believing what republicans have is a thinking disorder. A real illness.
Well, it's already been proven by psychologists that conservatives tend to use "motivated reasoning" more often than liberals. Conservatives have been studied for decades by psychologists and they've come to the conclusion that right-wing people tend to be less open to learning new things, less tolerant of ambiguity and less secure (might explain their obsession with fear). They also tend to be less educated, except for the millionaire Republicans who vote that party for obvious reasons.
Great stuff. tehant1liberal definitely has a dysfunctional ACC. Its not even what he says per se, its the fact he says all those things that are typically the opposite of the TYT video and feels he needs no proof or need to site evidence for his view outside the self evident proof he sees.
Its absolutely amazing to read his posts. He has got perfect circular absolutist reasoning.
Ironically he is exactly like the Muslim extremist he so hates more than any 'liberal', he just can't see it....
God this country is sad... We are a bumbling eagle flapping our left wing and our right wing in opposite directions instead of using our little eagle brain. Gotta go with democrats/liberals at least they are trying to make things better.
Notice how loudly he had to throw in "Under God"... and the bastard knows full well that "under god" got added there when HE was a kid. Which is why he fucked it up, because he hasn't said it since he was a kid when it was only "Indivisible". Fucktard.
actually the pledge of allegiance does piss me off because it is so conceited to think that god is only in America. just like George Carlin and Bill Maher said.
the part where he screwed up doesnt matter so much to me, i mean come on everyone gets nervous and slips up in front of large crowds. although it was pretty ironic.
however, i do think it was uncalled for for him to say that saying the pledge of allegiance drives liberals crazy. so many conservatives think that liberals hate this country, when its really not true at all.
I'll give him the beneifit of the doubt and say he just slipped up in the moment. The comment that the pledge of allegiance makes liberals cringe is absolutely appalling. These guys really think or at least would like to perpetuate the idea that liberals hate America? Jayar's right: a comment like that is completely divisive.
i used to think it went ".. four witches stand.... invisible with liver tea and just this for all." i used to imagine these 4 invisible witches making everyone drink liver tea and not anything else. lol! i like my version better.
"with liberty and justice for all" oh the irony kills me.... liberty for all except gays, and justice for all except ppl who work for haliburtan and got raped in iraq, but have something in their contract that wont let them get a fair hearing.... liberty and justice not for the ppl but for the corporations, so that they can continue to rape the american ppl....
I hate how he butchers a bunch of famous speeches in his run up to the pledge. I like that the word he forgot was "indivisible" when he was trying to insult the liberals and divide the country even further.
No, what makes it so funny, is the self-righteous asshole insulting liberals, saying we are driven crazy by the Pledge, and then he screws it up. He screwed it up in his effort to get to the phrase "under God" so he could scream it at the top of his lungs. Idiot. Serves the prick right.
Where was this douche-bag in 1954 when a group of Catholics shamelessly mutilated it into its current day form. God damn, I say that the pledge that was good enough for the Greatest Generation while storming Normandy is good enough for me!
I won't shit on the man for that, god knows I misspeak all the time, in fact I just did right now. But don't you simply have to speak the pledge and not act it out bombastically?
Seriously, just say the pledge, don't take certain words and go crazy with them.
When was "under god" added to the pledge? 1954 right? Doesn't that mean to really protect the pledge you would have to take it back to how it was at the start?
That's what I'm saying. How are you going to support ammendment for protecting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag when you don't know the whole pledge. Ridiculous and absurd.
I never forgot it but I also haven't said it since I think 4th or 5th grade... even then I figured out it was BS! I got in trouble daily until my dad had a heated discussion with the staff... since then I was allowed to sit it out. I'm going to teach my daughter the same and "God" help the teachers that try and pressure her into it.
I love The Young Turks, but I wish they'd stop making these kinds of videos. It's the same kind of mudslinging bullcrap that Conservatives make that have no real consequences. I'd hate to see TYT fall into the same hole as Fox.
