General Discussion

My problem was with God Bless America (the one verse wonder that just gets repeated), and with the $19.95, made in China, instant patriotism kits.

Baseball decreed that the Kate Smith hit be sung during the seventh inning stretch. It went on for years. Yankee Stadium wouldn’t even allow people to go to the john during the singing.

The magnetic “Support Our Troops” ribbons pissed me off. So did the faded, ragged and filthy flags rolled up in car windows in all weather. They screamed “I’m more patriotic than you,” while violating the flag provisions of Title 4 of the U. S. Code. I ended up having a large magnetic ribbon made for my car that read, “My Ribbon Is Bigger Than Your Ribbon.” I still have it on the door of the downstairs refrigerator.