I don't know what's going to happen with swine flu. I do know that if there is a nasty flu season we'll all get through it better if we help each other, not run from each other. It's national independence day in the US, so I thought this clip of the crowd singing the National Anthem (hat tip, Paul Rosenberg at Open Left) at Boston's Fenway Park (home field of the Boston Red Sox baseball team) was appropriate. It was Disability Awareness Day and to recognize it the anthem was being sung by a handicapped youngster. When he got nervous, the entire ball park came to his rescue:
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Okay, this tempest in a teapot over the national anthem being sung in English is absolutely killing me. A Spanish language version of the national anthem was released a few days ago by a British music producer. That sparks protests by right wing bloggers, for some bizarre reason.
Watching (collecting data for the boycott) men's Olympic water polo, it occurred to me that the little tiny bathing suits the men wear were absurd. Why not just skip the bathing suit and get on with it?
The great state of New Jersey - the Garden State - is on the lookout for a new state slogan.
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WOW!
Truly inspiring, revere, and appropriate for an inspiring day. Thanks.
Paul.
All Red Sock fans still deserve to burn in hell.
Wow. That has made my day!
It's good to be free. It's better to be free together.
Thanks, Revere.
Thanks, Revere, very much. But I wish you'd have suggested having a box of kleenex at hand before watching. Now I have to go change my shirt.