Obama and Stevens both messed up the pledge. A Republican messed up the pledge of Allegiance. Even if the Congressmen messed up his left and right, it has no real meaning on his views or his work.
when you are proclaiming how important the pledge and say it "drives liberals crazy" (blatantly false) and you then screw it up 5 seconds later, you deserve this!
its kinda like when you type on the internet "your stupid"
Even I knew that part and I hadnt said it in 20 years. I like how he didnt forget the UNDER GOD part and put emphsis on it. The one part of the whole thing that should actually have been omitted.
Palin is not stupid. She is an expert at manipulating people, taking advantage of religious dogmatism and ignorance. She knows EXACTLY what she is doing. Exploiting the ignorance of others, she gained high office by bringing dirty big city machine politics into the small town of Wausilla, and then into the state politics of Alaska.
When people say the pledge in class. I sit there and finish my work. I undoubtedly love this country as my home, but I refuse to pledge my life to the ONE THING I KNOW THUSFAR, and will never do so until I've experienced many flags that I could potentially praise to the fullest of my ability.
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my personal pledge (feel free to to share)
"I pledge alegience to no one,a citizen of the world,
and to the family of mankind,within the laws of nature,
one world,living rationaly,with unity and equality for all"
blessings 888
fraterlucifer888 6 months ago
i pledge allegiance to my fellow americans that want to destroy the tyrant government that rules us at gunpoint and denies our rights.. they are my true brothers and caretakers of freedom
longfootbuddy 7 months ago
Anyone who thinks an indoctrinated and/or forced pledge of allegiance to a flag of all things, proofs loyalty or patriotism, does not understand what those terms mean or how they are achieved.
thomaseshuis 7 months ago
the pledge of allegiance is kinda like what n korean kids and chinese kids have to say every morning but conservatives would condemn the governments of n korea and china for their children having to spit that stuff
BeingNobody1956 8 months ago
Republicans can't stand the original phrasing "one nation indivisible" because they are the most divisive of all people in the U.S. This guy can't even say "indivisible."
scottandrewhutchins 9 months ago
I don't understand this whole pledge bull.
Pledge allegiance to my ass.
Its all semantics with politics now days, never about the issues.
blackattack100 1 year ago
IT sure does drive us liberals crazy when dumb politicians try to fool us....you can only fool the conservatives. We have figured you out, unlike the folks who belong to the cult of Fox News.
glennis3 1 year ago
Its obvious what happened. He was thinking about the "under God" part so much that he skipped "indivisible". You can tell by how he put extra emphasis on "under God". Yeah it was a gaff, but he didn't butcher it.
I'd be more worried about someone who hasn't said the pledge since high school trying to talk about patriotism or politics in general.
Kink, or whatever your name is. You are a boil on the ass of America.
bookhound63 1 year ago
You haven't said the pledge since you were in high school? Oh, I guess you only said it when you were a minor and had no choice. Now that you are all grown up, I guess you don't need to say it any more. You are probably so relieved.
You have no respect for our country OR our flag. You continue to make me SICK!
bookhound63 1 year ago
The Slackest of Kindergarteners > Akin
dukenthaylor 2 years ago
Conservatives are the gift that keeps on giving!
Diatonic5th 2 years ago
all conservatives talk about is freedom and god.
if you believe in freedom then you should take the "one nation under god part"
FYI that part wasnt even in there until the 1950's
go figure
econchick 2 years ago 3
holy shit, jayar AGAIN says what i am thinking
Drewboy64 2 years ago
What a loser, who forgets the pledge of allegiance?
Chimera1591 2 years ago
would you expect any less of Repubs to stomp their feet about something they know nothing about?
TheDuckofLaw 2 years ago 3
I grew up learning the pledge and the smuck forgot the ONE line O.o. Maybe i'm over reacting but how can u forget the pledge? In fact in the 90's-2000+ we went from under god to leaving that part out and just saying the rest because not everyone believed in god. I hate it when people make a big deal about things and then mess up the same thing they want to save o.o. If u know the pledge as cenk says "god bless move forward" if not don't embarrass urself>.>
PharaohessSetsume 2 years ago
agreed with facemobb954
i dont even have to think much to recite the damn pledge.
