Tag Archives: Star Spangled Banner

Imagining a Vain Thing

Posted on July 8, 2020 by David E Smith

We don't have to imagine what life would be like without laws to secure life, civil rights and property, or faith in God. It's been in front of us ever since protests of George Floyd's killing in late May morphed into a violent revolution.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Corte, Antifa, Beatles Stories, Bill de Blasio, Black Lives Matter, Capitol Hill Organized Protest, Cultural Revolution, Francis Scott Key, Fred Seaman, George Floyd, Imagine, Jenny Durkan, John Lennon, Kevin Powell, Lord of the Flies, Mao's Cultural Revolution, Seth Swirsky, Star Spangled Banner, Times Square | Comments Off

The NFL and the Black National Anthem

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Benjamin D. Smith

In a cowardly effort to lick the jackboots of Black Lives Matter, the NFL is reportedly going to have every NFL game during Week 1 open with the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” long known as the “black national anthem,” followed by the American national anthem, the “Star-Spangled Banner.” According to the Associated Press, the NFL is also “considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey patches.”

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, Black Lives Matter, BLM, God, James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamund Johnson, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, NAACP, national anthem, National Football League, NFL, Star Spangled Banner | Comments Off