[StBernard] Obama explains the National Anthem - Scroll down!!!! - Send on

[Westley Annis]

Aren't most rumors grounded in some element of truth?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp


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Obama Explains National Anthem           
If this isn't disgusting, then I don't know what is !!!!! To give this kind
of an explanation tells me he thinks most Americans can't read, see, or
comprehend what this man is about. The comment really nails it!
 
'LTG Bill Ginn' USAF retired forwarded:  
        
Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin,
presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he
doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played. According to the
United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171,'During rendition of the
national anthem when the flag is displayed, all  present except those in
uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right
hand over the heart' 'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be
perceived as taking sides,'Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the
world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression.  And the anthem
itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and
all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I
like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem
then I might salute it. ' I don't think my
 church is actually particularly controversial.  'Barack Obama.
 
Comment: If someone had told me 64 years ago, as I was roaring down the
runway in the most  beautiful airplane in the world, that I would see our
country subjected to one of the most disgusting Presidential elections
imaginable, I would have told them they were crazy as hell.... What in the
world have we come to?  And, Obama wants to be the leader of the American
Military??!!  Commander in Chief??? HOW DID HE GET THIS FAR ???????????
 
Lieutenant General William H. Ginn Jr. was commander, U.S. Forces Japan and
Fifth Air Force with headquarters at Yokota Air Base, Japan. As commander of
U.S. Forces Japan, he is the senior U.S. military representative in Japan.
As commander of Fifth Air Force, he commands Air Force units in Japan and
the Republic of Korea. General Ginn began his military career in 1947 when
he enlisted in the Marine Corps for the platoon leader's course conducted at
Quantico, Va. He resigned from the Marine Corps to enter aviation cadet
flight training with the Air Force in September 1948 at Goodfellow Air Force
Base, Texas. General Ginn graduated and received his commission in September
1949 and then attended the central instructor school at Randolph Air Force
Base, Texas.


If you agree, forward to everyone you know.  It is inconceivable that he be
our next President