NYC School Children Heckled By Adults While Singing “God Bless the USA”

[LineDoggie]

I went to an Elementary school. Strangely enough, local politicians never came around asking us to sing dumbass songs so they could film them. It's a lame song anyway. Get over it.

King George III was busy....

[California Joe]

King George III was busy....

Tee Hee.......

[Ought Six]

I went to an Elementary school.

Did you graduate?
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Strangely enough, local politicians never came around asking us to sing dumbass songs so they could film them.

Strangely, when we went to school, patriotic songs were not banned by the principal, creating a political controversy. If they had, do you seriously think that local politicos would not have gotten involved? Fat chance.
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It's a lame song anyway.

Tell them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz5D_lToDyw


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Get over it.

You are the one who had a posting fecal hemorrhage about this, not me.

[California Joe]

Hahaha The song sucks. It's not patriotic, it's douchey. I'll admit that we sang sh*t like "Feelin' Groovy" But we also sang songs with lines like:

Ye ride a goodly steed
You may know another master
You forward come with speed
But you'll learn to back much faster

For the rifle
For the rifle
In my hands
will prove no trifle...

I didn't look that up. I remember it from 5th grade. There was also a mention of Johnny Stark in there...Hardcore. Yeah. Dead Charlton Heston would get a woody over that.

[Ought Six]

Hahaha The song sucks. It's not patriotic, it's douchey. I'll admit that we sang sh*t like "Feelin' Groovy" But we also sang songs with lines like:

Ye ride a goodly steed
You may know another master
You forward come with speed
But you'll learn to back much faster

For the rifle
For the rifle
In my hands
will prove no trifle...

I didn't look that up. I remember it from 5th grade. There was also a mention of Johnny Stark in there...Hardcore. Yeah. Dead Charlton Heston would get a woody over that.

Yeah, there would have been no political controversy at all if those NYC public school kids had sung that. I wish they had, with Mayor Bloomberg in the audience.

[IconOfEvi]

I went to an Elementary school. Strangely enough, local politicians never came around asking us to sing dumbass songs so they could film them. It's a lame song anyway. Get over it.

Was that because you were skipping class that day with your leather jacket and mullet and proto-Raybans?

[C.Puffs]

Was that because you were skipping class that day with your leather jacket and mullet and proto-Raybans?

In those days it was grease and leather jackets. Mullets had yet to be invented.

[IconOfEvi]

Oh ****, my bad


Hopefully you beat up some of those Soc's in your time CJ!

[pocoloco]

Agreed.

So far as the 'adult lyrics'...

The lyrics mention only men. Maybe that's why it's so controversial nowadays

[shermbodius]

I hate election years.

[Mackie]

Looks more like "God bless Turners election campaign"

[Dominique]

Yeah, there would have been no political controversy at all if those NYC public school kids had sung that. I wish they had, with Mayor Bloomberg in the audience.

And then they could have had a 20oz bottle of some regular soda (sugar and all) to quench their parched throats.

[liberal cl]

Hahaha The song sucks. It's not patriotic, it's douchey. I'll admit that we sang sh*t like "Feelin' Groovy" But we also sang songs with lines like:

Ye ride a goodly steed
You may know another master
You forward come with speed
But you'll learn to back much faster

For the rifle
For the rifle
In my hands
will prove no trifle...

I didn't look that up. I remember it from 5th grade. There was also a mention of Johnny Stark in there...Hardcore. Yeah. Dead Charlton Heston would get a woody over that.

Haters gonna hate...

[kamazz]

Creepy to see kids being used for political propaganda. Kids and politics mix as well as priests and altar boys.

[California Joe]

Haters gonna hate...

You didn't like my song? I believe it dates to after the Revolution or during. It's called "For the Rifle" I think.