Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Fwd: stew Date: Sun, 04 May 2025 08:23:51 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <68156c85$0$3832$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <681585c5$0$4266$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <68162269$0$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 04 May 2025 00:23:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="71deeaf9b8a4023e1f7a85a2ec3acdc8"; logging-data="553224"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/tfJtlPKMuFiMy+ksnTRr7" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kIJ3AYPxLwk2wdHa0Y9PjCl5/W0= Bytes: 2581 On Sat, 3 May 2025 21:44:12 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton wrote: >On 2025-05-03, Bruce wrote: >> On Sat, 3 May 2025 18:54:15 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote: >> >>>In our club, we say the American pledge of allegiance at the start of >>>meetings. I thought it was peculiar that the old guy next to me left out >>>the words "under God" which threw me off beat. I asked him about it and >>>he said that's the way he learned it and he gets mixed up sometimes. It >>>seems that those words were added to the pledge in 1954, when the >>>Americans were gripped with fear of the commies. It was added because a >>>commie can't say those words without stopping to spit. It was a way to >>>ferret out the true commies in our midst. >>> >>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67wKhddWu4 >> >> So religion is forced down people's throats in the US? > >Not where I live. Although Trump is trying his best to make >Christianity the national religion. > >Really, saying "one nation, under God" is barely "shoved down >one's throat". I can't remember the last time I said the Pledge. >Fifty years ago, perhaps? > >I wonder what weird club David belongs to. But don't your presidents always mention God blessing America etc? -- Bruce