<div id="RTEContent"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">"Did my failure to recite this oath, on a daily basis (every morning when I awoke in the barracks) make me less of a soldier committed to my country? I don’t think so."-Tom Hansen<br> <br> Mr. Hansen,<br> <br> If the number of times a person reciting an oath or stating a pledge does not impact their performance, commitment, pride, loyalty or remind them of why they are there, why have them say it at all?<br> <br> -DJA<br> </span></font><br><b><i>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\!
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face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">“</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">I, (state your name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div
class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">That is the Oath of Enlistment. The first time I recited it was June 12, 1969. I did not recite it again until December 1973. In fact . . . during the course of my 20 years of Army service I can only recall reciting it four times (five, if you count my initial enlistment). Did my failure to recite this oath, on a daily basis (every morning when I awoke in the barracks) make me less of a soldier committed to my country? I don’t think so. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Another thing: I would rather share a beer with the person that questions authority than the person w!
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authority unquestioned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Take care, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">,
<st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." <br> <br> --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: !
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<hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Donovan Arnold<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 21, 2006 2:29 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> joekc@adelphia.net; Phil Nisbet<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] City Council and the Pledge</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Joe,<br> <br> I hope John and Nancy are not insulted by being asked to say the pledge. I would tend to think such patriots would revel in the opportunity, not view it as a punishment or inconvenience.<br> <br> The pledge is probably the only thing this community can agree to do together regardless of political affiliation or positions on the issues that follow that day. Unfortunately, I guess that is no longer true.<br> <br> Taking two minutes out of our month to show our patriotism, commitment to our nation and community, and to pledge our allegiance to this great nation has apparently become politically incorrect and too much of a hassle. <br> <br> -<font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">DJA</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> </blockquote><br></div><p>
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