Originally Posted by Alex (Post 347988)

Oh, I'm sure you couldn't confuse me. I know it is just an expression, it just sparked curiosity into the moment as to why we waste time saying things that don't actually have any value. In saying what you said you meant to suggest "this is true." But you cloak it in some "it's a joke" phrasing as if that means people under the umbrella you were speaking about should then no longer care about the "this is true" half of the statement.

So really, I wasn't so much confused as pointing out that you really shouldn't feel safe to crawl back into your standard defense of "it was just a joke when I said mean things about people who have affiliations you just happen to have, how can you be upset?"

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 347989)

I miss the days when the pledge was:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 347980)

Kevy, what are you taking?

Originally Posted by JWBear (Post 347981)

Seriously!

Originally Posted by Brendan (Post 347993)

The original was...

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 348018)

I know what the original pledge was. Did you see all my incorrect words?

Originally Posted by Brendan (Post 347993)

The original was "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," written by a Socialist, and used in a magazine to sell flags to schools on Columbus day. Mad Men 1892, baby. Yesterday's marketing is today's dogma.

Originally Posted by flippyshark (Post 348063)

Wow, sometimes a news story is so tiresome it makes me want to leave the planet. Sarah Palin's old emails is just such a story. I don't care. The very notion of hearing about it makes me despair. My gut feeling is that they will reveal nothing interesting at all, but we will be "treated" to constant updates just the same. Even if they turn up something juicy, I don't care, and I don't want it to be the subject of water cooler talk. But it will be. Thanks for letting me shudder publicly at the prospect. This is all I will have to say on the matter.