Pink vs Faith Hill on NFL Sunday Night, and More

I miss the artist Pink singing the NFL Sunday Night song, she brought more energy and soul to that anthem than Faith Hill could ever wish to. I guess that Pink was to edgy for the staid league, Faith is safe for kiddies, pretty and blond (and white), and from a country-western background as well. Yet for me, her act seems bland and hollow, though not as hollow as the commercials that show her hanging around with the black athletes. Right.

There is one moment during the NFL song where Faith faces the camera and bends forward a bit at the waist with her arms down along her sides; the classic pose that a cheerleader assumes before she is going to "shake the twins". But nothing happens, she never does it. What an awkward moment. Maybe in her dreams.

As for the NFL Monday Night Football song, the NFL persists with Hank Williams Jr who is making a living on his schtick of 'Rowdy Friends' fame. But I don't think that many of his rowdy friends are particularly fond of blacks. I wonder how his anti-American slurs against Obama, remarks made during his many appearances in support of McCain during the 2008 Presidential election, are playing now among the African-American players in the league?

best image from election day.......

For me, the most pleasing and satisfying moment from election night was not seeing McCain give his gracious concession speech, nor was it the image of the stately and composed Obama as he spoke his first public words as President-elect. It was of the joyous assemblage in Grant Park, a crowd made up of people of every age, race, and description. It was heartwarming and emotional to watch as they sang and swayed together to the music coming over the loudspeakers, each person singing the words of the classic blues standard, "Sweet Home Chicago".

To me, that image spoke volumes about what much of America was feeling that night, and about us as a nation.