XPost: dc.urban-planning, wa.politics   
   From: impeach_obama@yahoo.com   
      
   The customary flyover by fighter jets may be absent from this   
   weekend’s Super Bowl; after all, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in   
   New Orleans is covered. But a military color guard will be on   
   the field during the pregame ceremonies. CBS will cut to shots   
   of troops watching the game overseas. Veterans will be   
   recognized on the stadium’s video boards. And flag imagery will   
   abound, as will stirring renditions of the national anthem and,   
   most likely, “America the Beautiful.”   
      
   Sports games — some of the only events that lead Americans to   
   set their differences aside and sit down and watch together —   
   have become stages for large-scale patriotic theater. This is no   
   accident; many of the militaristic rituals we see in stadiums   
   and arenas across the country were deliberately designed to   
   promote unity during times of crisis. But they’ve stuck around   
   far longer than needed, making sports feel less like pastimes   
   than pep rallies for our military or a particular war.   
      
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-we-cheer-for-our-   
   team-do-we-have-to-cheer-for-america-too/2013/01/31/cbde5fca-   
   6965-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html   
      
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   Are you obligated as an armed civilian, to defend unarmed   
   liberals while you are both under fire by foreign agents of the   
   outlaw Obama administration?   
      
   No.  Shoot the liberals immediately so they can't stab you in   
   the back while you are defending yourself, then return a   
   controlled rate of aimed fire.       
      
          
      
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