Since when is "God Bless America" a stand up and remove your hat song?

[Saulbadguy]

I was at the Royals game on Sunday, and before the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame", someone sang "God Bless America".

I was already standing, so I sang along, but I heard some dumbass hayseed yell "TAKE OFF YERRRR HAT" to another fan.

At what point did this become a "tradition", like the singing of "take me out" at Major League Baseball games?

[Ace Gunner]

Originally Posted by LVNHACK

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."

you are so goddamn up your own ass you cant see how full of shit you are. next you'll be telling us how soldiers come from soldier families -- not american families.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by LVNHACK

I'm just being a prick.....

Fair enough.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Shit post.

It is the will of the people that keeps all these freedoms as current today as when they were first written down in Philly.

But it is the solider who protects us from those who would take them away by force. They sacrifice not only for their families freedom but for the greater good, for us. That is not something to belittle.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by chiefsfootballfan

you are so goddamn up your own ass you cant see how full of shit you are. next you'll be telling us how soldiers come from soldier families -- not american families.

There was once a time when being a soldier was a reason to be proud of a brother/sister/uncle/dad/etc.

The willingness of a man to sacrifice of himself despite the fact people will hate and fear him (wait, this has popped up in pop culture lately.......where oh where.....?) is not only imperative to our way of life but should be applauded.

Once upon a time devoting yourself to the military was considered (and should be) the definition of valor.

AND YES - military pride breeds pride the way doc's breed doc's and lawyers breed lawyers...

[RNR]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

It is the will of the people that keeps all these freedoms as current today as when they were first written down in Philly.

But it is the solider who protects us from those who would take them away by force. They sacrifice not only for their families freedom but for the greater good, for us. That is not something to belittle.

I refused to address his troll post. You however did so with class~

[demonhero]

God Bless America is not the national anthem.. no hat removal needed

-Me

[Ace Gunner]

Originally Posted by Rausch

There was once a time when being a soldier was a reason to be proud of a brother/sister/uncle/dad/etc.

The willingness of a man to sacrifice of himself despite the fact people will hate and fear him (wait, this has popped up in pop culture lately.......where oh where.....?) is not only imperative to our way of life but should be applauded.

Once upon a time devoting yourself to the military was considered (and should be) the definition of valor.

AND YES - military pride breeds pride the way doc's breed doc's and lawyers breed lawyers...

american civilian women were instrumental in america winning perhaps the most ferocious war in the history of man, WWII. bet that just pisses you off.

the weapons & technologies your beloved soldiers are using to police terrorism around the world are designed, built and sold by civilian americans.

**** you for suggesting soldiers are the only ppl america should be proud of.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by chiefsfootballfan

american civilian women were instrumental in america winning perhaps the most ferocious war in the history of man, WWII. bet that just pisses you off.

the weapons & technologies your beloved soldiers are using to police terrorism around the world are designed, built and sold by civilian americans.

**** you for suggesting soldiers are the only ppl america should be proud of.

Where did he suggest that?

[LVNHACK]

Originally Posted by chiefsfootballfan

american civilian women were instrumental in america winning perhaps the most ferocious war in the history of man, WWII. bet that just pisses you off.

the weapons & technologies your beloved soldiers are using to police terrorism around the world are designed, built and sold by civilian americans.

**** you for suggesting soldiers are the only ppl america should be proud of.

You really are an over emotional lil fella....Nowhere did I see any reference to women doing anything or that members of the military should be the only ones Americans should be proud of.

Like me having my head shoved up my 4th point of contact. You know little, you ASSume too much of too many, while sitting behind a keyboard.

FYI champ, there are a wide variety of Non US citizens serving in the US Military, many of them are striving to become citizens.

Let me take a guess that you don't have a DD214 ?

Enjoy your holiday weekend...

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by chiefsfootballfan

**** you for suggesting soldiers are the only ppl america should be proud of.

You can lick my lightly powdered balls (thank you CP for the cool breeze goodness that is Goldbond) you ESL ****stick.

This was my comment:

Originally Posted by Rausch

There was once a time when being a soldier was a reason to be proud of a brother/sister/uncle/dad/etc.

The willingness of a man to sacrifice of himself despite the fact people will hate and fear him (wait, this has popped up in pop culture lately.......where oh where.....?) is not only imperative to our way of life but should be applauded.

Once upon a time devoting yourself to the military was considered (and should be) the definition of valor.

AND YES - military pride breeds pride the way doc's breed doc's and lawyers breed lawyers...

Tuck all your own emo beliefs and imaginary persecutions into your next double-anal-cappuchino and force-blast them up your ass until those $#itty ideas explode out your ears and leave your head forever.

We owe a huge debt to a great number of people.

Just because I rank some over others doesn't mean that I think that those further down the list had no contribution.