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Stupid: Let’s dump the “Star-Spangled Banner”!!1!
By Rusty Shackleford | June 13, 2009
The melody is lifted from an old English drinking song. The lyrics are all about bombs and war and bloodshed — and not in a good way. By the penultimate verse, the song has turned really nasty: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave/From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.” In the first verse — the one we generally sing — there is only one reference to any value commonly associated with America: “land of the free.” By contrast, “home of the brave” is empty bravado. There is nothing in the American myth (let alone reality) to suggest that we are braver than anyone else.
I guess they took Obama’s manta of “Change” literally. American exceptionalism…who needs it?!
That is all.
Topics: Things That Suck, Stupid People Rule!, Stupid things the Left does/says, Zombie Apocalypse |
4 Responses to “Stupid: Let’s dump the “Star-Spangled Banner”!!1!”
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June 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Your reaction is reflexive and thoughtless.
Oh wait - you’re Rusty! Carry on.
June 14th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
And that differs from your response how?
If you idolize the European system of government so much, why not pick-up and move to Europe?
June 14th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
You went deep on me. I don’t know how to respond to “Love it or leave it”.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
If you idolize the European system of government so much, why not pick-up and move to Europe?