SerenityHelll 2 years ago 2
Such 1984 tactics.
False christians. False Americans. False patriots.
It's green, green and more green for them!
SkreetGil 2 years ago 2
Yeah it was a nice touch to stop the sentence at a comma and leave off indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
smdiddy 2 years ago
"UNDER GOD"
All Hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
Ramen!
ooMONKEYoo 2 years ago 9
Conservative Fail
bkr0127 2 years ago 5
hahahaha
cutlassburnin 2 years ago
Douchebag...
How do you forget the pledge?...
sad
treid100182 2 years ago 3
Why do we pledge to support a flag? We should change it so that we are pledged to our country's ideals. It works for Germany.
greatbookie 2 years ago
just one more gop fuchhead
mykmmc 2 years ago 2
The fact that he has to add, "And it drives the Liberals crazy" proves he is immature. The whole motivation that some of these "patriots" construct as ways of ticking off Liberals is such a waste of political energy, but I guess it appeals to people who are about 6 years old emotionally and think it is worth cutting off their own noses to annoy someone they are in contempt of. I have yet to meet a Liberal whose policy choices exist only to annoy and upset Conservatives.
hollywoodartchick 2 years ago 2
well said!!!!!!!!!!!!1
mykmmc 2 years ago
i wonder how many gop know that the words under god were not in the orginal pledge. oh and correction i have no problem with the pledge at all i have a problem with the fake patroits that are the republicans saying the pledge and not adhearing to those words
Lightren 2 years ago 3
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TheThirdHour 2 years ago
It's nice when they screw things up. I've heard that you forget spelling stuff, but the pledge of allegiance? You can't not forget it. I tell you the country is gone crazy and those who go along with it are on the same train. It's sickening.
yuukisama2001 2 years ago
oh he left out INDIVISIBLE on purpose to TEXAS CAN succeed from the Union ! lol
DRDNIBOY 2 years ago
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o come on cenk, people mess up at speeches, people misspeak, lets not stoop to their level plz.
hossboss96 2 years ago
It wouldn't be such a big deal if he wasn't such a huge advocate of the pledge, and claimed that knowing and reciting it was a shot at "the Liberals". Yes, mistakes happen but it's hard not to focus on someone like him screwing up something he claims to defend and know so well.
mimgodfather 2 years ago
We are the only democracy that has a "pledge".
Those things are normally reserved for totalitarian governments.
judoyodan 2 years ago 4
It drives us crazy when someone protesting agaisnt us using that very phrase can't even say THE GOD DAMNED THING RIGHT!
metrostationjunkie 2 years ago 2
same old tactic of the conservatives, and not just in the US. They claim any progression is un-patriotic, they dont care if it is or isn't relevant, thus creating a' them and us' feeling amongst their supporters...
TheHammerOfJustice1 2 years ago
Yeah hahaha liberals hate the Pledge of Allegiance, ho ho ho, he sure has us there.
Seriously, where do these guys get this stuff? I don't know a single person who has a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance. Some may not like the "under God" part, but as for caring about the country? Come on, it's ridiculous. These guys have nothing and they offer no viable solutions to anything. They're just pathetic.
billthebutcher2 2 years ago 2
I love you Bill.
IFloridaMotocrossI 2 years ago
Well hell I love you too. :)
billthebutcher2 2 years ago
He did the Missouri version... Nelly Style...
With liberty dere...
naturalmystic33 2 years ago
The Young Turks is Not a News Program
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PresidentTeleprompte 2 years ago
your link is useless
xetlive 2 years ago
I'm a liberal, and I can actually recite the pledge.
