Socialists in the USA originated the Nazi salute, robotic group-chanting to 
flags, Nazism, flag fetishism, and the modern swastika as "S" symbolism for 
"Socialism." http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html

Much of that history is the history of the Pledge Of Allegiance. 
http://rexcurry.net/pledge-allegiance-pledge-allegiance.jpg Pledge Of 
Allegiance photographs expose America's terrifying past.

Those historical facts explain the enormous size and scope of government 
today, and the USA's growing police state. They are reasons for massive 
reductions in government, taxation, spending and socialism.

The "Nazi salute" is more accurately called the "American salute" as it was 
created and popularized by national socialists in the USA. It was the early 
salute of the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge was written by Francis 
Bellamy. http://rexcurry.net/pledgetragedy.html Francis Bellamy was cousin 
and cohort of Edward Bellamy.

http://rexcurry.net/pledgebackward.html Edward Bellamy and Francis Bellamy 
were self-proclaimed socialists in the Nationalism movement and they 
promoted military socialism.

The Pledge was mandated by law in government schools for three decades 
before, and through, the creation of the National Socialist German Workers' 
Party. http://rexcurry.net/bellamy-edward-karl-marx.html

see photo of Pledge of Allegiance 
http://rexcurry.net/USA-pledge-of-allegiance-rexcurrydotnet.jpg Pledge of 
Allegiance.

Many people do not know that the term "Nazi" means "National Socialist 
German Workers' Party." Members of the horrid group did not call themselves 
Nazis. In that sense, there was no Nazi Party. They also did not call 
themselves Fascists. They called themselves socialists, just as their name 
indicates.

The historian Dr. Rex Curry showed that the early Pledge Of Allegiance did 
not use an ancient Roman salute, and that the 'ancient Roman salute' myth 
came from the Pledge Of Allegiance." The discoveries have been reviewed and 
verified on wikipedia 
http://rexcurry.net/roman-salute-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html

The original pledge was anti libertarian and began with a military salute 
that then stretched out toward the flag. In actual use, the second part of 
the gesture was performed with a straight arm and palm down by children 
casually performing the forced ritual chanting. Due to the way that both 
gestures were used sequentially in the pledge, the military salute led to 
the Nazi salute. The Nazi salute is an extended military salute via the 
USA's Pledge Of Allegiance.

Media coverage about the discoveries continues to grow 
http://rexcurry.net/audio-rex-curry-podcast-radio.html

Fan mail for work exposing the Pledge's poisonous pedigree is at 
http://rexcurry.net/pledge_heart.html

And listen at http://odeo.com/audio/1747108/view

The Pledge's early salute caused quite a Fuhrer/furor. The dogma behind the 
Pledge was the same dogma that led to the socialist Wholecost (of which the 
Holocaust was a part): 62 million slaughtered under the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics; 49 million under the Peoples' Republic of China; 21 
million under the National Socialist German Workers' Party. It was the worst 
slaughter of humanity ever.

People were persecuted (beatings, lynchings, etc) for refusing to perform 
robotic chanting to the national flag at the same time in government schools 
in the USA and Germany (to the American flag, and to the German swastika 
flag).

American socialists (Edward Bellamy teamed with the Theosophical Society) 
also bear some blame for the modern swastika 
http://rexcurry.net/swastika3clear.jpg Swastikas became overlapping 
S-letters for "socialism," all shown in the research of the noted 
symbologist Dr. Rex Curry. Although the swastika was an ancient symbol, its 
use was altered to alphabetic symbolism in modern times. 
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html As German socialism's 
notorious flag symbol, the swastika was deliberately turned 45 degrees to 
the horizontal and always oriented in the S-direction. Similar alphabetic 
symbolism is still visible as Volkswagen logos. 
http://rexcurry.net/swastika-audi-logo.JPG

The bizarre acts in the USA began as early as 1875 and continued through the 
creation of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German Nazis or 
NSGWP). American soldiers used the swastika symbol in WWI (against Germany) 
and the symbol was used by the American military during WWII. 
http://rexcurry.net/45th-infantry-division-swastika-sooner-soldiers.html

The NSGWP had clear roots in National Socialism promoted by socialists in 
the USA. Amazing graphic images that prove the point are at 
http://rexcurry.net/theosophy-madame-blavatsky-theosophical-society.html

The USA is still the worst example in the world of bizarre laws that require 
robotic chanting to a national flag in government schools (socialist 
schools) every day for 12 years. It has changed generations of Americans 
from libertarians to authoritarians. The government bamboozled individuals 
into believing that collective robotic chanting in government schools daily 
is a beautiful expression of freedom. Frightening photographs are at 
http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html