As a schoolboy
 

As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers explained the words and
meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down,
and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It is followed by
an observation of his own.

I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one.

Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.

Allegiance - - My love and my devotion.

To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she
waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that
shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.

United - - That means that we have all come together.

States of America- - Individual communities that have united into
forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and
dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a
common purpose, and that is love for country.

And to the Republic - - a state in which sovereign power is invested in
representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the
people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the
people.

For which it stands
One Nation - meaning, so blessed by God.

Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided.

With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own
life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.

And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.

For All - which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is
mine.

And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance: I
pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the
Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two
words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God.
Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be
eliminated from schools, too?
--Red Skelton

As a schoolboy, my biggest concern was finding my next dime bag.

Dime bag, if your talking about weed, then hell I didn't even know what it was until went into the Army, then I started somking it like a freight train. 1963


Jim

Agreed. It was always much easier to buy a quarter sell 2 dimes make my money back and keep the nickel left over.

But nowadays its better to just keep the whole quarter, makes looking at my stats easier http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/biggrin.gif

I always thought that was a good philosophy, but never could manage to actually do it... it always got mysteriously smoked up too fast. http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/wink.gif