I think that having a Pledge of Allegiance is an affront to liberty and has no place in America's constitutional republic. The phrase "under God" has the effect of establishing a national religion because in it the United States is putting itself under the authority of God (and there's a certain accountability to God that goes with this); thus, the phrase is unconstitutional.

The original pledge was written by a socialist and did not contain the phrase "under God."

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."