Dimbulb; since Aguilera flubbed the national anthem, we should stop
ROS sent us a link to the most ridiculous tripe ever written. Kevin Blackistone writes that since Christina Aguilera tripped over the lyrics of the National Anthem at the Superbowl last weekend, we ought to end the singing of the anthemat sporting events. And, oh, no one knows the lyrics anyway;
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 begin the country’s business, spectators of a mere sporting event shouldn’t be forced to sit through it, either, especially during the time we are living through right now.
There are, after all, a lot of people out there who argue that they don’t want politics to have anything to do with sports. They accuse coaches, athletes and media of disrespecting service men and women in battle by using war metaphors to describe how touchdowns are scored, come-from-behind victories are achieved and adversity is fought through to win a game.
Yet, those same people don’t see a contradiction at rising to their feet at every sporting event to mouth (a 2004 Harris Interactive poll showed most U.S. citizens don’t know the National Anthem’s lyrics)…
That makes complete sense. Some drug addled bint forgets the words so we should all stop singing the national anthem so no more drug-addled bints are embarrassed by their incompetence. I mean that was the only thing she had to do all day, and she got to go to the Superbowl. And she blew it. Now she can’t even get a gig at a bar mitzva and it’s all our fault for bringing politics into sports…or something.
Category: General Whackos
That is the way being left-minded works…don’t mess with their self-esteem, don’t hold them accountable for their mistakes because if we look hard enough, there will be someone else to blame!
Every time this mouth-breather shows up on ESPN I have to change the channel lest I do damage to my television. Guy sucks that bad even at his primary job.
She sucked. She sucked bad. (And probably good in the locker room but I digress….) Go to Chicago. The Packers-Bears championship game was freezing cold and they still performed and amazing ceremony with the National Anthem before the game. Their guy is awesome at it and the crowd goes absolutely crazy over it! Pictures of players, coaches and fans all alike with tears in their eyes during the singing. The flyover, the Color Guard….there isn’t politics in that. That is simply national pride being displayed by 70,000+ fans.
I guess this guy has the same attitude that Michelle Obama did when she wasn’t proud of her country until her husband gets himself bought into the White House…
Right after she became an American citizen Alanis Morsette did a great rendition of the National Anthem at the NBA finals. She didn’t do anything fancy just sang it.
I had to go back and watch the video. Two things:
1.) It has to be about the anthem and not the singer.
2.) They showed a quick shot of both the soldiers and players just after she messed up. She may have forgotten the words, but you could tell that both the soldiers and players hadn’t. And they weren’t amused. At all.
a 2004 Harris Interactive poll showed most U.S. citizens don’t know the National Anthem’s lyrics
Oh, People are ignorant. That’s a good reason for dropping it.