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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
... Let's see... some day we'll take them up on the Grand Idea and change the Anthem to "America The Beautiful" with a few politically necessary changes... It'll start: "America, America, something may have shed its grace on thee..." nah, "shed its grace on..." is imperialistic double-speak and perpetuates the (supposed) supremacy of white males. Use of the word "grace" is demeaning to the differently-abled who (through no fault of their own) cannot help but be less graceful than their traditionally-abled peers. And using the word "beautiful" in the title is demeaning to women who reject the sexist stereotypes of physical attractiveness. "America, America, we share our diversity with thee..." -- Terrell Miller (you think I'm kidding, but this is the kind of PC **** that entire departments in your local college are based upon) |
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"Terrell Miller" wrote in message ... "Gordon Davie" wrote in message ... Local rumor has it that one of teh German spies/saboteurs who was landed on the Maine Coast was caught after he sang all 4 verses of the "Star Spangled Banner" - something that no Proper American can do without sheet music. "I say, can you see?" Australia: "girt by sea" and ****ed by lunchtime. |
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:13:38 -0400, "Terrell Miller"
wrote: "Gordon Davie" wrote in message ... Local rumor has it that one of teh German spies/saboteurs who was landed on the Maine Coast was caught after he sang all 4 verses of the "Star Spangled Banner" - something that no Proper American can do without sheet music. "I say, can you see?" "My eyes? If you can, then my hair's too short!" OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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In article , "Terrell Miller"
wrote: "Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... Let's see... some day we'll take them up on the Grand Idea and change the Anthem to "America The Beautiful" with a few politically necessary changes... It'll start: "America, America, something may have shed its grace on thee..." nah, "shed its grace on..." is imperialistic double-speak and perpetuates the (supposed) supremacy of white males. Use of the word "grace" is demeaning to the differently-abled who (through no fault of their own) cannot help but be less graceful than their traditionally-abled peers. And using the word "beautiful" in the title is demeaning to women who reject the sexist stereotypes of physical attractiveness. "America, America, we share our diversity with thee..." Actually, I always like George Carlin's version: "O Beautiful, for smoggy skies, insecticided grain..." -- "All over, people changing their votes, along with their overcoats; if Adolf Hitler flew in today, they'd send a limousine anyway!" --the clash. __________________________________________________ _________________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine, dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... I found the offical movie website: http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/hitchblog/blog.htm Hitchhikers Are Go! |
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