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To: LindyBill who wrote (256624)	7/3/2008 10:10:57 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793752

Singer Opts for 'Black National Anthem' Over 'Star-Spangled Banner' Wednesday, July 02, 2008 A jazz singer shocked some Denver residents after replacing the words to the national anthem with those of the "Black National Anthem" during the annual State of the City address this week. Rene Marie was asked to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper delivered the annual address on Tuesday. Instead, she sang the lyrics of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" — a hymn commonly referred to as the "Black National Anthem" — to the tune of the national anthem, MyFOXColorado.com reported. "If anyone has got a right to be angry it's probably me," Hickenlooper told the station. "I guess what I feel most is just deeply disappointed." The mayor said only Marie, her husband and a musical adviser knew what the local jazz singer had in mind. "What she said was that she was very sorry, that she meant no disrespect, that she was trying to make a creative expression of her love for the country," Hickenlooper said. But the change in lyrics angered many residents, including City Councilman Charlie Brown. "I was mad," he told MyFOXColorado.com. "I almost walked off the stage." Brown said the matter needs to be addressed. "There is no substitute for the national anthem." Click here to see the full report at MyFOXColorado.com.

To: LindyBill who wrote (256624)	7/3/2008 11:15:54 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793752

Obama embracing people who aid our enemies - can't claim these were before his time, like with Ayers and Dohrn: Democratic presidential presumptive Sen. Barack Obama (IL) met with his terrorist supporting fundraiser, Jodie Evans, at a $5 million Hollywood fundraiser held last week at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion on Tuesday, June 24. ....... She and Code Pink have endorsed the terrorists in Iraq and have sent over $600,000 in cash and humanitarian aid to "the other side" in Fallujah. Evans said in an interview last month on June 3 that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had a 'valid argument' for attacking America on Sept. 11, 2001. When Obama launched his presidential campaign in February 2007, he turned to Jodie Evans, who had just returned from Cuba as a guest of the Castro government where she was protesting against America, to co-host his first big Hollywood fundraiser. He also tapped Evans to bundle between $50,000 and $100,000 for his campaign. Evans personally gave the legal maximum, $2300, to Obama's campaign. freerepublic.com