I just heard about the "Obama Pledge" video featuring Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, David Arquette, Courtney Cox and other celebrities pledging to do/not do various things and knew I just had to see it for myself. At first the pledges seemed innocuous and some even noble, but a chill ran up my spine when Ashton and Demi came on at the end and pledged to "serve President Obama" while other celebrities chimed in saying "I pledge" while being added to the screen in squares a la Brady Bunch. An earlier shot featured Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers kissing both of his biceps while pledging to serve Obama. In my opinion, we are not to serve our president. We are to serve our COUNTRY in whatever capacity that we are called to, from enlisting in the military to recycling to voting. We owe no allegiance to a president, only to our country. Our founding fathers would be appalled by any other notion.
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