Our Flag Was Still There
Friday September 14, 2001
- TITLE: "Our Flag Was Still There"
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early
light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
- "… on the part of several network reporters …" I am under strict orders from the Mullings Director of Standards and Practices not to mention the two people with whom I was really, really, angry. And she, tells me, she's serious about this.
- "… tin horn ..." From the Merriam Webster Dictionary:
Main Entry: tin.horn
Pronunciation: 'tin-"horn
Function: noun
Date:1885
: one (as a gambler) who pretends to have money, ability, or influence
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
From the horn-shaped metal can used by chuck-a-luck operators for shaking the dice.
- "… Washington Hospital Center …" That is the hospital in which I had my coronary by-pass surgery as well as numerous other heart-related procedures. These are wonderful, wonderful people.
- "… The workers who had been repairing …" These are guys for whom English is not their first language.
- Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
 
Our Gal.
(Reuters Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Our Guy.
(AP Photo/Doug Mills)
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