My take on it
I say the pledge at times (but this is rare), but at other times I don't. I guess this is b/c I recognize both sides ofthe situation, as you all have presented. Esp. after 9/11, I think what the flag and the pledge of allegiance stands for is HIGHLY CONTRADICTORY and HIPOCRITICAL. Yet I also know that I wouldn't live the life I am able to in any other country in this world, and that many of my ancestors died in the struggle to afford me this privilege. This is why I guess I usually stand and acknowledge the pledge, and will place my hand on my heart, but usually not recite it.
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