Alternative Pledge of Allegiance idea

A good American citizen believes in the virtues of America

I've little idea whether or not that is someone like you...but I'm beginning to doubt it.

And now the nasty little bigot comes crashing to the surface. You always resort to that when you've lost the argument. You sure you didn't vote for Trump?

Like all bigots you're full of ****.

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According to University College London and Harvard University, Britons have no worse dental health than the Americans, and in fact, we have fewer missing teeth.


The study showed that the average number of missing teeth was significantly higher in the US – with the average person missing 7.31 teeth compared to 6.97 in Britain.


Your legal system let murderer OJ Simpson walk free along with child rapist Michael Jackson. American justice isn't there, like your ******* teeth.

Well OJ did walk free and there is little question that he did murder his ex wife and her friend however there was little evidence that MJ rape anyone or was a pedofile but was just a very odd person likely due to his up bring.

For one thing they did not find once child porn picture and all they did find is a few legal art books out of a library of a few thousand books that you could buy at any large bookstore along with normal amount of hetersexual adult porn

As an American, I choose to cite the pledge of allegiance.
As an American, I choose to stand up for the National anthem.

I don't hold anything against anyone who chooses not to do so.
I don't think any less of anyone who chooses not to do so.
I don't consider anyone any less of an American for choosing not to do so.

You are being silly again. Saying the pledge of allegiance doesn't prevent you from betraying the country.

Donald Trump is flouting the Constitution, and possibly selling out the United States to Russia. I don't think the pledge of allegiance is helping.

Thousands have gathered in Sheffield to watch the US air force stage a flypast to commemorate 10 plane crew who died during the second world war.

People travelled from around the world for the flypast, including military veterans and family members of personnel killed on the B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, known as Mi Amigo.

The event was watched by Tony Foulds, 82, who saw the Mi Amigo crash while he was playing with friends in the park as a child.

He later learned the aircraft had been attempting a crash landing in the park – the only green space for miles – but diverted course for fear of harming Foulds and his friends. Since 1944 he has quietly tended to a memorial for the US airmen.

On Friday, British and US military aircraft were dispatched from the UK’s largest US air force base in Suffolk, before flying over Endcliffe Park in Sheffield at 8.45am.

It was an important day for locals, who travelled to the public event on free buses and trams. One woman in the crowd turned to her daughter and said: “We’ve made history today, haven’t we?”

Foulds said he could not believe the flypast was finally happening. But he had something bigger on his mind. “I just can’t wait to see them planes go past now,” he said.

Foulds, who has Parkinson’s disease, became an internet sensation when the BBC journalist Dan Walker stumbled across him one morning while out walking his dog.

Walker began an online campaign to make Foulds’ dream come true: to properly commemorate the air crew who died, with a flypast.

“I was just touched by the fact that this 82-year-old had been tending this memorial quietly, diligently and without any desire for publicity or fame,” Walker said.

“He never once asked for anything for himself – his whole focus was always on honouring the men of Mi Amigo and that is why I felt I had to do all I could to make it happen.”

A message from Walker, who is in Kenya, was broadcast from a BBC stage to crowds holding placards reading: “Dan Walker is a legend!” Up to 10,000 people were estimated to have attended the event.

The Mi Amigo flew over the Sheffield park 75 years ago, having returned from a final mission in Denmark, where the Luftwaffe left it badly damaged. The 10 men on board were:

Pilot Lt John Kriegshauser, from Missouri
Co-pilot 2nd Lt Lyle Curtis, from Idaho
2nd Lt John Humphrey, a navigator from Illinois
Sgt Melchor Hernandez, a bombardier from California
Sgt Harry Estabrooks, an engineer and gunner from Kansas
Sgt Charles Tuttle, gunner from Kentucky
Sgt Robert Mayfield, radio operator from Illinois
Sgt Vito Ambrosio, gunner from New York
Sgt Malcolm Williams, gunner from Oklahoma
Sgt Maurice Robbins, gunner from Texas
Attendees in the crowd had come from as far as Russia and the US. One, Terry Martin, had travelled from Bristol to give artwork of the memorial to Foulds, which he had painted after seeing him on TV.

Stephen Clark, 47, a war veteran, said he was taken aback by Foulds’ dedication, and felt compelled to come: “I am here today because of what one man has done to bring a memorial back to life. The next step should be some form of award for him – he’s done a cracking job.”

US Col Lee Wingfield said flypasts required a lot of work, and it was a testament to Foulds’ dedication that it had been put together on this rare occasion. “These crews have to train to be ready. We couldn’t do this every day. But it is amazing we could memorialise Tony’s service … and all of the men and women who gave their lives.”

Foulds stood and waved as the aircraft set off. He announced to the crowds that, when he died, he wanted his ashes to be scattered alongside the memorial – much to the surprise of his family.

His children and great grandchildren said they were bemused at his newfound celebrity and were also proud of his hard work: “It doesn’t seem real at all,” said his daughter, Tracey Bridges. “We had heard this story probably every day – he wouldn’t stop banging on about it. But it is great to see that others have been so touched by it.”