national anthem at sporting events

[dandi]

You know, strong patroitism must be a southern thing. Many years ago I read an article that stated that other than the state of West Virginia, no other states in the union had given a higher percentage of it's population to the defense of this nation (military service) than the southern states.

The DUmmies know that, admit it, and frequently talk about it, though in a derisive and mocking way. Yet out of the other side of their mouths, they'll paint the South and Southerners as traitors to the U.S. who never got over the Civil War and still hold secession in our hearts.

It takes a special kind of crazy to hold two polar opposite ideas in their festering little minds at once, and believe deeply in both of them.

[Karin]

DUmmies, predictable as usual.  

This is only tangentially related, but I have a small bitch.  Our tiny town has a parade each Memorial Day.  The high school band marches in it.  Is it too much to ask that they learn some patriotic songs?  I think they only know two songs:  Hang on Sloopy and Something by Styx.  They played the anthem at the flag raising ceremony at the end of it all, but they didn't do a very good job at it.  I think the Anthem should be played or sung with excellence only.  Play it like you mean it.  

I can't believe they're avoiding patriotic songs out of fear of offending DUmmies; these northern NY towns are very traditional, with the Legion usually the center of the community.  That and the Church.