More like "Game Over," there will be no true "Patriot" Yanks this time to rescue us. The "rainbow sickos" have done enough damage for others to invade the freedom we have sadly abused...

Do you mean like the Half-Time show at a Superbowl FOOTBALL game?

What have YOU done to continue this FREEDOM in America instead of you sitting there with your constant negative comments about the land supposedly you were born in, Miss OrangeBlossomBaby?
Well, wait for your written accomplishments...:read:

It's none of your business. And thanks to this great country, I have the right to that bit of privacy.

You have a right to privacy
You have the freedom to sit for the Pledge of Allegiance
But......just because you have that right, doesn't make it the right thing to do.

As SWMBO always says, "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD..."

This is mainly about THAT SONG and probably a bye-bye Boomer
 

Hey, charlieo, I agree with you.

I, too, see that intro routine as a marketing ploy, pandering to their presumed TV market, made up mostly of those who lean and thrive on the division in this country. The child should have been left out of it.

Mr. Boomer and I stand for the pledge and for the Star Spangled Banner, BUT about that “Proud to be an American” song………

That song has been around forever, but in the past several years, it has been turned into an anthem, and in a way, the battle cry, for those who lean far in a certain direction.

I am happy to hear that there were those in that audience who did not feel intimidated into standing up for that Greenwood song. Those who did not stand knew exactly what was going on and did not choose to be a part of the cult-behavior that has seized our nation and is only getting worse.

To me, standing for THAT song which is NOT our National Anthem is in the same clueless category as defacing our beloved flag by plastering an image of a well-known face right across the middle of “Old Glory” and thinking that is patriotic…….

Btw, in case anyone reading this is all set to call me the names that have been so easily programmed in and ready to spew……..well, that would be off.

And, just for the record, Mr. Boomer’s background is military - Army SF, Green Beret — and he would not stand for that fake “Proud to be an American” anthem either. We know how divisive that song has become — and so did those people being judged by their “sitting” — and many of them could be just plain moderates who use their own critical thinking skills and refuse to be manipulated…….and who are very concerned about the road this country is headed down.

:boom:er (“It once was my party and I’ll cry if I want to”) Seeya.

Nice rant...

Except the thread was never about standing for THAT song...

I won't even respond to the political nonsense...

I agree. The pledge of allegiance has a part that the reciter hand over heart is committing to by oath ---- one nation under God - INDIVISIBLE with liberty ----- I walked into City Fire with gold colored "united we stand" cap on. Big mistake. Who are the hypocrites the ones standing taking a pledge they do not live by daily or the ones that remained seated ?

Faulty logic. As a veteran who served 24 years and was born, grew up and went to school on military installations, I can guarantee you that, although you are free to disrespect our nation, that is absolutely NOT what A SINGLE troop I have served with believed they were fighting "for" you to directly have the "right" to disrespect them and their service.

What does it say about a group of Americans who can't get excited, for whatever reason or occasion, about expressing their love and pride of country???
Maybe, you (generic you) are the proof that, at this point, it simply isn't worth saving.

Being disrespectful to "our nation" - I'm not the one leaving cigarette butts on the ground. I'm not the one polluting the ocean with nuclear waste. I'm not the one digging into our planet to mine coal. I'm not the one digging up beautiful wildlife and nature and exchanging it for apartments and housing for people who already have a home somewhere else.

Choosing to remain seated when a child is exploited by a bunch of adult yahoos in a sorry attempt to draw attention to how patriotic they are - is not "disrespecting" anyone.

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I'm Deleting this post; if not, it would have probably kicked me off this place. :rolleyes:
Miss OrangeTyphoneLady, you get a pass this time. :police:

Yes, just like that. Incidentally, the most recent Super Bowl half time show was the most watched half-time show in SB history. Obviously, millions of folks enjoyed it very much.

The Super Bowl Half Time shows are marketed for teens to thirty somethings and some older people. Not really to those 55 and older except for those of us who are young at heart. Even though I have met many Villagers who often act more like teens than most teens do. Especially the quite grown up teens here in the Villages.

Nah! Most were in the kitchen or BBQ getting food ready for the second half while talking about the first half. Only Uncle Ned wasn't in the kitchen at our house. The chocolate Cootie Clusters auntie wuzzy made gave him the .... um, the geysers (if you catch my drift