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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:00 AM

Oh, say can you care?

The flap over a Spanish-language national anthem.
Tim Grieve

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  • Tuesday, May 2, 2006 06:01 PM

    I can guarantee you...

    Less than half a percent (and I'd venture to say "much less") of the US population knows the second verse of the Star Spanlged Banner, let alone the whole thing.

    This includes Atheist in CO... Sorry to disappoint you, but it does mention God.

    Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!

    Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

    And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”

    Not exactly an atheist sentiment there.

    —Ignoratio Elenchi, KSC Read Ignoratio Elenchi, KSC's other letters

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