I noticed that a lot of visitors were coming to my blog after Googling “Peace Corps Oath.” I had mentioned before (based on hearsay) that it was the same as the Presidential Oath, but I was quite wrong. Let’s look at the similarities between two recent swear-ins:
(Photo taken by me on Oct. 10, 2008, |
(I am from Chillicothe, OH) |
| I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States [so help me God].
-January 21, 2009 |
I, Paul Bradford Blair, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and 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 my duties in the Peace Corps by working with the people of Kenya as partners in friendship and in peace [so help me God].
-January 8, 2009 |
Frankly I think the Peace Corps oath is much more intense. Well, enough funny stuff… tomorrow I’ll be writing about some of my inroads into the world of educational software.