Bastardizing the American Anthem

The Bastardation of the Star Spangled Banner:

Nuestro Himno
Published April 26, 2006

Verse 1
Oh say can you see, a la luz de la aurora/Lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer? Sus estrellas, sus franjas flotaban ayer/En el fiero combate en senal de victoria,/Fulgor de lucha, al paso de la libertada,/Por la noche decian: “Se va defendiendo!”

Coro: Oh, decid! Despliega aun su hermosura estrellada,/Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada?

Chant:
It’s time to make a difference the kids, men and the women/Let’s stand for our beliefs, let’s stand for our vision/What about the children los ninos como P-Star

These kids have no parents, cause all of these mean laws.
See this can’t happen, not only about the Latins.
Asians, blacks and whites and all they do is adding
more and more, let’s not start a war
with all these hard workers,
they can’t help where they were born.

Verse 2
Sus estrellas, sus franjas, la libertad, somos iguales
Somos hermanos, es nuestro himno.
En el fiero combate en senal de victoria,/Fulgor de lucha, al paso de la libertada,/Por la noche decian: “Se va defendiendo!”

Coro: Oh, decid! Despliega aun su hermosura estrellada,/Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada?

I came across this, supposedly has been translated from Spanish to English:

(Translated from Spanish)

Verse 1
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail as night falls?
Its stars and stripes floated yesterday
In the fierce combat, the sign of victory
The flame of battle, in step with liberty.
Throughout the night it was said, "It is being defended."

Chorus:
Oh, say! Does it still show its beautiful stars
Over the land of the free, the sacred flag?

Verse 2
Its stars and stripes, liberty, we are the same.
We're brothers, it's our anthem.
In the fierce combat, the sign of victory,
The flame of battle, in step with liberty.
Throughout the night it was said, "It is being defended."

Chorus:
"Oh, say! Does it still show its beautiful stars?
Over the land of the free, the sacred flag?"

You can listen to the new version of our national anthem at Hot Air.

For example the lines, "And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there" have been changed to, "In the fierce combat, the sign of victory, the flame of battle in step with liberty through the night it was said it was being defended."

It will contain several lines in English that condemn U.S. immigration laws. Among them: "These kids have no parents, cause all of these mean laws ... let's not start a war with all these hard workers, they can't help where they were born."

Wikipedia, not the best source, but that is what Wikipedia had to say on it.

Bmoore3 at The Hive hit on something very interesting and true:

I guess I just don’t get it. The French sing “La Marseillaise” in French. The Chinese sing their anthem “March of the Volunteers” in Chinese. All other countries national anthems are sung in their countries native language. Why do Hispanics feel the U.S. National Anthem should be sung in a language other than the language of America? When Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangle Banner”, it was after a battle that was the turning point for America. He looked over the fields where the “Red, White and Blue” still stood flying after a decisive battle. He was an American and saw what our flag meant to Americans. He was inspired to write the words

I guess I just don’t get it. The French sing “La Marseillaise” in French. The Chinese sing their anthem “March of the Volunteers” in Chinese. All other countries national anthems are sung in their countries native language. Why do Hispanics feel the U.S. National Anthem should be sung in a language other than the language of America? When Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangle Banner”, it was after a battle that was the turning point for America. He looked over the fields where the “Red, White and Blue” still stood flying after a decisive battle. He was an American and saw what our flag meant to Americans. He was inspired to write the words...

He did not look over the battlefield and see “The Red, White and Green” of Mexico, and he did not write these words in Spanish for it was an American experience. A war fought by English speaking Americans. This Anthem should remain in English. Sing it in English or don’t sing it at all. And don’t change it to suit your separate culture. Don’t expect us to allow our National Anthem to be changed because illegal immigrants need a “rallying theme” for their demonstrations. Could you imagine what Mexico would do to U.S. Citizens if they went to Mexico to demand their anthem be changed to English and sung in public forums? The Federales would be in the streets armed to the teeth.

Ask yourselves, if immigrants that come into your country, say China, Canada, France, ect. and decided to change that countries National Anthem, that is normally sung in it's main language, what do you think the reaction would be?

