DOES THIS GIVE YOU GOOSE BUMPS TOO?

Don’t you hate when the people around you talk and joke during The National Anthem? I sure do. To me, those are both signs of rudeness and stupidity at the least, and more than likely disrespect toward our country. I officiate high school basketball, and have the privilege of hearing The National Anthem 30-50 times a year. Sometimes, it’s a small child singing totally off key, sometimes it’s the standard Whitney Houston-Super Bowl version, and sometimes it’s an amazing version done by the home team’s pep band(Upland High’s gets me every time!). There are two things in common with every version. One is I get the goose bumps staring up at the flag on the wall just as the impossibly difficult part begins to build.. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave.O'er the land of the free … It’s one of those moments that instantly makes me proud to be American.
Unfortunately, the other thing that invariable happens is the good folks in the stands with ADD like symptoms (the ones still eating that big tub of Orville Redenbacher’s), feel compelled to yell out, whistle or otherwise draw attention away from the reason we all stand and face the flag. Because let’s face it, yelling out..YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! is far more important than doing something we so seldom do enough of, taking a moment to share in our patriotism of this country.
So next time you are at a game, do me a favor. Save your yelling until The Anthem is over. You’ll have plenty of time to tell me how bad I suck DURING the game.