American Pledge of Allegiance

This was my stand at an Oberlin City School Council Meeting on April 14, 2009 about reinstating the American Pledge of Allegiance. I made sure I was the first to speak with a quick uplift of my hand when asked for comments.

"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.
I learned this as a child in school at an early age. I don't know where
our children will learn this and be able to commit it to memory if not
here, in school.
With the act of burning our flag as a legal form of expression through
freedom of speech, it would be a good thing if our youth can at least
learn what it symbolizes before they go on to destroy it.
If the future of our nation (our children) are not taught to respect
what symbolizes freedom AND hope, how can we expect them to
grow up and embrace the HOPE that freedom has provided us?
It starts here. It starts TODAY. Thank you."

About three words in to my little speech most of the thirty (30) people that were at this meeting stood and placed their hands over their hearts and recited the pledge with me. I was so happy to see the support. My fellow Americans, there comes a time when we must say STOP with the raping of our symbols. Our flag is our uniform. It represents not only who we are but more importantly WHAT we are and what we stand for. To deny the pledge anywhere in America because it offends someone is like a McDonald's employee refusing to wear the uniform because it makes them itch.
You may ask; what can I do? Support America by attending meetings when things are in question about our country, or your beliefs.
You may ask; how can I know when something is in jeopardy? You can add to your 'favorites' the websites of your child's school committee meeting updates, get on an email list of events that let you know of events in your community.
Please take my poll about the Pledge. You are welcome to copy this post and pin it up at your place of business or anywhere you feel people need to be aware of our fundamental standards for America.
God Bless America.

America's Trojan Horse

The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is a group of foreign countries that have put together a curriculum for schools internationally. The Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which states that “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”.
This all sounds great and innocent until you begin reading through hundreds of pages of documents that reveal the one goal of a 'one world of one mind'. This was what I got out of it.
I found that most of the books written for the curriculum were written by some of the same teachers that teach the courses. Hmm, that's an easy way to teach your own philosophy. Also, tolerance to other students includes removal of the flag and pledge of allegiance in some of the 600 school that the IBO is taught in. The course is bent on removing all barriers from all people for the one goal of international tolerance. I won't make this entry long, so I am putting the things in here that burnt me the most. There are plenty of others. This curriculum is based out of Switzerland. Why can't we teach our own children. What will happen to the history of America? I have looked at the books they require for reading and they even have excerpts from them worth a visit for yourself. One take on the Cold War was that 'socialism' is a good way of governing if you get everyone behind you on it. Yeah, we want this stuff in our schools.
This is not a curriculum, it's an agenda.
This was taught as a class but is now being taught as a philosophy. The teaching of tolerance without boundaries is dangerous to our culture. This is one reason I believe that our 'offensive' pledge of allegiance is being removed from our schools.
Here are a few websites you can visit. Be sure to follow the links as I did, I got obsessed and spent hours reading. If you have any comments or questions please ask while the stuff is still fresh in my head.
www.ib-source.com/about_ibsource.php
www3.unesco.org/iycp/kits/53243A.pdf
www3.unesco.org/iycp/kits/uk_reso_ong.pdf
www.IBO.org
I would suggest that you be sure what you children are learning.