5/23/2002
Say what you want about Jesse Ventura, but he can be a breath of fresh air. This week he vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have required Minnesota's public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least weekly.
Unlike the Florida Legislature's cynical posturing superpartiots he saw the bill as contrary to real patriotism.
"Patriotism is voluntary," Ventura said in his veto message. "It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. No law will make a citizen a patriot."
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Unlike the Florida Legislature's cynical posturing superpartiots he saw the bill as contrary to real patriotism.
"Patriotism is voluntary," Ventura said in his veto message. "It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. No law will make a citizen a patriot."
You go!
