I agree. It would help to practice the lyrics before going before the crowds. It isn't just about you or the event. It is about our National Anthem.
National Anthem at the Super Bowl - an editorial
“So, with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten — straight up, no styling. Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don’t make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love — not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from the costumes, the makeup and the entourages. Sing “The Star Spangled Banner” with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America , not you.”
Monday, March 7, 2011
FW- IF... Thanks Sonny!
IN GOD WE TRUST
SOME OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME OF YOU WILL NOT.
I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING THIS BECAUSE ALL OF
IT IS TRUE.
If any other of our presidents had doubled the
National debt, which had taken more
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would
you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had then proposed to
double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had criticized a state law
that he admitted he never even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?
If any other of our presidents joined the country of Mexico and sued
a state in the United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on?
If any other of our presidents had pronounced the Marine Corps like
Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot?
If any other of our presidents had put 87,000 workers out of work by
arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies
that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign
company had an accident, would you have agreed?
If any other of our presidents had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render 87000 American workers
unemployed would you support him?
If any other of our presidents had been the first President to need
a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference,
would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If any other of our presidents had spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars to take his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had reduced your retirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had made a joke at the expense of the
Special Olympics, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given Gordon Brown a set of
Inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought it a proud
moment for America ?
If any other of our presidents had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If any other of our presidents had filled his cabinet and circle of
advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income
taxes, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had stated that there were 57 states
In the United States , wouldn't you have had second thoughts about his
capabilities?
If any other of our presidents would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit
him walking out his front door in his home town, would you not have
thought he was a self important, conceited, egotistical jerk.
If any other of our presidents had been so Spanish illiterate as to
refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was
the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried
again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?
If any other of our presidents had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a
hypocrite?
If any other of our presidents' administrations had okayed Air Force
One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in
Downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If any other of our presidents had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If any other of our presidents had created the position of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have ever approved.
If any other of our presidents had ordered the firing of the CEO of
a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do
so, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so
brilliant and impressive?
Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 24
months -- so you have that much time to come up with an answer.
Every statement and action in this email is factual and directly
attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record
and completely verifiable.
I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU WILL FORWARD THIS ?
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
SOME OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME OF YOU WILL NOT.
I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING THIS BECAUSE ALL OF
IT IS TRUE.
If any other of our presidents had doubled the
National debt, which had taken more
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would
you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had then proposed to
double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had criticized a state law
that he admitted he never even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?
If any other of our presidents joined the country of Mexico and sued
a state in the United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on?
If any other of our presidents had pronounced the Marine Corps like
Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot?
If any other of our presidents had put 87,000 workers out of work by
arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies
that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign
company had an accident, would you have agreed?
If any other of our presidents had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render 87000 American workers
unemployed would you support him?
If any other of our presidents had been the first President to need
a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference,
would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If any other of our presidents had spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars to take his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had reduced your retirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had made a joke at the expense of the
Special Olympics, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given Gordon Brown a set of
Inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought it a proud
moment for America ?
If any other of our presidents had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia,
would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If any other of our presidents had filled his cabinet and circle of
advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income
taxes, would you have approved?
If any other of our presidents had stated that there were 57 states
In the United States , wouldn't you have had second thoughts about his
capabilities?
If any other of our presidents would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit
him walking out his front door in his home town, would you not have
thought he was a self important, conceited, egotistical jerk.
If any other of our presidents had been so Spanish illiterate as to
refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was
the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried
again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?
If any other of our presidents had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a
hypocrite?
If any other of our presidents' administrations had okayed Air Force
One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in
Downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If any other of our presidents had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If any other of our presidents had created the position of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have ever approved.
If any other of our presidents had ordered the firing of the CEO of
a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do
so, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so
brilliant and impressive?
Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 24
months -- so you have that much time to come up with an answer.
Every statement and action in this email is factual and directly
attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record
and completely verifiable.
I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU WILL FORWARD THIS ?
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Bud Day Medal of Honor winner... Thanks Nita!
Everyone should see this!
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THIS ONE-- NO ADDED COMMENTARY IS NEEDED........
I got shot down over N Vietnam in 1967, a Sqdn. Commander.
After I returned in 1973...I published 2 books that dealt a lot
With "real torture" in Hanoi . Our make-believe president is
Branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has
No idea what torture is.
As for me, I was put thru a mock execution because I would not respond...
Pistol whipped on the head....same event.. Couple of days later...
Hung by my feet all day. I escaped and a couple of weeks later, I got
Shot and recaptured. Shot was OK...what happened afterwards was not.
They marched me to Vinh...put me in the rope trick, trick...almost
Pulled my arms out of the sockets. Beat me on the head with a
Little wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot,
Unbroken hand a pulp.
Next day hung me by the arms...rebroke my right wrist...wiped
Out the nerves in my arms that control the hands....rolled my fingers
Up into a ball. Only left the slightest movement of my L forefinger.
So I started answering with some incredible lies.
Sent me to Hanoi strapped to a barrel of gas in the back of a truck.
Hanoi ..on my knees....rope trick again. Beaten by a big fool.
Into leg irons on a bed in Heartbreak Hotel.
Much kneeling--hands up at Zoo.
Really bad beating for refusing to condemn Lyndon Johnson.
Several more kneeling events. I could see my knee bone thru
Kneeling holes.
