Who was the Senator who proposed that "The Class of '57" be the national anthem?
It made me wonder if we are still a nation, whether we have anything that holds us together in a way that can be called a nation. The liberals say that we are a "credal nation," that a liberal doctrine and "the American dream" hold us together - this one from the NY Times also tells us that few know the words to the anthem. Fewer still have read (or can read?) the founding documents. Now the question of the day is whether we actually have a border.
I attended a luncheon yesterday in Ft. Worth along with about 500 others. We were entertained by a Homeschooled Youth Choir and their closing song was the entire National Anthem. Every person in room stopped talking a rose their feet and I doubt if there was a dry eye in the room. Every few other songs than can do that. Powerfull.
It is like debating how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. We are not going to change our national anthem, except perhaps to translate it into Spanish, which will become the official language by the end of the century.
They're absolutely right. Let's make God Bless America our national anthem and making all the ACLU atheists' kids sing it every morning before the morning announcements at school...
I think "The Slimes" is overrated.
O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
I love the Star Spangled Banner, but if it were ever replaced, I vote for Chuck Berry's Back In the USA.
Of course kids don't know the words anymmore. Civics is no longer taught.
But I'll bet all those kids know what "Si se puede" means....
GREATEST NATIONAL ANTHEM EVER!
I guess the NY Times prefers this tune:
rise ye workers [starvelings] from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And at last ends the age of cant.
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses arise, arise
We'll change henceforth [forthwith] the old tradition [conditions]
And spurn the dust to win the prize.
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
No more deluded by reaction
On tyrants only we'll make war
The soldiers too will take strike action
They'll break ranks and fight no more
And if those cannibals keep trying
To sacrifice us to their pride
They soon shall hear the bullets flying
We'll shoot the generals on our own side.
No saviour from on high delivers
No faith have we in prince or peer
Our own right hand the chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed and fear
E'er the thieves will out with their booty [give up their booty]
And give to all a happier lot.
Each [those] at the forge must do their duty
And we'll strike while the iron is hot.