posted June 20, 2011 10:56 PM            

I recall O'Bomber excluding the words..."that they are endowed by their 'Creator' with certain inalienable rights" from his take on the Declaration of Independence.

Now, NBC is catching hell from viewers of their programing...and others; rightly so.

But, NBC is just expressing the Marxist view, the O'Bomber view, that God plays no part in the history or in the lives of Americans.

NBC and O'Bomber are both mistaken and a price will be paid for their attempts to cut God out of our historical documents and out of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Someone asleep at the switch? Nope! Even when NBC sportscasters apologized, they just couldn't bring themselves to say the words and never mentioned what was left out.

NBC dumps 'God' from Pledge of Allegiance

NBC golf commentators just apologized for a big oops that has people fired up all over the Internet.

In a patriotic, rah-rah-America video that opened NBC's coverage Sunday of the U.S. Open Golf Championship, the reading of the Pledge of Allegiance by a group of children in a classroom setting ommitted the phrase "under God."

This was the abbreviated version: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, with liberty and justice for all."

The kids can actually be heard reciting the pledge twice; the second version leaves out "under God" and "one nation," too.

Immediately, viewers cried foul, taking to Twitter and comment boards, calling NBC "scumbugs" and pledging to boycott the network.

Later, an NBC commentator apologized to viewers: "It was our intent to begin our coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being here in our nation's capital for the third time. Regrettably, a portion of the pledge of allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it."

Someone asleep at the editing switch? Watch the video below and tell us what you think.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/19/2960837/nbc-dumps-god-from-pledge-of-allegiance.html

Notice, NBC apologized to "those of you who were offended by it".

If there's anyone in America who wasn't offended by the deliberate attempt to re-write the Pledge of Allegiance they probably would be much happier in another nation.

Goodbye and good riddance.

posted June 21, 2011 11:16 AM            

also, an apology has been proffered so i wonder why the fuss in the first place?

posted June 21, 2011 11:59 AM            

Not me!

The fact is that Under God is part of the Pledge of Allegiance and NBC tried a re-write which blew up in their faces.

End of the story...except to say; there's absolutely no possible excuse for NBC that will suffice.

Nor, is there any possible excuse for O'Bomber leaving out..."that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights" from his little ditty on the Declaration of Independence.

posted June 22, 2011 10:20 AM            

It's clear O'Bomber doesn't believe humans have inalienable rights endowed by God.

O'Bomber thinks rights come from government...which is the Marxist view. If government can grant "rights", then government can also take those "rights" away.

This Marxist view flies in the face of the Declaration of Independence and the "Bill of Rights".

Obama Again Omits ‘Creator’ When Speaking of ‘Inalienable Rights’ Cited in Declaration of Independence
Monday, September 27, 2010
By Terence P. Jeffrey

Just seven days after he sparked controversy by omitting the word “Creator” when he closely paraphrased the passage from the Declaration of Independence that says all men “are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,” President Barack Obama again omitted the Creator when speaking about the “inalienable rights” that “everybody is endowed with.”
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/75843

So much for O'Bomber..."the constitutional scholar".

Now, let's see what the Declaration of Independence really says about inalienable rights, where they come from and why governments are instituted in the first place.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

What's true is that O'Bomber doesn't believe a word of this part of the Declaration of Independence...and he acts like he doesn't as well.

posted June 22, 2011 11:53 AM            

the fact is that one can take for granted that "the Creator" is what endows everything with everything it has. not just men with rights, but antelopes with speed, elephants with trunks, and amoebas with the ability to divide...

and not adding the WORDS "the Creator" does not imply one omitting God. many people these days see God in a different way than the traditional religions did, ie, the paternal bearded guy in the sky doesn't work for everyone. that doesn't mean spirituality is overriden by government, but that old conceptions mutate with time.

all your objection tells me is that if it isn't done (or worded) EXACTLY THE WAY YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE, you condemn it. this basically divisive attitude toward religion, politics and all human endeavours is what makes wars necessary. many of us believe that the time for fighting to the death has passed, because it will kill us all and make the planet uninhabitable.

i am basically christian but i see merit in all the religions. that doesn't mean i don't believe in a creative force, which you call God or The Creator. it just means i see it as even bigger than that bearded guy in the sky. i believe christ said "the kingdom of heaven is within" and not in lip service to religion.

posted June 23, 2011 10:58 AM            

This guy is a real foul-ball who proves daily that he is not fit to serve anywhere in government and most certainly not as President of the United States.

Voter are getting ready to remedy the mistake made in 2008.

As for NBC, there is simply no excuse they can make for attempting to re-write the Pledge of Allegiance.

I expect that heads will roll at NBC over this.

NBC is no longer owned or run by O'Bomber supporters, General Electric and Jeffery Immelt.

posted June 24, 2011 09:54 AM            

The problem...for leftists...is that those royal screw-ups have a cumulative effect on American voters by putting the leftist agenda front and center and in the spotlight and, calling their credentials into dispute or ill repute.

O'Bomber...the Constitutional scholar and "most intelligent President in US history"...can't remember some of the most important words recorded in the Declaration of Independence.

NBC wants Americans to tune in to NBC but then slaps Americans in the face by re-writting the Pledge of Allegiance.

posted June 24, 2011 01:03 PM            

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O'Bomber...the Constitutional scholar and "most intelligent President in US history"...can't remember some of the most important words recorded in the Declaration of Independence.

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"Can't remember" is not a rationally valid statement. Nothing in his paraphrasing suggests an issue with his memory. If I paraphrased a movie plotline, and left out things I remember having happened I don't have a memory issue.

posted June 28, 2011 08:56 AM            

That O'Bomber failed to grasp the source of human rights...."Endowed by thier Creator" with certain inalienable rights"...

posted June 28, 2011 08:56 AM            

That O'Bomber failed to grasp the source of human rights...."Endowed by thier Creator" with certain inalienable rights"...

posted June 30, 2011 09:24 AM            

So acoustic...why didn't you?

It's almost painful watching leftists flailing around in attempts to protect The One, The Messiah O'Bomber.

The truth is that O'Bomber doesn't believe in inalienable rights endowed by the Creator.

O'Bomber believes in privileges granted by government...which can be amended or taken away at the whim of government.

posted June 30, 2011 10:18 AM            

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Originally posted by jwhop:

That O'Bomber failed to grasp the source of human rights...

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are you honestly saying that God is the source of human rights jwhop?? seriously???
whose God? yours? mine?
no need to answer... if this is the biggest issue in your world you are extremely fortunate indeed

posted June 30, 2011 10:47 AM            

there are also governments where the head of state is also the head of religion - as in britain - but that does NOT apply to the USA. so whether or not the president even believes in GOD - jefferson was a little ambiguous on this point - is, as emitres pointed out, irrelevant.

what is relevant in the declaration is that those rights are INALIENABLE. meaning they can't be taken away. so, since our modern understanding of "men" includes women, coloured people, and to a large extent children (though we have a ways to go before we grant children THEIR inalienable rights) they now apply to EVERYONE, not just free white males as they did in the days of the Declaration.