I have heard that supposedly this is going to be an exact version of the english version, just sung in spanish, but I have seen excerpts from other places, like above, that has 'extras' added to the the spanish version, that it will not be the same as the American Version. Do you think that if an immigrant group decided to change and make another countries National Anthem into another language and change the meaning behind it to suit their own purposes, do you think these countries would sit back and allow this? That they would not be deeply offended by such actions?

What is next, an Illegal Immigrant Bill of Rights?
Illegal Immigrant Mexican/American Constitution?
Stuck on Stupid says, "What Next? A Latino Pledge of Allegiance?

It seems like the Laws of America only apply to those not in Congress most times, and now they wish to extend that umbrella so the Law does not pertain to Illegal Immigrants. All in the name of politics.

Here is a wake up call for you in Congress, while you pander to these Illegal Immigrants, realize of course, you are pissing off a good portion of your American Voting Base, whether it be Democrat or Republican. If you enjoy your jobs, which I know you do, I think you better wise up and start listening to your constituents!

MDiaz at Wizbang had an excellent analogy about illegal immigrants:

A man had a 10000 acre farm. He built up the land and added all the trappings a person could want. He invited people over all of the time to swim in the pool, and reap the rewards of his labor. People came from all around staying for days in his gardens, and living off the land.

One day a neighbor who was not as well off snuck in to his land and decided to set up a small cottage in a remote corner of the land. He worked hard and built up the little he had, as best as he could. Pretty soon other neighbors not as well off were doing the same. They ate of the land owner's gardens, and live stock. Used the land owner's electricity to power their houses, and swam in the land owner's pool.

All the while the owner's cost to maintain the land was rising. His electricity bill went up, the cost of replanting went up, and extra hands were needed to til the land that had, at one time, produced more than enough food. The land owner was no longer as wealthy as he used to be, and his family suffered for it. His invited guests no longer had food to spare, and his house was close to ruin.

The owner discovering what had happened, asked them to leave. When this didn't work he called in the police to help evict them. The trespassers decided to make a stand and claim the land as their own. They hired lawyers to defend their right to the land. They made accusations that the land rightfully belonged to them. They played the pity card and stated that all they wanted was the same chances that the land owner's family had.

The trespassers made a spectacle of themselves and made the landowner out to be an evil miser who wouldn't share his wealth when in truth all he wanted was for them to wait for an invitation.

When it comes down to it, it is called RESPECT.
I do not see respect for America in changing the National Anthem of America to suit your purposes.
I do not see respect for America in flying the Mexican Flag above an American Flag on American Soil.
I do not see respect for America in turning the American Flag upside down.
I do not see repsect for America in you saying that this is YOUR land.
I do not see respect for America in you saying give you citizenship OR ELSE!
I do not see respect for America in you breaking our Laws.
I do not see respect for America with your DEMANDS.

You do not ask to be given a chance, you DEMAND it of America. You break the Laws of America by coming into America illegally, you get offended when people call you an illegal alien (which you are, you are here in America ILLEGALLY) and you make DEMANDS of America.

How dare you!

How dare our politicians pander to you, and coddle you. If you are here illegally, you should basically have no rights that an American Citizen enjoys, because you are not one. If you decided to go through the immigration process like millions of other LEGAL immigrants before you, we would not be having this discussion, for you would be an American citizen, and not an illegal alien who snuck across the border. MDiaz I believe hits it right on the head with the analogy they put forth.

Whether you believe it or not, you will offend many people with this action of changing the American Anthem both in words and language.

Did you not learn anything of the reactions from Americans when you decided to turn the American Flag upside down, and fly the Mexican Flag above the American Flag on American soil?

Hotair has the following update:

Get a load of this wild interview on Fox News Channel’s Dayside with illegal alien strike advocate Javier Rodriguez. He praises the new illegal alien national anthem (”You have to go with it”), trashes our troops in Iraq (”you’re killing children”), and accuses Americans of “not allowing [illegal alien children] to go to college.”

See the video at Hot Air and at Expose the Left


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Others Blogging on this issue:
Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, California Conservative, Left Wing = Hate, Latino Issues, Mark in Mexico