Forum Post: 1% Pledge of Allegiance
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 9:45 p.m. EST by PangurUaine
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Dear 99% and OWSers,
My name is Forbes Merrill Morgan-Sachs. I have descended here from the 1% to make an announcement. We the 1% are directing our lobbyists to push a bill through Congress to revise the "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America", in such a way that will more accurately reflect the realities of today's America and the fact that we, the 1%, own it. We believe that the following version of the Pledge of Allegiance will accomplish the desired effect:
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG
OF THE CORPORATE STATE OF AMERICA
AND TO THE PLUTOCRACY
-FOR WHICH IT NOW STANDS -
PILLAGING THE NATION
UNDER MAMMON
FACELESS AND INVISIBLE
WITH LIBERTY FOR THE RICH
AND JUSTICE FOR NONE
Our lobbyists will also be directing Congress to include a provision in the bill mandating daily recitation of the revised pledge of allegiance in the nation's schools. This will serve to instruct America's youth about the kind of society they will inherit.
Your kind attention humbles me - really,
Forbes
Forbes Merrill Morgan-Sachs Chairman and CEO The Bankfein-Bandit Group
Well, that just says it all!!!
Let's take back our country and make it a true democracy. Down with this plutocracy! Power to the People!!!
For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for (both on the right and the left). Don't get distracted by the symptoms - we need to address the root cause. Concentrating our efforts on getting the money out of our politics is the best way we can create an environment in which further reforms can be realized. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the LAP DOGS of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - End the LEGALIZED BRIBERY!!! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests!!!