Save Our Country with a Heavy Dose of the Pledge of Allegiance
Get POTUS to hear/see those words every day until January 20th
My daughter, like many American kids, is remote learning. She’s set up on our dining room table in front of a window showing the New England foliage.
One morning last month, a few minutes after 9 A.M., as I walked by on the most-traveled route in our house — from my computer desk to the teapot — she stood and placed her hand on her heart.
I stopped — not visible to her class or overworked elementary school teacher — and joined her, mouthing those important and poignant words: The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Like many veterans (Gulf), I know people who gave this country everything for our liberties.
In the U.S., school children know the refrain that finishes with the words “liberty and justice for all” is important enough to put your right hand on your heart, stand up, and take off your hat.
If we want to convince the current occupant of the White House to accept the will of the people in our upcoming election, agree to a peaceful transfer of power, and get all of his junk packed up and ready to go by January 20th at noon, then here’s my plan:
