From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>Feb 8, 2026 at 9:12:57 PM PST, suzeeq  wrote:   
   >>>On 2/8/2026 8:19 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>>BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>>>>On Feb 8, 2026 at 5:37:21 PM PST, "Ubiquitous"  wrote:   
      
   >>>>>>Turning Point USA vowed to put on a show to rival the Super Bowl   
   >>>>>>halftime show headlined by Bad Bunny, and they delivered in red, white,   
   >>>>>>and blue.   
      
   >>>>>>The lineup for "The All-American Halftime Show" was announced Monday.   
   >>>>>>Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett will take the   
   >>>>>>stage in a show TPUSA says will celebrate faith, family, and freedom.   
      
   >>>>>I don't necessarily need faith, family, and freedom, but it would   
   >>>>>be nice to have a halftime show in my own native language in my   
   >>>>>own country.   
      
   >>>>>It's like the NFL's message to all the native-born Americans was:   
   >>>>>"This is no longer for you. This is not your culture anymore. You   
   >>>>>have been replaced."   
      
   >>>>We won the Spanish-American War in 1898 and it's been part of America   
   >>>>ever since.   
      
   >>>Yep, Puerto Ricans ARE native born Americans.   
      
   >>   
      
   >His act is an amalgamation of musical styles from all over Puerto Rico.   
   >It's a subculture of America, surely, and I cannot count it as promoting   
   >an accomodation of foreign culture supplanting American culture. Now, if   
   >they ever decide to become a nation of their own, then they've entirely   
   >rejected American culture and should be treated as foreign.   
      
   >What I object to is calling the island an American colony. We didn't   
   >colonize it; Spain did. We've never been a colonial power. That's not   
   >our history. But it's become fashionable in recent years for some to   
   >attempt to re-write history, making this false claim about the island's   
   >status.   
      
   There's a Chicago connection! There were supposed to be 700 performers.   
   During "Monaco", Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor of the Grant Park   
   Orchestra, conducted a 30-member string orchestra of young musicians   
   from San Francisco.   
      
   https://www.wbez.org/music/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-superbowl-halfti   
   e-chicago-conductor-giancarlo-guerrero-lady-gaga-ricky-martin-music   
      
   He was born in Nicaragua, grew up in Costa Rica, and received his   
   classical music education at various universities in the United States.   
   The Grant Park Orchestra performs free concerts over the summer; he   
   began conducting in summer 2025.   
      
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