Common Sense wrote:

Happy 4th of July!

Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance Uploaded on Aug 3, 2008 




 

How ironic, and what a shame that this stirring message about unity, and people coming together is being presented by an organization that calls themselves "ImgnNoLibs". 

The meaning kinda sailed over their heads. Well, it's a relic of the culture wars.

I prefer this:




The 56 signatures on the Declaration appear in the positions indicated:

Column 1
Georgia:
   Button Gwinnett
   Lyman Hall
   George Walton

Column 2
North Carolina:
   William Hooper
   Joseph Hewes
   John Penn
South Carolina:
   Edward Rutledge
   Thomas Heyward, Jr.
   Thomas Lynch, Jr.
   Arthur Middleton

Column 3
Massachusetts:
John Hancock
Maryland:
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton

Column 4
Pennsylvania:
   Robert Morris
   Benjamin Rush
   Benjamin Franklin
   John Morton
   George Clymer
   James Smith
   George Taylor
   James Wilson
   George Ross
Delaware:
   Caesar Rodney
   George Read
   Thomas McKean

Column 5
New York:
   William Floyd
   Philip Livingston
   Francis Lewis
   Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
   Richard Stockton
   John Witherspoon
   Francis Hopkinson
   John Hart
   Abraham Clark

Column 6
New Hampshire:
   Josiah Bartlett
   William Whipple
Massachusetts:
   Samuel Adams
   John Adams
   Robert Treat Paine
   Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
   Stephen Hopkins
   William Ellery
Connecticut:
   Roger Sherman
   Samuel Huntington
   William Williams
   Oliver Wolcott
New Hampshire:
   Matthew Thornton

Last edited by Goose (7/04/2016 8:18 am)

Common Sense wrote:

Always looking to play the victim card!  Whining at a grand level.
And just plain ruined the thread.  Thanks so much!!

Speaking of whining.

Hey, I'm no victim. 
I just clicked the play button and the first thing I see is
"From ImgnNoLibs and Politically Incorrect Freedom Loving Americans everywhere".

It seems like kind of an in your face sort of sentiment.
Probably not what the author of the pledge had in mind, and probably not appropriate for this glorious day of independence.

BTW, you don't see the irony of a group calling itself "ImgnNoLibs" extolling the concept of One Nation, Indivisible?
Seriously? Of course the final irony being that the pledge was written by a Christian Socialist minister. As I recall, they were kinda liberal.

Anyway, the history of this clip is rather interesting. An artifact of the culture war

 

Last edited by Goose (7/04/2016 11:46 am)