ProgressiveAction10 2 years ago 5
somebody make them stop saying the pledge of allegiance, it's hurting my Commy ears.
madmiguelh2o 2 years ago 2
well it doesnt bother me an i'm liberal, so that was dumb, but moreover we arent a nation under God, there are some who truly follow God in this nation but not all. in order for that to be so i think that everyone in this nation would have to willing choose to follow God, and our leaders would be the Godliest of us all, but this is not the case. not everyone wants to follow God and our leaders are very corrupt
MrKylehass 2 years ago 2
what a fuckin idiot. u cant talk about things that u dont remember
drewdeze 2 years ago
he also remembered the added on part. the "under god" part that was added in the 50's
atheistnarutofan 2 years ago
Correct atheistnarutofan, "Under God" was officially incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.
xetlive 2 years ago 2
Yep, contrary to popular belief it wasn't always there. President Eisenhower added it in. He also put "In god we trust" on paper money, replacing E Plurubus Unum.
Tatchko 2 years ago
Same with "In God We Trust" on our money in 1957, I believe....
....And they call us unconstitutional...
IFloridaMotocrossI 2 years ago
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I don't why everyone is crying about this....heck most on the left don't want a "pledge of allegiance " said in school let alone a USA Flag to say it to.
But of course it's differnt if it's a pledge to Obama just like singing the national anthem versus singing about Obama. One is ok and the other is not.
NiteSkyLookr 2 years ago
Why are you such a compulsive liar...?
PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD 2 years ago
Oh I forgot....CNN, MSNBC and the rest of the Kook Media don't report this stuff.
It's out there and there are those that want it gone. Just Google
Pledge of Allegiance in Schools...
NiteSkyLookr 2 years ago
I never heard anyone on the left say they don't want flags in school. Don't call into question people's patriotism just because you don't agree with their political viewpoints. For example, I don't agree with yours, but I don't think you're unpatriotic. I just think you're a moron.
jezmundberserker 2 years ago 12
Damn, I can't decide whether to call him a jackass or a dumbass. Any suggestions?
jezmundberserker 2 years ago
both
atheistnarutofan 2 years ago
Protect the pledge from......what exactly?
Krauserowns 2 years ago
SOCIALISM SDFGTHJ
InternetArgument 2 years ago
If the pledge of allegiance is too hard for this asshole, then how dare he sponsor a bill to protect the pledge of allegiance?
This idiot needs to be voted out now!
shred5 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA WHAT A FUCKING RETARD.
ididabarrelroll 2 years ago
Typical wingnut......
These people should all hang their heads in shame.......
They are unAmerican, unpatriotic and not suited to hold public office.
Watch how many get voted out of office in the next elections. We, the people are sick of them.
172677 2 years ago
I love how Cenk always starts up with: "This isn't about this at all". Then it seems the whole segment is about it anyways. Wow, this man really has an ability to make mountains out of molehills.
treskall1 2 years ago
This guy is a real douchebag...
...even children know the PLEDGE...
typical, they guy who claims to be Ultra-American doesn't even know how to pledge Allegiance to her...
Republicans are just sad...plain and simple.
treid100182 2 years ago 2
Isn't it ironic how "the land of the free" forces its children to speak a loyalty oath every morning.
RoCkErX285 2 years ago
todd aiken is just another typical american and america hating gop'er. his whole idea with sponsering this bill is to "stick it to the liberals" sorry todd but i thought your job in washington is to support america and americans and do what's right for them not to go on some liberal witch hunt. so concerned about liberals that you can't even do your job. this guyis using this to make himself seem patriotic like all these republicans do and then ignore the will of the people
hellshade2 2 years ago
it kind of say that the GOP wants the country to be divided, but under God
CyberSpartan66 2 years ago
The Republican screw-ups with be amusing if they weren't so sad.
DillonX 2 years ago 2
GOP FAIL # 125 378 075 786 997
sf2fs 2 years ago 3
Republicans have killed thousands of Americans with their stunts and delay theatrics over the last 8 months. Enough is enough. The American people have spoken and they want health care reform with a strong public option. No more Republican nonsense in the US Senate. Call your Senator and tell him you want health care reform passed in the Senate through the reconciliation process.
To Hell with Snowe, Lieberman, and Bauchus.
