<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">good one Tom,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>pt.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 21, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Arnold, Arnold, Arnold <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Do you know what this is:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;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></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; 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 dont think so. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana">Another thing: I would rather share a beer with the person that questions authority than the person who leaves authority unquestioned.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; 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></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana">Tom Hansen<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Moscow</SPAN></FONT></ST1:CITY><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">Idaho</ST1:STATE></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;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></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt"> <HR size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [<A href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>] <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> <A href="mailto:joekc@adelphia.net">joekc@adelphia.net</A>; Phil Nisbet<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Vision2020] City Council and the Pledge</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P> </DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt">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. 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