no national anthem at steeler-dolphin game

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Originally Posted by cmorioles

Wow, hard to believe people get upset about the lack of the National Anthem before a game. I had actually forgotten they play the Anthem at the track until visiting Saratoga this year. Most people look at it as an inconvenience to stop and be quiet for a few minutes.

I'm as patriotic as the next guy, probably moreso than most, but I don't think this is any big deal.

You filthy naybob of nincompoopism!


You are entitled to your yak like opinion.









But just you keep one thing in mind ...sir.

The guy that went on perimeter patrol even though the weather was inclement and he had lost his best friend the night before having watched his head disappear ..he probably wasn't too crazy about his own inconvenience either.




So if we can't take 2 stinking minutes to remember guys like this before sporting events....which are a luxury.....when that 2 minutes can be seen to be " no big deal" then we get what we have today which will become more and more over the tomorrows.

Now if you can claim you have done that ....that's a different story. I was in the Marines....but I never had to actually fight in a war.


Hundreds of thousands to date have.

If they think as you......then I admit to being a fool.