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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:22 PM Original message |
Was at the car place getting the car serviced, and all of a sudden, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. yuck |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Glad I am not the only shining star! |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm with Luis Bunuel: I don't even want to hear it at sporting events. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I could do without it there too, but then I don't go to sporting events, |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Is Houston the only place |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I think pretty much every stadium did it after 9/11 |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Doesn't Boston do a Neil Diamond song? |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. "Sweet Caroline" |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
91. Some people put their hand over their heart. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Everyone recycle their plastic flags..... you could save the |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. I took a friend from England to a sporting event and he couldn't |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. You might enjoy this" |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. That's pretty funny |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Clark2008 that is great! Thanks for posting it! |
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teriyaki jones (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. I share your creep-itude |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. creep-itude! |
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teriyaki jones (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Oh good--I was afraid it wouldn't translate in print |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. perfect creation! |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. kick |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. wonder if they will report you to the DHS> |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Prolee. I'll have a word or two for them when they come for me! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. Was this a national/regional chain, or a private garage? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. National chain nationalists. |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think it's disrespectful of the National Anthem |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Funny thing is, I was outside to escape the chatter of the no news on |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Enormous flags |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Eeewww. That would creep me out, too. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Assured me that they would tell the person that "could take care of it." |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wierd |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. pretty ridiculous, and I watched a salesman pick his nose in public.... ack! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Indeed! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. OMG |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Actually a few are really good guys |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Smart business people stay out of politics... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Good on chaska! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'll bet.... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. And I'll bet that you are wrong. I will go back and I will again rant if it happens again. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. But by returning for more business, you are rewarding their behavior. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. I am intolerant of nationalism yes. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Being a private business it is their right to do it |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Zactly, and I'll bet someone is going to get crap for doing it. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Do you know if |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I didn't ask about repetiveness of the practice, just told them I didn't like it. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's an interesting study on "patriotic messages" and restaurant tipping |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Very interesting. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Good point. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. cool, will watch for your findings. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Haven't heard from the profs yet, but it seems that this study |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Yeah did you see Donsu's post re AZ and UT re polygamy prosecutions? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. What? No christian invocation? |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I'm waiting to hear |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. It wasn't a car wash on a military base, was it? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Nope. Had my fill of that when I was in. I'm out and I plan to stay that way. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. I can barely stand the national anthem at sports events any more |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Yep. Almost a mockery of 4th of July coming up. |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Before Every Swimming Competition |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. LOL! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. so we have 46 DUers who hate the national anthem? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. That's kind of an odd interpretation of what has been expressed here. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. is it? Or did I just over-count by 39? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Well, overcounting by (at least) 39, for starters, counts for me as an |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. I didn't say I hate the fucking anthem. There is a time and a place for everything. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. terms of endearment |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. Go ahead on. No one is stopping you. Yet. LOL |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. The anthem invokes a feeling of guilt and shame |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. guilt and shame? |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Using the flag to promote a commercial relationship is illegal. |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. Of Course, I don't hate the National Anthem |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 02:55 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. note, you were the 47th post |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. No one here said they hate the Anthem. You were also apparently to lazy to get the point. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
74. Not a military song? Check the history. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. Destruction by repetition |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Good point. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. You;d make a crappy Nazi, Lonestar. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Woops! LOL Yeah best compliment ever! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. anytime |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. Well I ain't ashamed of being a flag waver. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
80. You also missed the point. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Actually no, I didn't. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. You missed mine first. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
69. How bout all those car dealers |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #69 |
81. Thank you Onion Patch! |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
70. It's interesting that so many of these people who practice |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Isn't that interesting! Lives of through the looking glass. Reminds me of the Church Lady. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
73. Did they get the Wagner reference? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #73 |
84. hmmmm no. I'm sure not. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. I often tell people that thanks to globalization we are all Nibelungen now, but |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
76. Do some people spend their whole day looking for something |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. I spend moments of every fucking waking day in protest of some aspect of this administration. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. I completely understand your point of view and |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Yeah they're here. LOL |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. One poster told me I was petty and consumed by |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. My kid got the same crap in primary school. I think we made a ceremonial |
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