Proud To Be An American

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

WTF does college have to do with it?

[Josh]

In elementary school we all learned the Proud to be a Murican song in fucking sign language for a school assembly. I was eight years old, and managed to figure out how to flash the middle finger at the audience four times.

We had to say the pledge in my schools from elementary school all the way up until 12th grade. I stopped saying it in 3rd grade and got sent to the principals office a lot. I was always able to argue my point well enough that I would just get sent back to class. In 5th grade I stopped standing up when the pledge was being said. I got detentions and almost a suspension over that, but still refused to do it and eventually the teachers gave up. Because they were tired of being out-debated by a snotty kid imo.

[Othello Harrington]

You are like fucking Che man, fucking Che dog, Che.

[Josh]

Nah. I was just a snotty fucking kid.

[Othello Harrington]

Well in my memoirs you're going down as a slick Che Guevarra type character who can play the Ramones like nobodies business. Later you'll turn gay and end up with Peewee Herman, but that's way down the line

[Josh]

I can't get much gayer than I am right now have you seen my pants? but I still like girls.

[Othello Harrington]

These are MY memoirs, you can make yourself Donnie Osmond in yours for all I care man.

[YellerDog]

It pretty much guarentees that you will conquer whatever problem. By giving it the big boot to the face followed up by a massive leg drop.

That is what a national anthem should do, IMO.

Song needs to be a Rock Band download.

[g0zen]

The pledge is nationalistic horseshit, just in the same way that this odious song is. I feel particularly resentful toward the song though, because during the Gulf War we had daily assemblies where we sang it and did all other manner of 'loyalty' exercises.

[Doc Holliday]

Growing up back in rural Texas, I remember having to sing the pledge. There was a six foot wooden statue of Washington, and afterwards, we'd have to get in line and each kiss his cod piece.