Note to Fox and the NFL: TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC!
Yesterday, much to the disappointment of my young children (who wanted to watch Horton Hears a Who on FX), I commandeered the remote and switched over to the Superbowl pregame show. I realize the pregame show goes on for much of the day, but we switched over at 5pm (CST) - just in time to watch Colin Powell and someone from the NFL school us on the Declaration of Independence . Huh? What's that got to do with football? Why we needed such a civics lesson just moments before the start of Superbowl XLV, I'm not quite sure. The video was filled with stirring music, employed bunches of people (mostly men) to recite bits and pieces of the Declaration of Independence, used a range of locations as backdrop for the speakers, and included lots of people in military garb. [It was at this time that my children demanded (unsuccessfully) a return to Horton Hears a Who .] Yes, the Superbowl is part of the American fabric. Though I watch few football games throughout the year, even I ...