Random Politics & Religion #27

She must work for Best Buy geek squad

I don't know how e-mail works probably magic.

Is why no sport ever plays the national anthem before every game?

Patriotism is only a political football, in the minds of people who hate the country. For everyone else its kind of assumed that hey I live here, of course i kind of like my country.

And something we can all cheer about!

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The government pays teams to be patriotic.

*shrug*

I'm a season ticket holder for the Penguins and I attend a few other sporting events every year to boot. I stand, remove my hat, and sing along with the SSB quietly out of a sense of respect for what the flag and anthem -- both ours and Canada's, when we play Canadian teams -- stand for.

That said I wouldn't be sad if they went away from games completely because I never really saw a good reason to have them there in the first place. The PoA in school makes more sense to me than the SSB at games. I could live without either personally because I think patriotism is born of observing actions worth respecting, not by enforced dogma and propaganda.

At the end of the day I just have a distaste for the spectacle of it all overshadowing the reason I actually watch the games.

Then again, the Steelers played horrifically enough yesterday though that maybe any spectacle drawing away from how shitty they were is a good thing.

I do think, however, it wouldn't hurt for people to try and *** see things from each others' perspectives for just a god damn second. The people protesting may not be doing it in the most appropriate way, but they have reasons to do so. And the people angry with them have reason to be angry with them for disrespecting our symbols of freedom rather than the people committing questionable acts behind those symbols.

Nevertheless, I watch entertainment to get away from this ***. I wish they'd stop dragging it into it.

And for the record, as a marching percussionist for many years who has played the SSB more times than some of you have probably heard it, this is why I tend to glaze over during it. That I remember the words at all sometimes is amazing.

If I could have Jeff Jimerson do our anthem every game it would be so much better. I get so sick of the high school talent show winners and stuff doing it. They're so. god. damn. bad. It's a bigger affront to the song than anything these NFL'ers are doing.

In their defense, it's actually not an easy song to sing well. But when women try to nail these high notes or throw ungodly amounts of vibrato into it...ugh. *cringe*

I prefer our regular guy (the aforementioned Mr. Jimerson), or choirs/instrumental renditions.

I'm sure he can have all the weiners he wants in prison !

I was getting ready to post a similar article, Ramy.

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Breaking news! Sports have been politicized long before Colin Kaepernick.

Oh Canada we drink our maple syrup for thee !

True patriots of the frozen tundra with hockey sticks and politeness for all !

See they would be too polite in Canada to protest. They say no you protest no after you !

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Don't be stupid. They eat the syrup.

They drink their exactly-the-same-but-better-because-it's-Canadian beer for thee.

Until their hockey team loses.

Toronto fans don't riot though because when you've lost as much as they have you just accept it.

They're like the Irish of hockey.

Wait, no. They're the richest team in the league anyhow.

They're like the, uh. Saudi Arabia of hockey?

Mmm. I didn't think this metaphor through well.

Canada perfectly described in 5 seconds:

Toronto is the worst that is where Big Red the feminist hails from. Filled with SJW and all sorts of cretins !

The same mechanism that makes people tune out the emmys and oscars (millionaires complaining the country isnt fair while taking the spotlight in an unrelated venue) will manifest itself in sports.

Trump wins everytime he ties his name to being *** at it.

Still pales in comparison to what Red Wings fans do... when they win.

Is there any sort of polling or info stating that's the reason people tune out of dog and pony award shows? As I stated last week or so, I stopped caring about them long about the time I realized they were about record/movie sales and who greases the wheels of those industries...not talent.

So in like 1989.

Huh? What?

"Trump is Pavlov, everyone is just his dog"

Well luckily for Detroit, the Wings aren't in any danger of that happening again any time soon unless Ken Holland has figured out how to clone Datsyuk, Lidstrom, and Zetterberg.

Because he's proved over and over again he lucked the *** out with those picks and his scouting acumen has been highly overrated.

Nah. They just need to hop on the Trump train in order collude for a new generation of the Russian 5.

Don't forget the "Wizards of Ov"

Unless Donnie can get the league to lift the salary cap Detroit's days of dominance are over for the foreseeable future. Those 90s/early 00s Red Wings teams were so *** loaded with big money it's almost a travesty that they didn't win every year.