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More About the Oath of Citizenship
Will at Crescat Sententia responds to my post about his post about my post. Got that? As Sasha Volokh points out, patriotism doesn’t always mean “my country right or wrong.” I mean, I’m glad there are lots of people who love the country so much that they’ll turn up to defend us against any assault. If you’re worried, I promise you can count on me to defend the country when required by law [firstly, because it will be required by law, secondly, because I think that on the whole this is a pretty good country]. You can even count on me to obey laws I disagree with (or at least most of them). You can even count on me to support the enforcement of laws I disagree with, or at least … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics
The Oath
I first posted this on Monday, October 27, 2003. I am reposting it because Will at Crescat Sententia answered the question that I asked at the very end, How many natural born citizens would refuse to take this oath? He said that he would. ORIGINAL POST: In order to become a naturalized citizen of this country you must take an oath. If you are born a citizen, you do not. Somehow, I think the naturalized citizens are luckier. They get to profess their allegiance. via many, here via Robert Prather I hereby declare, an 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 heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics
The Oath of Citizenship
In order to become a naturalized citizen of this country you must take an oath. If you are born a citizen, you do not. Somehow, I think the naturalized citizens are luckier. They get to profess their allegiance. via many, here via Robert Prather I hereby declare, an 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 heretofore 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 … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics
Blogging: Linked By Sully
Andrew Sullivan has kindly linked this blog. It is the blog of an accounting professional, and EMT. I tend to libertarian / conservative in my perspective on life, and consider myself a lapsed Catholic (the Church left me). I am married to a lovely woman I met on the Internet, before the World Wide Web got popular, and we have a family of five cats. You will find that I try to post good news from Iraq often, and the Paul Bremer speech that Andrew blogged about is among those posts. (His URL direct link has too many digits, I think, and brings you to my main page.) I believe we had a moral duty to liberate Iraq and I am not overly concerned about other justifications or excuses. You will find … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogging, Original writing, Other Bloggers
Soccer Mom, Armed and Dangerous
The Washington Post had a long article about Ms. Plame yesterday. Just another typical soccer mom, with AK-47 skills: Plame was recruited by the agency shortly after graduation from Pennsylvania State University, sources said. She later earned two master’s degrees, one from the London School of Economics and one from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Plame underwent training at “The Farm,” as the facility near Williamsburg, Va., is known to its graduates. As part of her courses, the new spy was taken hostage and taught how to reduce messages to microdots. She became expert at firing an AK-47. She learned to blow up cars and drive under fire — all to see if she could handle the rigors of being an undercover case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Analysis, Original writing, Politics, Wilson / Plame
Beginning the Transformation
The Coalition Provisional Authority has its own web site: L. Paul Bremer, Coalition Provisional Authority Administrator Opening Remarks Press Conference 9 October 2003 Six months ago today Coalition Forces liberated Baghdad. I am sure that many of you were as thrilled as I was to see Saddam’s statue and his regime fall. Most, but not all, of what has happened since then is good. The Coalition has completed over 13,000 reconstruction projects, large and small, as part of our strategic plan for the reconstruction of Iraq. That plan has four elements: · Create a Secure Environment. · Begin Restoration of Essential Services. · Begin to Transform the Economy. · Begin the Transformation to Democracy. Before taking your questions I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
Presentation of Soldier’s Medal for Heroism
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, Chief, Army Reserve, will present the Soldier’s Medal, the highest peacetime award for heroism, to Captain John Chovanes, an Army Reservist with the Army Medical Corps. The ceremony will be held today, 1 December 2003, at the Pentagon in Room 2B548 at 2 pm. In the aftermath of the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001, Captain Chovanes at risk to his own life, voluntarily rendered medical aid, and assisted in the rescue of a New York Port Authority officer. The officer was buried well below the surface of the collapsed buildings. Rescue efforts involved slowly digging free the buried officer due to debris being above and around the rescue site. Captain Chovanes administered lifesaving medical treatment throughout the night to the buried … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Military, September 11, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
WMD in Iraq
In case you missed it in the David Kay interim report, this is the disease that OUR inspectors found that the Tikrit thugs had NEW reserch on: New research on BW-applicable agents, Brucella and Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), and continuing work on ricin and aflatoxin were not declared to the UN. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever After an incubation period of 2-7 days there is a sudden onset of flu-like symptoms including a severe headache, chills, fever, headache, muscular, lumbar and abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. After 3-5 days, hemorrhage begins and is seen as a red or purple discoloration of the skin and the development of nosebleeds. In about half of all cases the liver is enlarged (hepatomegaly). Blood is found in saliva, urine, black skin patches and vomit. This will lead to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror, WMD
SARS: Redux
Well, they’re still hashing out the last epidemic, and making correction. Free China has done the medical forensics and their numbers drop. WHO Lowers Reported SARS Cases in Taiwan By ANNIE HUANG, Associated Press Writer TAIPEI, Taiwan – The World Health Organization (news – web sites) has drastically lowered the number of reported SARS (news – web sites) cases in Taiwan in this year’s outbreak, after laboratory tests showed about half had other ailments. The recorded cases fell from 682 to 346, while the number killed by severe acute respiratory syndrome dropped to 37 from the earlier reported 84, according to the WHO Web site. Taiwan reduced by about a half the numbers it provided the Geneva-based U.N. agency after tests showed many of the cases reported during the February-June outbreak were not SARS, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Analysis, Medicine, Original writing, SARS
Coming Soon: Future Posts
- Declaration of War 1812 (in 132 days)
- USS President vs HMS Belvidera (in 137 days)
- General Hull Invades Canada (in 156 days)
- First Battle of Sacketts Harbor (in 163 days)
On Y!CN
- Radioactive Gravel from Japanese Nuke Disaster Used in Buildings
- Fuel Supplies Reach Nome
- Fuel Convoy Reaches Nome
- Russians Sail to Rescue of Ice Bound Alaska Community
- Pope Embraces Anglicans in U.S. with New Ordinariate
- Nebraska Nuke Plant Placed on Special Inspection Status
- Radioactive Water Leaks at Japanese Nuke Site
- Japan Damaged Nuke Plants Still Not Under Control
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