no national anthem at steeler-dolphin game

[Danzig]

i just don't think the decision made by a few in one game indicates a huge problem. i'd rather worry about the state of vet hospitals. no doubt soldiers would rather have adequate care when they need it then sweat whether a national anthem was skipped.
i'll ask my son in a couple of weeks when he comes home for the holidays.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

Why are you so worried about this Mortimer?? Don't you know there are big things going on such as LeBron's sprained left index finger?? Shouldn't flags be lowered to half mast due to that??

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Frankly ,HOC, I'm surprised he's not on the flag himself by now.




Sometimes things just don't feel right.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Hysteria?








Why I'm a fucl<in' lunatic!!






An A#1 psychopathic raving fool.










I forgot to say fucl< the Constitution and it's whining Bill of Rights.

Get ridda a them ,too.

Out of sight...out of mind.







Fucl< those stupid Founding Fathers and all the patriots in the Revolutionary War.


Fucl< those nomad pioneers ,too, while I'm at it.

Nothin' like been away for a month.....making up for lost time.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

Nothin' like been away for a month.....making up for lost time.

Trying to make 7246..it's important..don't make me fucl< it up.

[Mortimer]

Just to clarify....we could use God Bless America or America The Beautiful.....or just alternate.

And we are the only nation to certify our belief that church shall be kept separate from state...for those who aren't up to snuff on that sort of thing.....Dannie.

[cmorioles]

I came to this thread much too late. It has already been hijacked by a moron...err...morty.

[Rileyoriley]

At my daughter's high school this year, the new principal decided they would only play the National Anthem 1 morning each week instead of every morning like they had been. The students protested (many have siblings, parents, or friends in the military). The kids won. I'm proud of my daughter and the other kids.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Rileyoriley

At my daughter's high school this year, the new principal decided they would only play the National Anthem 1 morning each week instead of every morning like they had been. The students protested (many have siblings, parents, or friends in the military). The kids won. I'm proud of my daughter and the other kids.

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God who wouldn't be?



Principals.

The last bastion of true American bullsh it.

Shameful.




Those kids did a really great thing..they really did. They now ought to kick his tired and tenured azz outa there.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

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Principals.

The last bastion of true American bullsh it.

Shameful.

I take massive offense to that statement. You are insulting a lot of extremely great people. My deceased, beloved father one of them. One of the great human beings of all time...and at one time a high school principal. I apprecicate your enthusiastic patriotism...but please stop with the
bulls it.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

I take massive offense to that statement. You are insulting a lot of extremely great people. My deceased, beloved father one of them. One of the great human beings of all time...and at one time a high school principal. I apprecicate your enthusiastic patriotism...but please stop with the
bulls it.

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Well since you insist.....fucl< them....and their bullsh!t.

Since your Father passed away it does not include him...right?



I have seen too many of these "plying their trade" so don't tell me I insult a " lot of extremely great people." The few who are different aren't insulted.

[hi_im_god]

my dad was a ww2 vet (new guinea, northern luzon island , japanese occupation).

i want to throw his corpse in this debate but i'm not sure how to do it tastefully.

any suggestions?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rileyoriley

At my daughter's high school this year, the new principal decided they would only play the National Anthem 1 morning each week instead of every morning like they had been. The students protested (many have siblings, parents, or friends in the military). The kids won. I'm proud of my daughter and the other kids.

Good for them!

Are kids still taught the Pledge of Allegiance?

[Danzig]

they do the pledge here every day, but we never had the anthem before school.

[GenuineRisk]

The anthem's music is originally the tune of an old English drinking song. So, when it's played without words, it is truly being patriotic, or is it a subversive ode to drinking, which frankly, is more in line with a sporting event, anyway?

"To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee,
A few sons of harmony sent a petition,
That he their inspirer and patron should be.
When this answer arrived from that jolly old Grecian:
Voice, fiddle and flute no longer be mute,
I’ll lend you my name and inspire you to boot,
And besides I’ll instruct you like me to entwine
The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’ vine."

http://www.colonialmusic.org/Resource/Anacreon.htm

I LOVE our history- anthem is set to a drinking song, and the Pledge was written by a Socialist- interesting tidbit-

"His (Francis Bellamy's) original Pledge read as follows: 'I pledge allegiance to my Flag and (to*) the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' He considered placing the word, 'equality,' in his Pledge, but knew that the state superintendents of education on his committee were against equality for women and African Americans. [ * 'to' added in October, 1892. ]"

http://history.vineyard.net/pledge.htm

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

The anthem's music is originally the tune of an old English drinking song. So, when it's played without words, it is truly being patriotic, or is it a subversive ode to drinking, which frankly, is more in line with a sporting event, anyway?

"To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee,
A few sons of harmony sent a petition,
That he their inspirer and patron should be.
When this answer arrived from that jolly old Grecian:
Voice, fiddle and flute no longer be mute,
I’ll lend you my name and inspire you to boot,
And besides I’ll instruct you like me to entwine
The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’ vine."

http://www.colonialmusic.org/Resource/Anacreon.htm

I LOVE our history- anthem is set to a drinking song, and the Pledge was written by a Socialist- interesting tidbit-

"His (Francis Bellamy's) original Pledge read as follows: 'I pledge allegiance to my Flag and (to*) the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' He considered placing the word, 'equality,' in his Pledge, but knew that the state superintendents of education on his committee were against equality for women and African Americans. [ * 'to' added in October, 1892. ]"

http://history.vineyard.net/pledge.htm

and the words 'under god' were added during the cold war, to differentiate our superior selves from those dammed atheist commies...

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

The anthem's music is originally the tune of an old English drinking song. So, when it's played without words, it is truly being patriotic, or is it a subversive ode to drinking, which frankly, is more in line with a sporting event, anyway?

No wonder it is so damn hard to sing.

I like this version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g5y1kQPHlI