Ooh say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleeming?
And the rocket's red glare as the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

America, America, God shed his light on Thee!
And crowned thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
Sweet land of liberty
My home sweet home.

Hey, football is here again. Oh, yeah. If you can't stand the flag waving, Church-State-Sport-BS, call time out and go grab a coke and a hot dog and take a whiz.

VeeJay says, "Football? What Football?"
2003 Season Predictions The Insiders - SteelCitySports.com September 5, 2003
Heading into every season optimism resides within the ranks of all 32 teams and as importantly, the fans.....Our crystal ball has been pulled from the attic and this is what we see.
AFC Division Winners, Buffalo , Oakland , Tennessee , Pittsburgh
AFC Wildcard Teams, Kansas City and Miami
NFC Division Winners, New York Giants, St. Louis , Tampa Bay , Green Bay
NFC Wildcard Teams, Philadelphia and San Francisco
Super Bowl winner, Tampa Bay over Tennessee
see the rest of the predictions ...

This quarterback story will be interesting to watch as it develops through the season. Fortunately, the Steelers are picked as division winners.
Maddox starts season as NFL's lowest-paid starting QB
"Miller (the punter) will make $825,000 in salary and easily obtainable bonuses this season, while Tommy Maddox will make $750,000. A player who may not touch the ball more than once or twice a game will earn more than one who touches it on every offensive snap."
Tommy has three red hot recievers. We predict that, together with his line and recievers, Tommy will repeat last year's explosive performance.
Story ...

The relentless invisible hand at work. Undershaft is paying Rush Limbaugh $285 million this year. So what? Well now you have no choice but to put up with him during one football game each Sunday. Isn't it a clever way to legitimize Limbaugh's jingoism? What a clever way to ease nationalistic closed mindedness into a dominant place in the American psyche. The Good Ole Boys are using every possible opportunity to good advantage. Can't argue with success, can you?

Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless. Relentless.

When you watch the NFL games in Japan, you don't have to put up with halftime boredom, the bombastic bamboozeler or commercials. But if you're stuck in the states, Joe Hernandez, in Dallas, tells us that Whitehouse.org is always a barrel of laughs. Joe suggests that internet venue during halftimes.

Whitehouse
FULL COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ
whitehouse.org/iraq/index.asp