maleficent

Ok, so I am generally a walking pet peeve, on any given day, the littlest things might bug me. But watching the 'lympics for the past few nights, one of my long time pet peeve is coming up to the forefront.

The Star Spangled Banner, I happen to love our national anthem, it give me goose bumps and can usually bring a tear to my eye. It deserves respect. I've been to football games and baseball games where imbeciles who don't quite get the respect thing, are berated and practically tossed on their heads for not removing their caps and standing during the playing of it. You are supposed to, I don't know if it's the law or anything but you are supposed to. (I guess I spent too many years as an Army brat and have way too many friends in the service.)

So, I'm watching the medals ceremonies for the 'lympics, and the boy swimmers seemed to get it, that silly laurel wreath that is dropped on their head when they receive their medal, is in their hand during the playing of the national anthem, even the girl swimmers last night removed the wreath. So, what exactly was Paul Hamm's problem last night, when he got his medal, and never bothered to remove his wreath, that just seemed disrepectful. It's the national anthem, some of us take it seriously, especially when you are on an international stage. Grrrrr.

I would love to say, don't sweat the small stuff, but this doesn't seem small to me.

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