I've always wondered - do they really put flags in the corners of every elementary school classroom and get the kids to pledge allegiance each morning, or is it just on TV?

While I don't ever remember reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school (well, maybe once or twice at an assembly or something -- certainly not every morning or once a week), it doesn't sound like the sort of thing that would be remarkably uncommon, either. (Edit: I'm in Raleigh, NC, which, along with Wake County in general, while within the Bible Belt, is probably an island of non-Bible-Belt-ness, despite the fact that the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is in Wake Forest. Also, I went to public school from 1978-1991, if my math is correct.)

While we may be pledging allegiance to something that 23% of Americans don't believe in, at least we're not pledging allegiance to GWB.