57 Democrats will vote for health care reform
DEMAND A VOTE NOW!
sonyavsystem 2 years ago 4
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DC5boiThung 2 years ago
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johnandamanda123 2 years ago
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the pledge of allegiance is like holy water to liberals, it burns their sinful muslim loving ears and makes them insane with anger, thats why we should protect it, and secondly the republicans are trying to unite america, the liberals are trying to divide it with their disastrous attempt to takeover health care, their attempts to destroy god and faith in america by supporting islam, and the ft hood shooting shows the divisive effect liberalism has on gods earth
tehant1liberal 2 years ago
Good thing we don't live on an earth created by some Supreme Omnipotent Being (SOB for short).
cryingsoftly 2 years ago
Boo-fucking-hoo.
deadpisser88 2 years ago
Or maybe he purposefully left out "indivisible" because such a thing could be seen as "socialist".
Guernicaman 2 years ago 2
And they say we atheists 'butcher' the pledge when we omit 'Under God'...which was the damn original version! Clearly they don't realize that America is not a Christian nation and that 'Under God' was only added to separate us from the Communist cesspool that was the world to them in 1954 under Eisenhower.
Cazz814 2 years ago 3
He was too busy emphasizing UNDER GOD to remember indivisible - brilliant.
Zeromus7 2 years ago
When I say the pledge of allegance at school (it's mandatory) I replace 'under god' with 'under corporations' partly because I am non-religious and because we ARE under corporations.
thetotalvidwatcher 2 years ago
A lot of Republicans don't actually read the US Constitution just like a lot of the Religious Right doesn't actually read their Bibles.
A86 2 years ago 2
Yeah, they really like the certainty and the supposed absolute and unambiguous framework old documents seem to provide.
Though they rarely read them and are usually told what is in them by a figure they view as unquestionable whether its dick Cheney or there racist dad.
CmdrTobs 2 years ago
We already know a lot of Republicans don't really care about these kinds of things nearly as much as they claim. If they cared about the Constitution as much as they claim they would know that Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution allows for things like the creation of social programs. They would also realize that the Bill of Rights makes things like the Orwellian "Patriot Act" unconstitutional and they wouldn't support it.
A86 2 years ago 3
haha, look how quickly he walks away after it's over.
marshallsmith19 2 years ago
GrahamKeithTodd - You bring up a good point. (And I did forget, lol)
Ajacks1911 2 years ago
he also said Ajacks1911 old son
"that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" old Dr Samuel Johnson knew of what he spoke about!
grahamkeithtodd 2 years ago
These guys are all wife beaters and closet homos
qwertywxyz 2 years ago 2
"These guys are all wife beaters and closet homos" -qwertywxyz
Argumentum ad hominem.
I don't really care what side of an issue someone is, but it annoys me when people resort to logical fallacies. When a person engages in childish name calling it detracts from the arguments of individuals with whom they align themselves and increases the validity of the arguments of the individuals the insults sought to malign.
cryingsoftly 2 years ago
@cryingsoftly
calm down.
NoTalentSucks 2 years ago
I am calm, I just point out the pointlessness of using ad hominems on a regular basis.
cryingsoftly 2 years ago
you over analyze too much... just calm down
NoTalentSucks 2 years ago
Nah, I tend to ignore what people actually say and attack everyone (myself included) on how they say it. It is all shits and giggles.
cryingsoftly 2 years ago
What drives me crazy is not that he is reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, or even that he recited it wrong.
The problem I have is that he and people like him are only doing it to grandstand.
And, let's face it, the Pledge needs to protection. It is not endangered.
Get real.
FlatulenceFox 2 years ago
He doesn't like the indivisible part. I don't really care about the "under God" part. This is a silly bill, and if someone sponsored a bill to to remove "under God", I would think that bill was silly. Is this the kind of crap we pay these people 6 digits a year for? Write some legislation that deals with real issues.
dlhitch2007 2 years ago
i'm wary of anything that asks or demands allegiance. i'm even more wary when the thing requiring allegiance is an inanimate object.
deliciousmorton 2 years ago
Patriotism fail
bcourter82 2 years ago 4
HA! fuckin idiots.
OLDBEATERSIX 2 years ago
Old son, is that what we are saying now? Anyway, Old son, keep in mind that these are the people who thought Born in the USA was an anthem to the greatness that is America. CmdrTobs, you hit the nail on the head, like drug addiction, far right conservatism should be treated, not punished.
