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Published: 02/8/11

Time to Turn Off National Anthem Before Sports Events

By  Kevin Blackistone - AOL News
Time to Turn Off National Anthem Before Sports Events

On Capitol Hill one June day in 1955, moments after what was dubbed as a premiere of The Pledge of Allegiance set to music, House members in attendance and gallery spectators looking on engaged in a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." It wasn't planned for our national lawmakers to sing the United States' anthem that day. It never is. Sports, however, have and continue to ritualize it with barely a shred of relevance. It was, no doubt, Christina Aguilera's fault that she flubbed the National Anthem's lyrics at the Super Bowl on Sunday. But if our lawmakers don't sing it every day to ...

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Published: 11/4/08

Are You Ready for Some Goofball?

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Are You Ready for Some Goofball?

Yesterday, at a Sarah Palin rally in Colorado Springs, Hank Williams, Jr. warmed up the crowd. So great is his affection for the vice presidential nominee that he skipped his usual gig with "Monday Night Football," during which, in the show's bombastic opening, he craftily squeezes a few lines about the opposing teams into his now-famous theme song, "Are You Ready For Some Football." Of late, Junior has basked in the affection of the Palin/McCain throngs, changing football jerseys to the appropriate town as he travels in Palin's traveling show. And, like Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Bruce ...

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Published: 11/19/07

Perspective on Obama's 'Unpatriotic' Image

By  Ada Calhoun - Politics Daily
Perspective on Obama's 'Unpatriotic' Image

So, by now you probably know that Obama didn't put his hand over his heart during a singing of the National Anthem (circulating photo at right), and that FOX made a big deal about it, and that suddenly pundits pretended they toootally had memorized United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171: "During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart" (which no one in the photo is fully observing), and that Obama explained himself. But the issue just won't ...

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Published: 10/26/07

The World's Sexiest Vegetarian will Sing at the House that Meat Lovers Built

By  Mullet - AOL News
The World's Sexiest Vegetarian will Sing at the House that Meat Lovers Built

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what to make of this, but Carrie Underwood's upcoming National Anthem performance at Game Three of the Series at Coors Field on Saturday night does create a minor bit of irony. We'll let the quote explain: Dick and Charlie Monfort, the Rockies general partnership, are active in the beef industry. Their grandfather, Warren Monfort, and father, Ken Monfort, created Greeley-based Monfort Inc., which was one of the largest meat-packing companies in the world. It is now a part of Swift Co. Underwood, meanwhile, was voted "world's sexiest vegetarian," by People ...

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