There was an escape from the annex to the Zoo. I was the Senior
Officer of a large building because of escape...they started a mass
Torture of all commanders.
I think it was July 7, 1969...they started beating me with a car fanbelt.
In first 2 days I took over 300 strokes...then stopped counting
Because I never thought I would live thru it.
They continued day-night torture to get me to confess to a non-existent
Part in the escape. This went on for at least 3 days. On my knees...
Fan belting...cut open my scrotum with fan belt stroke. Opened up
Both knee holes again. My fanny looked like hamburger...I could not
Lie on my back.
They tortured me into admitting that I was in on the escape...and
That my 2 room-mates knew about it.
The next day I denied the lie.
They commenced torturing me again with 3- 6- or 9 strokes of
The fan belt every day from about July 11 or 12th..to 14 October
1969. I continued to refuse to lie about my roommates again.
Now, the point of this is that our make-believe
President has declared to the world that we (U.S..) are a bunch of
Torturers...Thus it will be OK to torture us next time when they
Catch us...because that is what the U.S. Does.
Our make-believe president is a know nothing fool who thinks
That pouring a little water on some one's face, or hanging a pair of
women's pants over an Arabs head is TORTURE.. He is a meathead.
I just talked to MOH holder Leo Thorsness, who was also in my squadron,
In jail...as was John McCain...and we agree that McCain does
Not speak for the POW group when he claims that Al Gharib was
Torture...or that "water boarding" is torture.
Our president and those fools around him who keep bad mouthing
Our great country are a disgrace to the United States . Please pass
This info on to Sean Hannity. He is free to use it to point out the
Stupidity of the claims that water boarding...which has no after
Effect...is torture.
If it got the Arab to cough up the story about how he planned the attack on the twin towers in NYC ...
Hurrah for the guy who poured the water.
____________________________________________________________________
"Bud" Day, Medal Of Honor Recipient
George Everett "Bud" Day(born February 24, 1925) is a retired
U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the
Vietnam War. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S.
Service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having
Received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions
In combat. Day is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Calling Obama a meathead is extremely mild.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THIS ONE-- NO ADDED COMMENTARY IS NEEDED........
I got shot down over N Vietnam in 1967, a Sqdn. Commander.
After I returned in 1973...I published 2 books that dealt a lot
With "real torture" in Hanoi . Our make-believe president is
Branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has
No idea what torture is.
As for me, I was put thru a mock execution because I would not respond...
Pistol whipped on the head....same event.. Couple of days later...
Hung by my feet all day. I escaped and a couple of weeks later, I got
Shot and recaptured. Shot was OK...what happened afterwards was not.
They marched me to Vinh...put me in the rope trick, trick...almost
Pulled my arms out of the sockets. Beat me on the head with a
Little wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot,
Unbroken hand a pulp.
Next day hung me by the arms...rebroke my right wrist...wiped
Out the nerves in my arms that control the hands....rolled my fingers
Up into a ball. Only left the slightest movement of my L forefinger.
So I started answering with some incredible lies.
Sent me to Hanoi strapped to a barrel of gas in the back of a truck.
Hanoi ..on my knees....rope trick again. Beaten by a big fool.
Into leg irons on a bed in Heartbreak Hotel.
Much kneeling--hands up at Zoo.
Really bad beating for refusing to condemn Lyndon Johnson.
Several more kneeling events. I could see my knee bone thru
Kneeling holes.
There was an escape from the annex to the Zoo. I was the Senior
Officer of a large building because of escape...they started a mass
Torture of all commanders.
I think it was July 7, 1969...they started beating me with a car fanbelt.
In first 2 days I took over 300 strokes...then stopped counting
Because I never thought I would live thru it.
They continued day-night torture to get me to confess to a non-existent
Part in the escape. This went on for at least 3 days. On my knees...
Fan belting...cut open my scrotum with fan belt stroke. Opened up
Both knee holes again. My fanny looked like hamburger...I could not
Lie on my back.
They tortured me into admitting that I was in on the escape...and
That my 2 room-mates knew about it.
The next day I denied the lie.
They commenced torturing me again with 3- 6- or 9 strokes of
The fan belt every day from about July 11 or 12th..to 14 October
1969. I continued to refuse to lie about my roommates again.
Now, the point of this is that our make-believe
President has declared to the world that we (U.S..) are a bunch of
Torturers...Thus it will be OK to torture us next time when they
Catch us...because that is what the U.S. Does.
Our make-believe president is a know nothing fool who thinks
That pouring a little water on some one's face, or hanging a pair of
women's pants over an Arabs head is TORTURE.. He is a meathead.
I just talked to MOH holder Leo Thorsness, who was also in my squadron,
In jail...as was John McCain...and we agree that McCain does
Not speak for the POW group when he claims that Al Gharib was
Torture...or that "water boarding" is torture.
Our president and those fools around him who keep bad mouthing
Our great country are a disgrace to the United States . Please pass
This info on to Sean Hannity. He is free to use it to point out the
Stupidity of the claims that water boarding...which has no after
Effect...is torture.
If it got the Arab to cough up the story about how he planned the attack on the twin towers in NYC ...
Hurrah for the guy who poured the water.
____________________________________________________________________
"Bud" Day, Medal Of Honor Recipient
George Everett "Bud" Day(born February 24, 1925) is a retired
U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the
Vietnam War. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S.
Service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having
Received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions
In combat. Day is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Calling Obama a meathead is extremely mild.
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