Nolanfan26 2 years ago
I love the comment, "Drives the liberals crazy" and Bachmann laughs her imbecilic head off.
There non-thinking base who loves "us them" 'starwars' politics will now add "liberals hate the pledge of allegiance" to a mental list in their minds somewhat erroneously titled 'Valid points"
I am really believing what republicans have is a thinking disorder. A real illness.
CmdrTobs 2 years ago
Well, it's already been proven by psychologists that conservatives tend to use "motivated reasoning" more often than liberals. Conservatives have been studied for decades by psychologists and they've come to the conclusion that right-wing people tend to be less open to learning new things, less tolerant of ambiguity and less secure (might explain their obsession with fear). They also tend to be less educated, except for the millionaire Republicans who vote that party for obvious reasons.
A86 2 years ago
Yes I am planning to look for them when I get an oppertunity to access some journals....
CmdrTobs 2 years ago 2
I found a couple:
(dot) thirdworldtraveler (dot) com / Society / Conservatives _ Deconstruct (dot) html
(dot) psych (dot) nyu (dot) edu / amodiolab / Amodio % 20 et % 20al (dot) % 20 (2007) % 20 Nature % 20Neuro (dot) pdf [Free PDF Form]
A86 2 years ago
Great stuff. tehant1liberal definitely has a dysfunctional ACC. Its not even what he says per se, its the fact he says all those things that are typically the opposite of the TYT video and feels he needs no proof or need to site evidence for his view outside the self evident proof he sees.
Its absolutely amazing to read his posts. He has got perfect circular absolutist reasoning.
Ironically he is exactly like the Muslim extremist he so hates more than any 'liberal', he just can't see it....
CmdrTobs 2 years ago
GOP=lulzz
badtown88 2 years ago
where is keyboard cat when we need him.
sadie0087777 2 years ago
@sadie0087777, I heard keyboard cat died. =(
Killcows 2 years ago
well danjorgen old son it's NOT the Christian God.. any fool knows that God is an ENGLISHMAN!
(said with his tounge firmly in his cheek!)
grahamkeithtodd 2 years ago
this just goes to prove their IS a GOD!..
fancy forgetting your own countries pledge of allgeiance...
WHAT A TOSSPOT!
grahamkeithtodd 2 years ago
Here's a thought: Maybe he MEANT to leave out the "indivisible" part off.
freakmachinepress 2 years ago
About that, I think you're correct. This is revisionism at its finest.
upabittoolate 2 years ago
God this country is sad... We are a bumbling eagle flapping our left wing and our right wing in opposite directions instead of using our little eagle brain. Gotta go with democrats/liberals at least they are trying to make things better.
uvion 2 years ago
Notice how loudly he had to throw in "Under God"... and the bastard knows full well that "under god" got added there when HE was a kid. Which is why he fucked it up, because he hasn't said it since he was a kid when it was only "Indivisible". Fucktard.
banonKING 2 years ago 3
actually the pledge of allegiance does piss me off because it is so conceited to think that god is only in America. just like George Carlin and Bill Maher said.
GHOSTRIDERAIB 2 years ago
I think it's the stupidity that drives everyone crazy who just so happens to see this shit.
FallenAngel0fDoom 2 years ago
It is not even funny how pathetic republicans are!!
Masterzec 2 years ago 2
Schwang wang wang
frayzerm 2 years ago 3
the part where he screwed up doesnt matter so much to me, i mean come on everyone gets nervous and slips up in front of large crowds. although it was pretty ironic.
however, i do think it was uncalled for for him to say that saying the pledge of allegiance drives liberals crazy. so many conservatives think that liberals hate this country, when its really not true at all.
redstrawberrymuncher 2 years ago
It's the opposite... in that Republicans hate the country. Who are all the secessionists? They're right wing Republicans.
changetomorrowtoday 2 years ago
I'll give him the beneifit of the doubt and say he just slipped up in the moment. The comment that the pledge of allegiance makes liberals cringe is absolutely appalling. These guys really think or at least would like to perpetuate the idea that liberals hate America? Jayar's right: a comment like that is completely divisive.
