Posted on 07/19/2017 4:29:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
Exercising the freedoms of speech and press that so many have given their last measure of devotion for, Chicago Tribune contributor Diana Goetsch has penned an op-ed defending disgraced and unemployed former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his infamous taking the knee during the national anthem. Not stopping there, Goetsch goes on to slam the national anthem as a “pompous battle number” that wasn’t played before sporting events until 1942 in the dark days of World War II.
One wonders if Goetsch has pondered the possibility that were it not for the sacrifice of veterans during World War II she just might be plying her trade writing her tirades in Japanese or German. The flag the national anthem celebrates was raised at Iwo Jima and never stopped flying at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Let us make the obligatory stipulation that both Kaepernick and Goetsch have the right to express their opinions through their actions and words. But they have the obligation to recall that this and other rights came at great expense in blood and treasure. Men, and women, have died or been maimed for life for their right to be obnoxious and insensitive to the heroic sacrifice of others. As Aaron Bandler writes at the Daily Wire:
"Unlike the magisterial 'America the Beautiful,' 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is a pompous battle number," wrote Goetsch. "Spurred by a petition bearing 5 million veterans' signatures, Congress designated it the national anthem in 1931, but it wasn't until 1942, and our entry into World War II, that it was played on loudspeakers daily before games."…
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Misspelled.
I recognize the former president but who is the goofy looking jug-eared skinny guy?
When you are listing far left idiots who write for the Chicago Tribune, don’t forget Clarence Page, the anti-veteran, extreme FAR left idiot who is also a member of the Tribune Editorial board. The Tribune isn’t even suited to line dog cages.
Three of those men were killed on Iwo Jima. I wonder if this brainless confused idiot who thinks he’s a girl knows ... or cares.
Pompous battle number? What do you call over paid, trash talking athletes who attempt to demean their opponent? In comparison, the anthem is pretty mild.
This extremely confused, mental defective is alive and free because many sacrificed for this country and defended freedom. What an in gracious idiot.
Exercising my freedom of speech, I would say she needs a paper bag covering that face.
LOL.....goofy is a good description for Boobamaba.
Time for Misseder Sobieski to go to South Chicago and do a couple, he’ll never make it past the first, interviews with the inhabitants. We’ll never hear from him again!
It’s a good series.
Wasn’t it renamed “Adams and Liberty” during the Revolutionary War?
If the people want it changed, it will be. Until that time, it’s the one. What this is really about is hating this country, just as the failure Colin Kaepernick does.
Kaepernick does not care about treasure, as he demonstrated when he single-handed took down the NFL's ratings. Goetsch, as a Chicago Tribune writer, does not care about blood - look at how indifferent they are to Chicago's daily violence except as it supports their far-left political agenda. They are free to say and do what they wish, and we are free to make sure not one cent of our money goes to the NFL or the Tribune when they do so.
Three of those men were killed on Iwo Jima.
Harlan Buck, Franklin Sousely, and Mike Strenk...as well as the photographer of the color film, Bill Genaust...
Wasn’t it renamed “Adams and Liberty” during the Revolutionary War?
not during the war; it was the first ‘campaign song’ during the election of 1800...
The name Clarence Page didn’t mean anything to me, until I did see his picture. He did look familiar. Most likely from the time when I was still watching the fake news channels
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved 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!
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