tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post114660016325608425..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: America worship?Streakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-1146673845872109022006-05-03T11:30:00.000-05:002006-05-03T11:30:00.000-05:00Streak- You're on a roll lately! If you haven't r...Streak- You're on a roll lately! If you haven't read it, check out <A HREF="http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=493&row=0" REL="nofollow">Greg Palast's article</A>. Palast's point about the wrong targets can be stretched to lots of different areas, including the anthem. People are finally feeling pissed off it seems, and they appear to need targets for their anger. Unfortunately, as you point out, the cross-hairs are falling on targets that have little meaning if people are interested in real, substantive change. Like Palast says, though, Bush has to be tickled pink at all of the clutter getting shot at instead of him.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, is it not sickly appropriate that the US national anthem is a militarily themed one? I'd love to know if there's any good psyche study on that one. Rockets, bombs, and the flag. If a national anthem is intended to reflect the character of a nation, maybe it's time to contemplate whether or not this one, in any language, is the appropriate theme for our third century.<BR/>Later<BR/>BBBootleg Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842413990753418066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-1146627008613347142006-05-02T22:30:00.000-05:002006-05-02T22:30:00.000-05:00It is even worse than that, Mary. Bush had it sun...It is even worse than that, Mary. Bush <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/national-anthem-sung-in-spanish-at-first-bush-inaugural/" REL="nofollow">had it sung in Spanish at his first inaugural</A>. Oh, and then there was <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/bush-sing-spanish/" REL="nofollow">this time when Bush actually sang it in Spanish</A>. Oh, and let's not forget all the Spanish language ads that the Republicans (and Dems) have used, including the ones in Nevada where they blame Democrats (falsely) for wanting to make illegal aliens into felons. Jeesh, do these guys ever tell the truth?Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-1146624847544175562006-05-02T21:54:00.000-05:002006-05-02T21:54:00.000-05:00The furor is especially absurd considering that th...The furor is especially absurd considering that the government <I>commissioned</I> a Spanish translation, La bandera de las estrellas, back in 1919! <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/spanish-anthem//" REL="nofollow">Think Progress</A> has that story, as well as some stuff on the fact that Bush didn't seem to object to this on the campaign trail. It's absolutely a smokescreen, and a diversion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-1146610268582174672006-05-02T17:51:00.000-05:002006-05-02T17:51:00.000-05:00thanks a lot. I am absolutely interested and beli...thanks a lot. I am absolutely interested and believe I had checked the blue door schedule very recently.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-1146609455465581172006-05-02T17:37:00.000-05:002006-05-02T17:37:00.000-05:00Sorry to be completely off topic here, but I thoug...Sorry to be completely off topic here, but I thought you'd want to know that Scott Miller will be in Oklahoma City playing a solo acoustic show at the Blue Door on May 20th.Wasp Jerkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15893089391441423862noreply@blogger.com