Ricciuto27 2 years ago
i used to think it went ".. four witches stand.... invisible with liver tea and just this for all." i used to imagine these 4 invisible witches making everyone drink liver tea and not anything else. lol! i like my version better.
july7nyc 2 years ago 5
The guy with "ENOUGH" on the tee shirt was on point. These extremists want to destroy and indivisible is exactly what they don't want.
Mars1951 2 years ago 2
Forced patriotism = Fascism
Pleblian 2 years ago 8
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Pleblian 2 years ago
With all of the evilness and bloodshed on America's hands why do these Republicans seem to think God endorses them? God should despise them.
Don't they read their Bible? If they did they'd know about the world powers and the Anglo-American world power will be crushed.
SupremePenguinTone 2 years ago 2
Yeah, what was that part you forgot? Indivisible? Go figure...they're ALL about division.
aaronsande 2 years ago 2
FailBlog needs to post this fail
RustyCyler 2 years ago 3
"with liberty and justice for all" oh the irony kills me.... liberty for all except gays, and justice for all except ppl who work for haliburtan and got raped in iraq, but have something in their contract that wont let them get a fair hearing.... liberty and justice not for the ppl but for the corporations, so that they can continue to rape the american ppl....
midgetman433 2 years ago 6
This Congressman is so incredibly stupid, it's hard to believe the people of his district would re-elect him.
DillonX 2 years ago 3
Whoo! JR echoed my words!
ibtrippen 2 years ago
I hate how he butchers a bunch of famous speeches in his run up to the pledge. I like that the word he forgot was "indivisible" when he was trying to insult the liberals and divide the country even further.
ibtrippen 2 years ago 5
No, what makes it so funny, is the self-righteous asshole insulting liberals, saying we are driven crazy by the Pledge, and then he screws it up. He screwed it up in his effort to get to the phrase "under God" so he could scream it at the top of his lungs. Idiot. Serves the prick right.
Jess0062 2 years ago 3
i remember when i was in 3rd grade and i refused to say it or stand and the teacher asked why and i was like THIS COUNTRY FUCKING SUCKS
beeohhski 2 years ago
Where was this douche-bag in 1954 when a group of Catholics shamelessly mutilated it into its current day form. God damn, I say that the pledge that was good enough for the Greatest Generation while storming Normandy is good enough for me!
neanderslob 2 years ago 2
at least Americans know their pledge of allegiance and their national anthem. i don't have a clue what the British national anthem is.
shizzforbrains 2 years ago
well shizzforbrains old son it's called
"God Save The Queen"
(or when we dont have a Queen)
"God Save The King"
look it up..it's on you tube!
grahamkeithtodd 2 years ago
I won't shit on the man for that, god knows I misspeak all the time, in fact I just did right now. But don't you simply have to speak the pledge and not act it out bombastically?
Seriously, just say the pledge, don't take certain words and go crazy with them.
snipzor 2 years ago
When was "under god" added to the pledge? 1954 right? Doesn't that mean to really protect the pledge you would have to take it back to how it was at the start?
morganbath 2 years ago 6
It is so unfortunate the congressman stumbled on his own amendment.
Once a crack pot always a crackpot.
It is what happens when you make stuff up as you go along
JerezJulio 2 years ago 3
under god wasn't even added to the pledge until 1950's
lilsparky97 2 years ago
HAHAH AHAH... Cons!
AAmed1980 2 years ago
another Freudian slip by the conservatards...
antifaith82 2 years ago 2
I think he just got a little excited trying to please the religious right.
Premature Exclaimation?
What kind of dimwit gets so excited he messes up when brown nosing his constituents anyway?
CMrace 2 years ago 5
That's what I'm saying. How are you going to support ammendment for protecting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag when you don't know the whole pledge. Ridiculous and absurd.
mbagouty69 2 years ago 2
Red Skelton did a better job at it, I think.
