NBC makes a major oops

[Ken VanTassell]

Just for historical reference, the words "Under God" were added to the
pledge in 1954 after a campaign from the Knights of Columbus and others.

http://www.oldtimeislands.org/pledge/pledge.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance

It does seem extremely dumb for NBC to have done this no matter the reason.

-Ken

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Bill O'Neill (billohno@gmail.com) <
billohno@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/20/2011 10:37 AM, John Francini wrote:
>
>> The Pledge is one of those 'third rail' things that you play with at your
>> peril.
>>
>> John
>>
>
> I think this deletion decision was purposeful and much higher than at the
> "truck level."  Despite prevailing human wisdom that God doesn't matter in
> the present American culture, He still does.
>
> Bill O'Neill
>
>