Maybe that Pledge does need fixing

This blurb finds itself attached to email forwards (hello again, cute kittens, awesome videos, and "good ol' days" pastiches!), and supposedly comes via comedian Jay Leno:

With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?

All righty; that's blandly cute as a one-liner. But come on, you just know that American fundies will take the gag as an actual warning against de-godding the Pledge. For the flag-waving, school-prayer-ing crowd of fearful out there, let me note:

Yeah, with hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, having God in the Pledge of Allegiance is working out so well for us.