A Minneapolis suburb’s city council voted unanimously Monday night to reverse its decision to nix the Pledge of Allegiance from its meetings after it was met with outrage — including from President Trump.
The city council did not initially drop the pledge over concern for anyone not on the city council. That is the reason the city council initially dropped the requirement to say the pledge is that the members of the city council got tired of saying the pledge every time a few of them get together to discuss picking up the garbage or catching stray dogs.
Take those flags out of their hands and that’s a Nazi salute. Did they sing the American version of the Horst Wessel song?
“If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.”
“As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
[ Adams submitted and signed the Treaty of Tripoli, 1797 ]”
Flipping through my Bible to find the passage where God says it’s a-okay to worship false idols.
The Pledge is stupid. As if anyone who is disloyal would refuse to say it. Indeed, the traitor would say it with extra fervor. Except for the Orange Excrescence, who can’t remember the words.
Fucking pathetic.
Outrage over a few words, calm as ever over the treatment of people unlike themseves.
Council Member Thom Miller made a motion to reinstate it because the city was being flooded with emails and phone calls that he believed endangered city staff and residents.
So they were getting death threats from those peaceful patriots? I wonder who made them feel so emboldened?
The pledge is offensive. The response proves it.
GOP Motto: Never Go Full Landmesser.
I think their motto is to do to any dissidents what was done to him and his spouse.
“There are many from outside of St. Louis Park who are abusing and harassing our city staff, making it very difficult for them to serve the residents and businesses in our city, which is the very reason our local government exists,” Miller reportedly said at the meeting.
When a child gives in to a bully, that child has my sympathy.
When adults do the same thing …
Don’t worry. It’s coming. The past 3 years will pale in comparison to when the electoral college from red states votes for Trump despite the Dem candidate winning the state.
Reminds me of Carlin’s riff on how Jesus would feel when he returned to Earth only to be greeted by hordes of fanatics wearing crucifixes.
You off in the deep doldrums of despair again? (like the alliteration?)
It’s a long way to the election, with all the things going on, there’s still every chance that he has a heart attack well prior.
Maybe if we assign The Squad to mercilessly and constantly harass him on Twitter…
Yeah, when he hits that to the States part he gets confused as to location. So many options to keep track off.
Nice. Government by Twitter and Thugs. Where have we seen THIS before?
Canada.