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Not being a fan, I don’t normally watch a lot of football or even Super Bowl games. But my wife has been a Packer fanatic her entire life, we were invited to a party, and as I watched the pre-game today I was simply blown away (and moved) by how passionately the NFL puts its love for America and our troops out there for the entire world to see.
Hey, maybe that’s why the Super Bowl embarrasses the Academy Awards in the ratings year after year?
But when it was Hollywood’s turn to turn on the patriotism, one of their biggest stars couldn’t even remember the words to her own National Anthem. And obviously she hadn’t rehearsed enough to pretend she did.
Normally, I’m pretty forgiving of this kind of flub, but the symbolism here is simply too rich to ignore.
Some fifteen years ago, I attended a heavyweight title fight in Nashville. George Jones sang the National Anthem and it was quite simply the most beautiful rendition I’ve ever heard. Simple and heartfelt, and though I’m no country music fan, I’ve never forgotten it.
What a contrast. No wonder the NFL and country music continue to thrive as DVD sales sink and pop music collapses.
Oh, and the Black Eyed Peas stunk the joint up, too.
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