I pledge allegiance to the corporations...

[Octafish]

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the corporate states of America.
And to the stockholders, for which they stand,
one nation, under Mammon, socially divisible,
with liberty and justice for some.

[mnhtnbb]

1. Very clever.

[Octafish]

4. Wish I could claim credit...

The Corporate Flag and Fascism Gift Shoppe

[invictus]

2. LOL! K&R

[Octafish]

5. Smile. Yeah. It could be worse...

It can almost always be worse.



Still, it's true. "Friendly Fascism" by Bertram Gross

[demigoddess]

3. you forgot amen at the end. after all we are a 'christian nation.

eom

[Octafish]

6. Amen. Hallelujah. Pass the Loot.

Here's some truth, from Jan. 12, 2008:

A New Pledge And Allegiance Are Needed

EXCERPT...

Where are we as a nation? I would summarize our current state with the flag I march with at protests. This flag resembles the “Stars and Stripes” except that it replaces the stars with corporate logos. It is called the Corporate Flag and I carry it because it is the flag of my government. From our defense budget and the war to our government’s response to the flooding of New Orleans to our government’s solution to health care for seniors, our government’s first concern has been the needs and requests of corporations. In essence, our government hopes that its benevolence to the corporate world trickles down to the general population to a sufficient degree so that the people remain complacent and disengaged.

FWIW: I'm a Democrat and believe all PEOPLE are created equal. I'm better than none. None are better than me. And I'm a Roman Catholic Shaman Zen Tantric Buddhist hybrid, too.

[Ignis]

7. At least the suspense is gone.

Now it's official. :(

[Octafish]

8. It's like a 47-year long Hitchcock film...

...where every day the mask slipped a bit more off the monstrous face...



...and the Constitution was the MacGuffin.

[blm]

9. We tried. We were spurned by those so certain of their own cleverness and their own faith

in those who were smiling traitors.

[Octafish]

11. 30 pieces of silver is the going rate.

The public's watchdogs are always "shocked!" to discover how cheap politicians sell themselves.



Below's an article on one of the few heroes of the last few decades, Brooksey Born.
She blew the whistle on derivatives and the threat they posed to the economy.
So, Greenspan, Rubin and Levitt ran her out of town.

Prophet and Loss

I know You probably know all about her. Is she You, blm?

[HughBeaumont]

10. I pledge DEFIANCE to the flag of the United Snakes of Captivity

And to the Republic for which it stands
I dip it in Kerosene and stick it up the ass of You-Know-Who and LIGHT IT!
One Nation Under God . . . Or ELSE.
One Nation under psychopathic Pentagon Gangsters
whose idea of national security is concentration boot camps for ANYone we label an enemy combatant
AND
The people who use the drugs that the government supplies themselves.
One Nation under Wall Street (the cops and the government are all crooks, might as well be one too!)
One Nation of sedated tabloid robots who actually believe what they see on TV and when asked what they think about it, they say
"I don't Care."
One Nation drowning in it's own garbage
Indivisible from the Fall of Rome
With Liberty and Justice for all who can afford it.

- Jello Biafra

[Octafish]

12. California Über Alles

Speaking of corporate stooges... Remember Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed?



Whatever happened to those two handservants of our planetary elite?

"Confidence Men" and Shell Games

That Something also goes to the root of the matter of why all this matters: It’s called Integrity. And going by two illegal wars and a gadrillion dollar Wall Street bailout, it’s sorely lacking in a majority of our elected officials.

[bridgit]

13. E-Trade Baby for POTUS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdfvWAp5GUw

[Octafish]

14. LOL! Kid's got the smarm for the job.

Here's one President who did battle with Wall Street:

Battling Wall Street : The Kennedy Presidency (Paperback)

~ Donald Gibson
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"Gibson captures what I believe to be the most essential and enduring aspect of the Kennedy presidency. He not only sets the historical record straight, but his work speaks volumes against today's burgeoning cynicism and in support of the vision, ideal, and practical reality embodied in the presidency of John F. Kennedy - that every one of us can make a difference." -- Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, Chair, House Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs

"Professor Gibson has written a unique and important book. It is undoubtedly the most complete and profound analysis of the economic policies of President Kennedy. From here on in, anyone who states that Kennedy was timid or status quo or traditional in that field will immediately reveal himself ignorant of Battling Wall Street. It is that convincing." -- James DiEugenio, author, Destiny Betrayed. JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

More than thirty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the meaning and the legacy of his presidency are as much the subject of controversy as are the facts of his murder. Was JFK a tool of the Eastern Establishment - of the corporate and banking elites - or was he their bitterest enemy? Did his policies - domestic and international, implemented and unfulfilledserve to continue the domination of the powers-that-be, or did he attempt, and in many cases effect, a break with America's aristocracy? In this intriguing and penetrating analysis, Don Gibson does not simply replay the standard commentaries on the Kennedy presidency, many of which are ill-informed, even if well-meaning. Gibson looks at what JFK himself said, wrote, and did, contrasting that with the words and actions of his enemies-the Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, and the corporate and banking magnates themselves, who, as this book shows, truly despised the President. The current conventional wisdom depicts Kennedy as a cautious, even a conservative president, a Tory Democrat committed to the status quo and to the Establishment. But this book makes a compelling case to the contrary, suggesting that President Kennedy was always willing to do battle for his policies, even in the face of vicious attacks.
With its clear and lively style, this book is a revelation to the general reader and to the specialist. It also contains strikingly original insights into environmental elitism. It adds a new and important dimension to the ongoing debate over the Kennedy presidency. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

SOURCE:

http://www.amazon.com/Battling-Wall-Street-Kennedy-Presidency/dp/1879823101

Come to think of it, he was the last President to battle Wall Street.

Wow! That voice. The condescension! And he's "right" about the clowns.

[Mithreal]

15. So many variations, had no idea. On Hartmann's show today a caller recited another version.

I pledge allegiance to the corporations
who own the United States of America,
and remember the republic for which it destroyed,
one nation under the Chamber of Commerce,
Bought and Sold,
with shackles and inequality for all.

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the corporate states of America.
And to the conglomeration,
for which it stands,
one nation, under many CEOs,
always divisible,
with liberty and privileges for some.

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United Corporations of America.
And for monetary gain, for which it stands.
One nation, under a false illusion, of liberty, and justice, for all.

[Octafish]

17. Very nice. Thank you, Mithreal!

Here Neil Bush goes all international with Rev. Sun Myung Moon.



These are per'lous times. Indeed. A few, however, will find shelter in Paraguay.

[Echo In Light]

16. K&R

[Octafish]

18. It's the compassion for others & the concern for passing on the right values to a new generation...

... that really get to me.

What I mean:

The Dawning of Fascism in America

(sorry about the site navigation -- truly awful,
but the content is nice.)