attention whore... how else is he going to get any PRESS unless he makes outrageous statements like this??? he can'tLiberals can’t stand the war/patriotic references in the SSB. If they could write a national anthem, I’m sure it would be all about diversity, unions, universal health care, and gay marriage.
Just in time for Flag Day!
Bill Press is an abomination.
Barack Hussein Kardashian is an abomination.
The Star Spangled Banner is AMERICA.
don’t like it??? let me show you the door.
Hell NO!
Ken Blackwell-spot on, as usual.
The Star Spangled Banner is a beautiful tune when played with the dignity and respect it deserves.Not like these clownish freaks who have sang it at past sporting events.
NO... it is not... but anyone the denigrates it or trashes it IS an Abomination!
LLS
The national anthem simply tells the story of both our flag and country. How IRONIC in the 200th anniversary of the start of the war of 1812 this is even being a subject at all.
President Obama NEEDS to go, PERIOD!
Crusade? Isn't that an izzlamophobic term for liberals? Hate speech? My, my, Bill. I declare jihad upon you!!
It is stuff like this that I DO end questioning the patriotism of liberals.
A short correction to post number 18, “ I do end up questioning” the patriotism of liberals.
“For Mr. Obama, this is part of a lifelong pattern. As a teen, he willingly associated himself with the Communist, Frank Marshall Davis. As Grove City College professor, Paul Kengor, Ph.D., has shown in his book-length treatment, Frank Marshall Davis was a strong influence on the young Barack Obama, an influence that Obama himself acknowledged in his first memoir, Dreams from My Father.”
I am VERY SURPRISED that Grove City College, which is a VERY DEVOUT Christian college, DID NOT throw professor out on his ears.
“Press adds: “It is a major crusade of mine to get rid of the Star-Spangled Banner. Now I know you’re going to say I am not a true American, I’m not patriotic. I don’t think patriotism has anything to do with it. The National Anthem is just absolutely monumentally un-singable. I mean there’s so much wrong with it. I don’t know where to start. It’s an abomination.”
Then Mr. Press did not hear what I consider the best, all time presentation on the national anthem, sadly, we lost her early this year, the late Whitney Houston’s presentation of it which showed the different vocal levels of her presentation, the way it should be sung.
We must NEVER have another administration like the one we have now. The anti-Americanism is abundantly palpable and may be remembered as the one that finally set the US toward hard balkanization along social, political, and religious ideologies.
From my experience in high school and college marching bands the arrangement chosen makes a difference. The most devilish one to play is an arrangement by John Phillip Sousa and Walter Damrosch. However, I ran across an arrangement by Felix Vinatieri, who was band master for Custer's 7th Calvary. This arrangement is short, dignified and would be ideal for sporting events plus it is steeped in American history. A CD with this version of the national anthem and other works composed by Vinatieri played on musical instruments from the 1870s is available here.
attention whore... how else is he going to get any PRESS unless he makes outrageous statements like this??? he can'tNo question; the 'Land of the Free' is an annoyance; and Home of the Brave; must make them miserable.
The worst rub for these Liberals, is of course; ". . .that our flag is still there". ..
I prefer Dixie
I have a personal preference for Irving Berlin's GOD BLESS AMERICA or George M Cohan's YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG, or even the old patriotic COLOMBIA THE GEM OF THE OCEAN!
And for a anthem without words what could be better than John Phillip Sousa's STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER!
How about a choice of the fIVE depending on the occasion.
Albert Brooks did a brilliant piece on this very topic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7JBrN_R6es
or maybe we should just start singing the second verse for a change of pace...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fQd858cRc
(this one gives me chills every time I hear it!!)