Tuesday, July 12, 2005

All Star
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My husband is watching the All-Star pre-game Red Carpet show. No kidding.
Baseball players in expensive suits being interviewed as if they're getting an Oscar or something.

*UPDATE*
Before the game got underway, there was a moment of silence for London's victims and their families. During which, one asshole could be heard shouting. Then they put the UK flag up on the big screen and played "The British national anthem"...

And we all enjoyed a lovely brass rendition of "America, The Beautiful".

...
It gets worse.
...
As the last note faded away, an aircraft flew overhead.

It was a stealth bomber.

To me, that is the ultimate tacky choice. I believe London has had enough stealth bombers. Don't you?

*secondary update*
I would swear they played "America, The Beautiful. However, the Hubby-Man says they played the music we recognise as "My Country 'Tis of Thee". Which is the melody of "God Save The Queen"
So I could be wrong. But the stealth bomber was still in bad taste.

An interesting note from Wikipedia:
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (also known as "America") is an American patriotic song, sung to the tune of God Save the Queen, the national anthem of the United Kingdom and formerly of Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which now only use it as the royal anthem.
The same melody is the national anthem of Liechtenstein and has served as an anthem for Denmark, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.

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