Friday, September 10, 2010

The Pledge of Allegiance


"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Wow, it sounds so serious. Yes it is a serious business, marks an end to the quest of American citizenship, the funny thing is I shall leave this country shortly after becoming a citizen. Well, it has been over 3 years and Victor asked me do I have special feeling that I have become a United States citizen this afternoon, I told him the truth I don't feel anything different, I have been living here for so long already, it just make it easy for me to travel, don't have to deal with different names and different passports, the last but not least, I have the RIGHT to vote and I am going to vote Pelosi out of the office in coming November.

" The Oath of Allegiance

I hereby declare on oath that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of whom or which I have hereto been a subject or citizen;

That I will support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;

That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;

That I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law;

That I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law;

That I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law;

And that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;

So help me God. "

So help me God. I like the sentence mention --- One nation, under God, indivisible...etc. I see this country has been divided, has been divided by left or right; Democrats or republican; Muslim or christian; Is it under my God or under Your God?! This is also the beauty about this country, lies in the Bills of Rights, it's the freedom of religions. Even the founding fathers and framers were Christians, there is a Jewish star on your paper money, there was no one religion being impose on any citizens of this country. You get to choose what you want to believe in, as long as you don't hurt other people.

I felt a sense of responsibility, or I shall say obligation to fight for the country; yes that is how I felt after I pledge my allegiance. Let's hope there is peace so they won't call me to bear arms.

Ah~~also, President Obama from The White House wrote me a letter, (attached) makes it looks so good, he is really good at PR; perhaps he should open up a PR firm instead of talking on TV everyday or he could really use his valuable time to solves some of the toughest crisis this country is facing.

So help us God.

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