PhilWithCoffee 2 years ago
Shit I never even thought about what indivisible meant when in came to the pladge
upplsuckimcool16 2 years ago
One nation under god? Jeez poor Americans.
Gerafix 2 years ago 3
Ha Ha Ha Ha he forgot the pledge!!! My cvhild will never say the pledge, I haven't said it since 6th grade
tommytowne 2 years ago
I never forgot it but I also haven't said it since I think 4th or 5th grade... even then I figured out it was BS! I got in trouble daily until my dad had a heated discussion with the staff... since then I was allowed to sit it out. I'm going to teach my daughter the same and "God" help the teachers that try and pressure her into it.
FireRoseX5 2 years ago
no he's an idiot
fenderbass 2 years ago
what a clown. doesnt he ever hear what hes saying? creatures like him should be laughed at, not applauded. really, what a clown...
playgrrrr 2 years ago
did he say amberica at 1:06???
jumjalalabash 2 years ago
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MrTouchShriek 2 years ago
I love The Young Turks, but I wish they'd stop making these kinds of videos. It's the same kind of mudslinging bullcrap that Conservatives make that have no real consequences. I'd hate to see TYT fall into the same hole as Fox.
Obama and Stevens both messed up the pledge. A Republican messed up the pledge of Allegiance. Even if the Congressmen messed up his left and right, it has no real meaning on his views or his work.
r31ncarnat3d 2 years ago
TYT is a talk show...and its not simply because he messed up the pledge..actually watch the video.
xCrimsonGear 2 years ago
when you are proclaiming how important the pledge and say it "drives liberals crazy" (blatantly false) and you then screw it up 5 seconds later, you deserve this!
its kinda like when you type on the internet "your stupid"
mostecri 2 years ago 4
I never said anything about his maturity or lack thereof, just how it doesn't reflect on his ability as a Congressman.
I won't lie; I think this guy is a huge idiotic douchebag; I just don't like these kinds of stories on either side of the party line.
r31ncarnat3d 2 years ago
i like them when people making stupid assumptions about something stupid do something even stupider
stupid!
mostecri 2 years ago
leave my stupid alone! he tries hard....
Ch35h1r3C47 2 years ago
u r a retrd
JDBlessin 2 years ago
no u r a morAn
mostecri 2 years ago
what has this got to do with anything? Knuckle dragging Neantherthals !!
jopaddy81 2 years ago
This has some importance because it shows at least how hypocritical he is.
It's also just funny.
saracross123 2 years ago
I would never pledge any allegiance to a flag, nor a country.
loryncle 2 years ago 2
why?
Leadman1989 2 years ago
He tried to front the liberals...LOL....what a TOY!!!!!
ashrok1982 2 years ago
UNDER GOD, inbid, indibi, invindiblicible,whatever...
Melpheos1er 2 years ago
Maybe he should use the original salute to the flag. You know, the salute that looked like the Nazi salute!
SolomonGrundy101 2 years ago
Even I knew that part and I hadnt said it in 20 years. I like how he didnt forget the UNDER GOD part and put emphsis on it. The one part of the whole thing that should actually have been omitted.
tobyeo 2 years ago 6
Jayar makes great points. Good looking out Jayar.
athews1976 2 years ago
not necessarily under god
Cilogy 2 years ago
he just lost the game.
somonesetusupthebomb 2 years ago 2
That guy is dumber than sarah palin
burntonion05 2 years ago
What about that idiot that used the DofI in place of the Preamble? Not Limbaugh, Boehner.
upabittoolate 2 years ago
thats a pretty bold statement... i mean... were talking sarah palin here...
somonesetusupthebomb 2 years ago 2
Palin is not stupid. She is an expert at manipulating people, taking advantage of religious dogmatism and ignorance. She knows EXACTLY what she is doing. Exploiting the ignorance of others, she gained high office by bringing dirty big city machine politics into the small town of Wausilla, and then into the state politics of Alaska.
dangerouslytalented 2 years ago 2
@dangerouslytalented
I'm gonna stick with "fuckin' stupid."
s13ge 2 years ago
So true. Shes a smart clown.
roboldguard 2 years ago