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Bumfketeer	Post subject: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 1:14 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	BC-Kuwait-Super Bowl, 1st Ld-Writethru,0494 U.S. Marines stay up all night to watch Super Bowl Eds: SUBS 2nd graf to CORRECT that Dixie Chicks sted Celine Dion sang National Anthem. By STEVEN GUTKIN Associated Press Writer
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Guest	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 1:56 am
	Love it when Canadians are hired to sing the American national anthem ... guess there aren't any Yanks deemed to be up to the job these days?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 2:22 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jim Thomsen: Love it when Canadians are hired to sing the American national anthem ... guess there aren't any Yanks deemed to be up to the job these days?<hr></blockquote><p>The Dixie Chicks are not Canadian.
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Guest	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 2:30 am
	Sorry ... "God Bless America." Even higher on the irony quotient.
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vtuss	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 11:31 am
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 476 Location: Twin Cities	Why? It is a part of America, North America.
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Rio	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:45 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 887 Location: U.S.A.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Vince Tuss: Why? It is a part of America, North America.<hr></blockquote><p>When people sing "God Bless America," they're not talking about their love for a continent.<p>The irony of Celine Dion singing "God Bless America" hit me too, when I saw it happen. But she had previously recorded that song on a various-artists album that raised funds for 9/11 rescuers. I guess that diminishes the irony a bit. :)
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 2:00 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	I see nothing odd about a Canadian singer being hired by the NFL to sing "God Bless America." After all, she works for Sony. Wags might suggest that there's something peculiar about a group called the "Dixie Chicks" singing the national anthem.<p>[ January 27, 2003: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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Guest	Post subject: Re: oops Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 4:33 pm
	Well, the Dixie Chicks aren't American, either. They're Texan.
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