I do find it interesting tha tthe foxnews reporter misrepresented the event, by stating that there was silence after she sang.

There wasnt a standing ovation at the end, but people were clappiing.

I think civil disobedience, is just that. Telling people in advance that you are going to civilly disobey, more or less defeats the purpose of the whole exercise.

So much love and respect,

I agree with Afro Healer. That was an amazing act on her part.

I also think that her protest was made all the more poignant when juxtaposed with the ticker tape news bulletin that read:

I also agree with AfroHealer. They probably would have stopped her from singing if she'd warned them beforehand. It was great that she did it that way.

The traditional lyrics are full of war imagery, although it certainly is a gorgeous song either way. I'm no flag waver, but the song always gives me shivers with the regular lyrics simply because of the music itself - I've never heard these lyrics before and wow, that increased the shiver effect tenfold.

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Originally posted by laine lowe:
I've always loved the melody of the US national anthem.

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Originally posted by Seddig:
I am not familiar with the American National Anthem. What does it suppose to say and what has she changed?

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The former is about killing British people, and the latter is about not killing African people.

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To nobody's surprise, Barack O-bomb-a was quick to condemn Rene Marie's courageous act of civil disobedience.

I've always found it an interesting paradox that, considering how the U.S. is a country so obsessed with victory, our anthem actually commemorates a brutal defeat.

I think that what Rene Marie did was courageous.

Here's another one I'd like to see:

At major league baseball games in the U.S. since 9/11, it's become customary to have someone sing "God Bless America" during the "seventh-inning stretch"(the time between the top and the bottom of the seventh inning in which "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" was once traditionally sung by the crowd.)

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At major league baseball games in the U.S. since 9/11, it's become customary to have someone sing "God Bless America" during the "seventh-inning stretch"

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Creepy. I got a song they can sing. It's right up their alley:

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Die Fahne hoch! Die Reihen fest geschlossen!
S. A. marschiert mit ruhig festem Schritt.
Kameraden, die Rotfront und Reaktion erschossen,
Marschieren im Geist in unseren Reihen mit.

Die Straße frei den braunen Batallionen.
Die Straße frei dem Sturmabteilungsmann!
Es schaun aufs Hakenkreuz voll Hoffnung schon Millionen.
Der Tag für Freiheit und fūr Brot bricht an!

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Originally posted by Ken Burch:
At major league baseball games in the U.S. since 9/11, it's become customary to have someone sing "God Bless America" during the "seventh-inning stretch"....

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Originally posted by kropotkin1951:
Yes Ken except you forgot the point that America invaded Canada first and that is why the British gave them a ass whooping. It is ironic since it was the British warships bombing from out of range much like America uses its airpower today to strike at targets.

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The former is about killing British people, and the latter is about not killing African people.

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WHY DIDN’T YOU SIMPLY TURN DOWN THE REQUEST TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM?
I viewed the invitation to be a door opened to me to sing this version of the Star Spangled Banner; that others needed to hear it as much as I needed to sing it. Also, I had sung the song successfully right in the city of Denver only two months earlier and received much positive response. The organizers of that event did not know I was going to sing that song, either.

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