I always stand when I see the flag paraded or raised. Even on film.
Didn’t John Ford revere the flag on film? Wasn’t it my grandfather who came from Germany to make a new life in America? Didn’t my father fight under that flag in the cold mountains of Italy? Wasn’t it me who marched on Bicentennial Day and wore the khaki uniform of the US Army?
The NFL can suck my ass. Good for Fox for making this commercial and I stood up. Even though I am here watching alone. I kept the tears back, too, up until I saw the little girl sewing the flag.
ghostsniperFebruary 3, 2020, 10:34 AM
“The NFL can suck my ass.”
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I’m with ya line dawg.
I didn’t look at 1 second of that waste of time.
If you added up the hourly rate for everyone that watched that thing what would the total amount be?
TerryFebruary 3, 2020, 2:51 PM
God Bless America
Phil in EnglewoodFebruary 4, 2020, 4:01 AM
Thank you, Casey. Excellent comment.
PunditarianFebruary 4, 2020, 9:15 AM
The song is very moving by itself and the video is excellent.
The lyrics however perpetuate a mistake:
“And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the texas flag, but she waved on though”
Unless I am very much mistaken, neither the Stars & Stripes nor the Texas Lone Star flag were flown over the Alamo during the battle.
The defenders flew the Mexican tricolor flag, with the date “1824” superimposed on the central white band, referring to the Mexican Constitution of 1824 which had been replaced with a Constitution and a government objectionable to the American colonists.
That is the flag I am flying this month, alongside Old Glory, until March 6, to honor those fighters and martyrs for freedom.
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My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
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Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
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Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
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In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
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And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
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Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
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Change, change, change come over
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Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
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Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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I always stand when I see the flag paraded or raised. Even on film.
Didn’t John Ford revere the flag on film? Wasn’t it my grandfather who came from Germany to make a new life in America? Didn’t my father fight under that flag in the cold mountains of Italy? Wasn’t it me who marched on Bicentennial Day and wore the khaki uniform of the US Army?
The NFL can suck my ass. Good for Fox for making this commercial and I stood up. Even though I am here watching alone. I kept the tears back, too, up until I saw the little girl sewing the flag.
“The NFL can suck my ass.”
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I’m with ya line dawg.
I didn’t look at 1 second of that waste of time.
If you added up the hourly rate for everyone that watched that thing what would the total amount be?
God Bless America
Thank you, Casey. Excellent comment.
The song is very moving by itself and the video is excellent.
The lyrics however perpetuate a mistake:
“And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the texas flag, but she waved on though”
Unless I am very much mistaken, neither the Stars & Stripes nor the Texas Lone Star flag were flown over the Alamo during the battle.
The defenders flew the Mexican tricolor flag, with the date “1824” superimposed on the central white band, referring to the Mexican Constitution of 1824 which had been replaced with a Constitution and a government objectionable to the American colonists.
That is the flag I am flying this month, alongside Old Glory, until March 6, to honor those fighters and martyrs for freedom.