Pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States is more of a ritual than anything else. Unless you're in the Military, it means very little. If a U.S. cit

Pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States is more of a ritual than anything else. Unless you're in the Military, it means very little. If a U.S. citizen can't break the umbilical cord with Uncle Sam, then he's not free at all. The so-called Land of the Free has been converging to Authoritarianism for a while. It's really quite worrying that the few people brave enough to break-away are labeled as traitors.