The National Anthem is Important says Trump

[Angry Dragon]

It is time for Trump to put his pen where his mouth is.
If the National Anthem is important then Trump needs to issue a Executive order demanding that the National Anthem be played in all government buildings and the White House every day. Why should sporting events have all the fun??
Also requiring all businesses, including home businesses, play the Anthem. All schools also.

If he will not, then we have to have Congress pass such a law. Time to call your congress people, or write.

[DFW]

1. He has to sing it, on key, once through, first

If he can't do that, he has business demanding anyone else do it.

[blue neen]

2. Bingo!

There's no way he remembers the words.

[Angry Dragon]

4. how can he remember when he never knew them??

[blue neen]

6. Excellent point!

He's such a loser.

[DFW]

9. And what are the odds he can hit all the notes on key?

Even if he reads from a cheat sheet, he'll never get the melody, even if he gets voice coaching.

[blue neen]

10. Never, in a million years could Trump hit those notes.

He'd blame it on the piano player, though.

[DFW]

14. Or he'd complain that Francis Scott Key was working for Hillary and it was his fault

Oops. I forgot. Trump. He wouldn't have the faintest idea who Francis Scott Key was in the first place.

[Angry Dragon]

3. good addition

[0rganism]

15. all the verses too

from memory, no teleprompting, no karaoke bouncy ball

[DFW]

16. And it has to be far from the East Wing, too

All that historical china on display from the Washington presidency onward. We can't risk shattering irreplaceable items from our national heritage just for this.

[SeattleVet]

19. ...and in the original 1814 scoring:

[LeftInTX]

21. Is it a waltz?

[SeattleVet]

23. Yes, it is in ('waltz') time.

I like the 1814 scoring a lot better - it's a much more bouncy and catchy and lively arrangement than the current versions that are generally sung as some type of ponderous hymn. Makes sense, since it was originally a drinking song.

[hedda_foil]

20. All four verses?

[gratuitous]

5. You never know

Suddenly, you might forget what country you're in, in spite of American flags plastered on every available surface and big ass flags over every building and shop. How can you be sure you're in "real" America if we're not prostrate before a flag every 10 minutes?

[Takket]

7. doing that would set off a first amendment firestorm...

which i'm pretty sure is your point

[Angry Dragon]

11. No that is not my point

My point is that there are many people out there that sports teams need to respect the flag , officers and the military.
Why should sports teams have to carry the burden of patriotism all by themselves??
Let everyone join in on the fun.
I say put up or shut up

[DFW]

13. When my elder daughter had her first week of school in the USA

She was 16, and asked me about the odd chanting ritual they did every morning.

I asked her what in the world she meant. It was a public school, and they weren't supposed to be doing anything religious, much less chanting like Buddhist monks. I asked he what they were chanting. She said they mostly just mumbled, and she couldn't make most of it out, but she said it sounded like it started with "I spread the peaches."

[hedda_foil]

22. "I spread the peaches." mumble, mumble mumble unied states a merca.

[DFW]

24. I had forgotten to tell her about that

In Germany, excessive displays of "patriotism" remind everyone of the Nazi era, so they don't engage in anything of the sort. So my daughter, who was totally unprepared for it, it came across as a totally baffling ritual, and she hadn't the faintest idea what was going on. Her English was pretty good, but the words "pledge" and "allegiance" just aren't a part of the average 16 year old's vocabulary. She just told me the closest thing it sounded like to her.

[spanone]

8. how about sporting events drop the NA. why militarize our sports?

and we need to educate this fucking 'president' that this is a FREE country.

[Angry Dragon]

12. Also a good addition

[dubyadiprecession]

17. Will everyone in those office's be required to say the "pledge of allegiance" as well?

[Angry Dragon]

18. only if they are a republican because we do not know about them