ALLEGIANCE? A spoof on an American pledge I pledge allegiance to dah United-Estates-Ah-Capitalism und dah ekunomy fer which it standz: wun market under a Unified Economy wid low-tariffs fer most-favored nationz & violable in money wayz wid liberty fer major stock holders & justice fer rulin' elites - a true champion ah liberty ready ta kill err jail any who disagreeee... Sam: (shaking his head) This is too unpatriotic. Tim: Every nation has its dark side. To understand things deeply, we must examine all sides. Kris: Hmm. That takes too much time. Tim: We've got'ta get over our obsession with speed. Examination is the core of discovery.What else is a human birth for? ================================================================================= from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A satire on a 1892 verse by Francis Bellamy about the United States and pseudo-democracy KEYWORDS: unamerican poetry, political satire, American economic hegemony, The Pledge of Allegiance. Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1997 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/prolog.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/under.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/unter.htm ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/lealtad.htm FRANÇAIS: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/alleg.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/chuusei.htm