Re: Michael, the man of a 1,000 words

Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:32:58 -0500
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"GT "Tick"" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> ....Oh, and one other thing, what song lyric?
This one:
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/blessusa.htm
It should be renamed, "Another Cheesy Country Song."
> "Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
> What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?"
>
> What did they hail? The Flag. How did they hail it? PROUDLY! What is
> the flag? It ain't nuthin' but a piece of cloth with stars and bars.
> What does that ol' rag represent? The USA. What is the USA? Nuthin'
> but a bunch of damned ol' people. Americans.....
The Star Spangled Banner really sucks as a song. It's bombastic, too long,
impossible to sing and the lyrics are difficult to remember. We should have
long ago replaced it as the national anthem with "America the Beautiful."