WCGreen Thu Sep-09-10 09:25 PM
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Two things I saw on TV that made me feel a little ill at ease.... Updated at 2:09 AM
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First was the way the people at the super dome reacted when the National Anthem was played.
Let me come clean, I think that playing the national anthem at all sporting events is a little jingoistic to me, especially if the only time the anthem is played is at sporting events.
Turn down the volume, DUmbass! I think it's patriotic, justified, and normal. I even sing along with it. Do you even know the words to it?
Tonight it felt a little over the top, the response by the crowd, the way the people on the field reacted.
I may be off base but it just felt threatening.
Maybe because it was in New Orleans, a place that the government at the time of Katrina, basically said you're on your own, and still...
Again, it felt a little dangerous to me.
So, because the crowd was cheering instead of booing, you felt threatened. Right...
Here's a clue, DUmbass. If 80,000 people are cheering and you aren't, it might me YOU, not THEM, that's the crazy one!
Then there was the Victoria Secret commercial where they were flaunting a size for all and all they showed was waif like women who ran the gamete from size 0 to size 1.
Granted it is Victoria Secret, but still...
I may be paranoid, but it seemed like I was living back in the Bush Administration when people displayed a love of country that was a mile wide and an inch deep and that women should be objectified.
Yes, you are paranoid. And Stupid. And a DUmbass.
Just because you/your S.O. is a size 28 doesn't mean Victoria Secret should be worn by just anyone. I won't wear a thong for 2 reasons: they are uncomfortable, and if I wore one, I'd look like a wooly mammoth wearing a rubber band.
Also, just because you and "The One" hates this country isn't reason for everyone else to hate it. There are a lot more out there that love this country, and your kind will find out just how many come November.
Now, GO TO HELL!