Patriotism

[Bill of Rights]

Can someone explain to me why people making multi-million-dollar salaries for playing a game and much more importantly, are supposedly role-models to our children cannot take the trouble on national television to take off their hats, come to attention, and put their hands over their hearts during the singing of the National Anthem?

Have they that little pride in the country that allows them to make that fabulous living, that respects their right to that freedom, that puts them in that high profile role?

Personally, I am disgusted.

Blessings,
B

[Stubob]

We are sitting around my house and we noticed the same thing. It is offensive that we are paying their salaries and they thumb thier nose.

It is just like some political figures that refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance or place their hand over their heart.

I find both offensive, but the political one makes me air sick.

We are noticing the commercials are some of the best that we have seen over the years.

[VegasGeorge]

Have they that little pride in the country that allows them to make that fabulous living, that respects their right to that freedom, that puts them in that high profile role?

Why, Bill, I believe you've struck upon it. :evil:

That's one important reason why I'm sitting at my computer, and not watching my TV.

[Bill of Rights]

That's one important reason why I'm sitting at my computer, and not watching my TV.

Gee, you too? I admit, I did watch TV for a while after that: The wife and I watched an old VHS copy of Air Force One and she now has American Idol's tryouts from last week on there. Hey, it's something to do and for my part, it makes good background noise.

Returning to this topic, some weeks ago, I was directed to a site where someone had come up with a political quiz, and I decided to try it. The upshot of it was to define where on the political spectrum one falls, kinda like the one at www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html , only longer. One of the questions that stuck with me suggested, "We have no control over where we're born, so it's silly to take pride in such things as nationality." (This is not an exact quote, but it preserves the spirit of the question)

Personally, I find the suggestion offensive and vaguely insulting, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that the question would not be asked if this view was not pervasive and widespread, and the blame for that state of affairs, I can place in few locations better than the media and the government schools. What I want to know is how to counter it, when we see our government figures doing so little in which we can take pride?

Blessings,
B

[jayspapa2002]

I don't watch ball games of any kind on T V but assume you are talking about players from the Super Bowl . I also am disgusted by this display. I have seen it in other places.. before the start of any oval track race.. dirt or nascar..among others. Unfortunately this erosion has not happened over night and cannot be corrected over night either. This shows when our elected politicons won't honor our constitution ..wanting to give illegals drivers licenses and social security benifits...and people continue to reelect them to office. I wish there was a simple answer for it .

[DMorrison]

While I know it isn't easy to play professional sports, it is in the end a relatively meaningless job. It disgusts me how much they get payed, which is one of the reasons I spend 0 dollars on the industry period. I have no interest in the them, but I won't develop any for that very reason. There are millions of hard working people who actually contribute constructively to society who struggle to make ends meet. And as long as some guy makes millions playing ball, while cops, firefighters, EMTs, and soldiers end up with second jobs....I won't have anything to do with it.

[ErnieH]

It makes me sick!!!!! For those of us who have served with pride, those colors and words mean something to us. That is why I didn't watch the game, I was walking around the shot show instead. It was alot more fulfilling and fun. The erosion of American pride is a serious sickness effecting this country. To many Libbies, To many anti-military, to many people are afrais of their own shadow to make the proper choices to protect this countries values, let alone their own life.

[Bill of Rights]

Ernie, it's not only for those who've served in the military that this is a problem. Some of us are still damn proud to be Americans, still know what it means, and still remember what the libs want us to forget.

We will NOT forget nor will we forgive!

Blessings,
B