Super Bowl 114.4 million , half time show 118. 7 million so a few extra people turned in just for her including me I saw very few commercials because I started watching later on tape didnt catch up until middle of 4th quarter timed it pretty good FYI I liked her show

most people on here including me are not protesting the pledge it’s why it has to be in a setting for a rock and roll band , maybe 4th of July I could handle it but that’s it , and as far as that cloying song I would never I mean never stand up and wave my hand back in forth and did I say NEVER

You mean NEVER? As in, "NEVER"?

If you had actually spent a few moments paying attention to the posts I've posted over the past three years, including many you responded to with this line of attack -

you would have seen that we were in the process of becoming homeless, when we moved here to an area that had already been developed back in the 1970's.

And yes I objected to the expansion south of 466A. The Developer, if he truly wanted to benefit the existing community AND profit - could have supported the fruit groves and agribusiness that were struggling, and turned them around to provide jobs, healthy living, healthy foods, and healthy activities for the entire community.

They chose to buy the properties and gut them instead. But what's done is done, they can't undo what they've done to destroy the acreage. All we can do now is to promote the community to people who want to be better stewards for the future.

And you can do it for a profit. I'm still a proud happy money-spending capitalist.

So if I find out where you'll be dining next, and bring a hand-held American flag with me, stand just inside the doorway and start reciting the Pledge..

You'll stop eating and stand?

How about when I wait 5 minutes, and recite it again? Will you stop eating and stand again?

How about if I see you walk into the bathroom, and I go in there and start reciting the pledge there with my flag waving in my hand?

If you're driving down the street and see me waving my flag and I'm reciting the pledge, will you stop your car, get out of it, and stand to recite the pledge with me?

No? Why not?

Answer: because it's not appropriate for me to do that.

Just like it's not appropriate for a band to exploit a little girl who probably has NO idea what the words even mean, by making go on stage to recite the pledge before they start playing.

Interesting story if you were ever in the military @ COLORS the raising and lowering of the flag at Military installations. All motion stops including vehicle movement. If you are outside you are required to stop and turn facing direction of flag staff.
At smaller units I was stationed flag was raised and lowered with no fan fare.

I remember pledging allegiance to our flag as a kid in school. It went something like this.......
" I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for Richard stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and justice for all".

It's surprising that the National Anthem isn't played every day at the start of the PGA Tournaments. Guess they aren't patriotic...

Yup we had the same thing at summer camp, every morning we'd play reveille and raise the flag, with every camper, counselor, and staffer standing still to silently observe. At dusk, we'd lower and fold the flag. At bedtime we played taps and prayed our thanks for the day we'd just experienced.

The Villages has LOTS of flagpoles. Many have American flags on them. Many of those flags are in various stages of disarray - tattered, faded, torn, dirty.

They keep those flags up 24/7, regardless of the weather, even though many of those flagpoles have no illumination.

Many of these people who have their flags up in such horrible conditions, very clearly against the (non-enforceable) Flag Code, are people who claim to be patriots.

You want to display your patriotism with your flag? Then treat it properly and with the respect it is due. Otherwise - sit down and hold your tongue. Which is exactly what many of us do, because many of US have more respect for that flag than many self-proclaimed "patriots" who fly it from their flagpoles.

I don't need a flag to be a patriot. I don't need to prove my patriotism to anyone. But if I were going to raise a flag, you'd better believe I'd handle it with the respect it's due.

And if this was California, the developer might have gone that route. Thank God we aren't

First, God had nothing to do with it.
Second, developers in California love building as much as Florida developers.

Did the jokester also sing, "Oh Jose can you see," at the beginning of OUR National Anthem.. :shocked:

Doubt it. Different audience.

Well, hello there, Mintz, my old nemesis. And, hey, thanks for reading my post #142 and you even quoted me in 143. Made it all worth writing the “rant.” :)

But, c’mon, surely you don’t mean you really cannot see this thread is most certainly about not standing for THAT SONG. I would call THAT SONG a dog whistle, but I have too much respect for dogs.

Your fiend,
Boomer

Okay, cool... I bought a re-sale, so all is good...

Carry on...


P.S. Do you actually expect me to remember everything about your life?