{"id":48681,"date":"2014-12-07T21:16:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T04:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/07\/the-star-spangled-man-with-a-plan.html"},"modified":"2014-12-15T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:07:55","slug":"the-star-spangled-man-with-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/07\/the-star-spangled-man-with-a-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"The Star-Spangled Man with a Plan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I particularly enjoy this middle scene of <i>Captain America: The First Avenger,<\/i> where he&#39;s been turned into the centerpiece of a USO \/ Bond-Raising campaign. Not only is the imagery perfect, but the song is particularly clever (not to mention ear-wormy):<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;s strong and brave,<br \/>Here to save<br \/>The American Way?<\/p>\n<p>Who vows to fight<br \/>Like a man for what&rsquo;s right<br \/>Night and day?<\/p>\n<p>Who will campaign door-to-door<br \/>For America,<br \/>Carry the flag shore-to-shore<br \/>For America?<\/p>\n<p>From Hoboken to Spokane,<br \/>The Star Spangled Man<br \/>With a Plan!<\/p>\n<p>We can&rsquo;t ignore<br \/>There&rsquo;s a threat and a war<br \/>We must win!<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;ll hang a noose<br \/>On the goose-<br \/>Stepping goons from Berlin?<\/p>\n<p>Who will redeem,<br \/>Heed the call<br \/>For America,<br \/>Who&rsquo;ll rise or fall,  <br \/>Give his all<br \/>For America?<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;s here to prove that we can?<br \/>The Star Spangled Man<br \/>With a Plan!<\/p>\n<p>Stalwart and steady<br \/>And true,<br \/>&#8230; <i>See how this guy can shoot,<\/i><br \/>&#8230; <i>We tell ya, there&rsquo;s no substitute!<\/i><br \/>Forceful and ready to defend the<br \/>Red, White, and Blue!<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;ll give the Ax-<br \/>-is the sack,<br \/>And is smart as a fox?<br \/>&#8230; <i>Far as an eagle will soar!<\/i><br \/>Who&rsquo;s making A-<br \/>-dolph afraid<br \/>To step out of his box?<br \/>&#8230; <i>He knows what we&rsquo;re fighting for!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Who waked the giant that napped<br \/>In America?<br \/>We know it&rsquo;s no-one but Cap-<br \/>-tain America!<\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;ll finish what they began?<br \/>Who&rsquo;ll kick the Krauts to Japan?<br \/>The Star Spangled Man<br \/>With a Plan!<br \/>&#8230; <i>Who&rsquo;s strong and brave,<\/i><br \/>&#8230; <i>here to save<\/i><br \/>&#8230; <i>the American Way?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Music by Alan Menken; lyrics by David Zippel)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7i574Em3IrI' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/drZ4Dx9PqCE'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I particularly enjoy this middle scene of Captain America: The First Avenger, where he&#39;s been turned into the centerpiece of a USO \/ Bond-Raising campaign. Not only is the imagery perfect, but the song is particularly clever (not to mention ear-wormy): Who&rsquo;s strong and brave,Here to saveThe American Way? Who vows to fightLike a man &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/07\/the-star-spangled-man-with-a-plan.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Star-Spangled Man with a Plan!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,525,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29069,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/our-unpatriotic-olympians.html","url_meta":{"origin":48681,"position":0},"title":"Our unpatriotic Olympians!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Aug-12 8:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"I mean, gads! 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