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Hey and welcome to The Short Stuff.

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Do you remember the Pledge of Allegiance by Heart?

I do. I was at a city council meeting the other day and I said it.

Yeah.

I was like, oh, I'm a little rusty.

It's been a while.

I know I did the same thing.

I went to say it in my head and I was like, I think I'm getting some of these words wrong.

But this is about the Pledge of Allegiance.

I think we should, I'll just read it real quick.

Everyone knows what we're talking about.

This is what we do in our country, everybody.

Every morning when we wake up.

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