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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (15609)	3/5/2003 1:14:21 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Are you under the impression I care if the revolution would have failed? What the French did was, imo, wrong. It's tempting to get back at nations you do not like by using proxy nations to do the fighting for you (in this case the French, using us, to get back at England). I hardly think it's a good thing to base international law on, do you? The ends do not justify the means, at least not in my reality- maybe in yours they do. I have to find a way to live with the means, myself.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (15609)	3/5/2003 1:25:59 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Maybe some people don't understand this, Hawk: Oath of Office for President of the United States, U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative President of the United States United States Constitution Article 2 Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows: Paragraph 7 Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Senator & U.S. Representative House of Representatives (Oath or Affirmation) I do solemnly swear 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; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. This oath is mandated by Article VI of the Constitution and its text is set by statute (5 U.S.C., Sec. 3331). US Senate (Oath or Affirmation) (Same Rule III Oaths The oaths or affirmations required by the Constitution and prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by each Senator, in open Senate, before entering upon his duties.) Oath Required By The Constitution And By Law To Be Taken By Senators "I, A__ B__, 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; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God." (5 U.S.C. 3331.)