Tag: national anthem
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A Higher Class of People (RR)
INDIVIDUAL CHOICES TRUMP “THE TEAM” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Oct. 10, 2016) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is your Roving Reporter broadcasting from the ‘Home of the Corps’: Oceanside, California. It has been said that there’s more retired US Marines living here than any other place in the world, and I tend to believe…
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Look Who’s Standing for the National Anthem
“GOOD JOB!” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 13, 2016) — The Facebook page of a local Fox affiliate, Channel 5 in New York, has posted a home-video of a nine-year-old boy with a brain injury attempting, and succeeding briefly, to stand up when “The Star-Spangled Banner” is played in his living room. The young boys attempts…
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Country or Money (RR)
“MAKE FOOTBALL WATCHABLE AGAIN” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Sep. 12, 2016) — “Good day to everyone. This is Chief New Leaf bringing you ‘Pulse of the Nation,’ the show that tells the truth and nothing but. If you’re seeing this show in a different time slot, don’t blame us; since the rug has been yanked out from under…
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Obama’s Colin Cleansing
“BLAME THEIR POOR PERFORMANCES” by Don Fredrick, ©2016, blogging at The Obama Timeline (Sep. 6, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following article was penned on September 5, 2016.] Obama today defended NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the National Anthem. He said, “In terms of Mr. Kaepernick, you know, I gotta [sic] confess…
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Americans Have Boycotted Their Right…to Boycott
“THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY” by Thomas Pastore, ©2016 (Sep. 5, 2016) — The recent and ongoing “farce” of this so-called football player, Colin Kaepernick, exists solely because we as a people, and that means all Americans, have boycotted our rights to show discontent and objection to those by whom we are offended. Some will make the…
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Vote by Remote (RR)
“UNGRATEFUL, WEALTHY BRAT” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Aug. 28, 2016) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘Pulse of the Nation,’ the show that lets it all hang out. We interview regular folk walking down this sidewalk and put them on the spot. “Excuse me, Miss, Chief New Leaf here for ‘Pulse.’ Mind answering…
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The Trial pb
EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT by OPOVV, ©2014 (Mar. 31, 2014) — ACT I The curtain rises on a chaotic scene of a 1870’s Mississippi river boat about to embark. Stage right is the boat; gangplank toward center stage; center stage has bales of cotton and luggage lined up as it is carted aboard; stage left…
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Our Banner Yet Waves
HOW MANY HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND IT? by OPOVV, ©2013 (Dec. 7, 2013) — Our National Anthem is a victory cry, a song born upon a successful military engagement. It didn’t come cheap, our flag: pain, suffering, hardship, death. The American revolutionists had a choice, just as we do today: do you fight for the…
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God Bless America
“WE LIVED IT” by J.D. Longstreet, ©2013, from The Wake-Up Herald, Robert McCurry, Editor (Jun. 25, 2013) — Yes, Virginia, America WAS once FREE. Those of us born before the Second World War have fond memories of the halcyon days of America. America stepped right from the Great Depression into a world war. In fact,…
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A Million to One
“A RACE AGAINST TIME” by OPOVV, ©2013 (Apr. 14, 2013) — Look, there’s something I’ve got to get off my chest, and this is it. Last year when I held my Presidential Rally, the price of admission was to show your loaded gun. There were somewhere around 300 vehicles parked in the field, ten rows of…
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White Man Speak with Forked Tongue
“THE MODERN-DAY TECUMSEH” by OPOVV, ©2012 (Dec. 16, 2012) — The selling point to get the American Indians to agree to be taken over by the US Government was the Constitution. “See, it say here everyone is the same under the umbrella of this piece of paper, me, Big General, and you, Brave Warrior, we equal.…
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DNCC Email Registration Feature Not Functional
AREN’T THEY MISSING OUT ON A LOT OF PUBLICITY? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 4, 2012) — The Post & Email has attempted a second time to register for email updates from the DNCC regarding its convention which officially begins today in Charlotte, NC. After entering our email address and zip code and clicking “Submit,” an…
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Where is Michelle Obama’s Big Smile?
“PROUD OF HER COUNTRY?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 29, 2012) — Putative First Lady Michelle Obama placed her hand over her heart during the playing of the national anthem at the 2012 Olympics in Great Britain on Saturday but with a questionably pouting expression on her face. The unidentified woman with her looks much happier,…
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Transformation and Infiltration of America: The United States of Frankenstein
OBAMA’S PLAN FOR AMERICA by Dr. Laurie Roth, Presidential Candidate (Jan. 24, 2012) — Obama has told us for years what his ‘change’ plan would be if elected. He plans to bring America down in size and turn her into a broken-up Barbie Doll…..maybe Ken. Maybe we will become a hybrid Barbie/Ken combo that is…
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Memorial Day Essay
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DESCRIBES THE TRUE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY by Kathlena Peebles, ©1996 (May 30, 2011) — Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day set aside for remembrance of those who have died in our nations service. Memorial Day was first proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, in his…