Re: CHAT: "La Bandera Estrellada"

--- FFlores <fflores@...> wrote:

> Danny Wier <dawier@...> wrote:
>
> >... The theme being unity in diversity, this convention
> >featured African- and Asian-American speakers, and something I am SO
> >GLAD has finally come -- a Hispanic presence!
>
> I saw a part of that in CNN. Standing from the outside, I can't
> really tell, but do you think that was for the show only, or was
> it sincere (whatever *that* means in politics)?
They were driving the Latino thing really hard.  The tune they played
after Dubya's speech was a very repetitive Ricky Martin song.

The speech was excellent.  Of course a speech is just a speech.
George's dad, after all, promised no new taxes when he ran in 1988.
The Son of Bush promised to lower taxes for people of all levels of
income (as well as abolishing the "death tax" and "marriage penalty").

I used to work in politics, and I've been politically motivated since
1980 (when Reagan was elected) when I was a big-time Democrat like Dad.
 Not much you can do when you're nine years old...

> >Anyway, I better ask -- is there an "official" Spanish version of
> "The
> >Star-Spangled Banner"?  (The Democrats better come up with one quick
> if
> >they want to outdo the GOP....)
>
> I'd like to see that... I'll think I'll try to translate Argentina's
> national anthem into some language of mine, to see what it looks
> like.
> I'm glad a part of the most powerful nation in the world is finally
> acknowledging diversity; I'd like to see if it's the first step
> towards
> natural acceptance of (irrelevant) differences, or just an "ethnic
> fashion".
Found it!  The U.S. National Anthem in Spanish and English:

http://www.usinfo.state.gov/espanol/simbol/himnoes.htm (Español)
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/espanol/simbol/himnoen.htm (Inglés)

The first verse in Spanish:

Amanece: ¿no veis, a la luz de la aurora,
Lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer?
Sus estrellas, sus barras flotaban ayer
En el fiero combate en señal de victoria,
Fulgor de cohetes, de bombas estruendo,
Por la noche decían: "!Se va defendiendo!"
!Oh, decid! ¿Despliega aún su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada?

DaW.

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