[Vision2020] City Council and the Pledge

[Tom Hansen]

Trust me, Joe.  I feel that our (Dan's and my) agreement is strictly limited
to a degree that the Pledge of Allegiance be recited.

If the pledge is not recited I would merely consider it a "cosmetic"
procedure that must be reinstated.

Dan, on the other hand, may furnish names, phone numbers, and addresses to
the National Security Agency demanding that phones be wire-tapped.

But then, that, I guess defines the proverbial "line in the sand" that
separates him from us Intoleristas.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of joekc at adelphia.net
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:38 PM
To: Area Man (Dan C)
Cc: 'Moscow Vision 2020'
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] City Council and the Pledge

This seems reasonable. Personally, I LOVE the Pledge of Allegiance. I just
wouldn't assume that someone was unpatriotic just because they did not say
it. Especially, if they also worked for the government, which makes for a
strong presumption in favor of patriotism. Not that you -- Dan -- were
making any assumptions or presumptions in your original comments.

Besides, it is not possible for me to disagree with anything that BOTH Dan
and Tom accept!

Best, Joe

---- "Area Man (Dan C)" <areaman at moscow.com> wrote: 
> Joe says:
> 
> "Isn't it more important that they believe it -- which is presumably why
> they have chosen to work in city government in the first place."
> 
> Yes.  Good for them.  But I have to agree with Tom again (that's like
> three times now!) where he said:
> 
> "I feel that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance must be reinstated (if it
> was not a simple oversight)"
> 
> In that vein, I got a wicked cool idea.  If a city council member
> doesn't want to lead it, get one of the plethora of local
> pledge-reciting experts we have in our fair city, our elementary school
> students!  Talk about a neat thing for a kid to get to do, and a P.R.
> tool to boot.
> 
> Just musing,
> 
> DC
> 
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