Here’s The Opening Ceremony Tribute To Terrorism Victims NBC Doesn’t Want You To See (wow!)

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[God luvs America]

The major transitional element of today's London Olympics opening ceremony was a downtempo performance of adoptive sporting anthem "Abide With Me" by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé. The song and accompanying dance were a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 terror attacks in London that claimed 52 victims days after the 2012 Summer Olympic hosts were named. (It's also been suggested the performance was a memorial to the war dead.)

[JimC214]

He also made a comment about Kim Jong Il supposedly making 11 holes in one the first time he ever played a game of golf. Costas said did they count the ones that hit off the clowns nose. I was surprised he would make a comment like that.

[FamiliarFace]

I’m angry that we had to watch all of the other NHS garbage, but Pravda-NBC censored this. Typical BS from the left.

[Churchillspirit]

It is best known as the hymn played to the Titanic orchestra as the ship went down.

Eh...I believe that was "Nearer My God To Thee."

[Churchillspirit]

Tried to e-mail NBC to ask why they left out "Abide With Me".

Before "submit" there was one of those ..."type the numeric code shown in the picture above".

The numbers were quite clear and I typed them correctly. However the message "the numeric code you have entered is incorrect please try again" appeared.

Did so but this time there was no numerical code to type in although it was still asked for.....guess they don't want feedback. LOL!

[justiceseeker93]

So NBC censored a part of the ceremony that even the BBC not only showed but praised!

Wonder what the Islamic countries' athletes and officials did while this tribute to the terrorist victims was being performed.

[expat2]

Perhaps both.

[1035rep]

Instead, viewers were treated to a lengthy and meaningless Ryan Seacrest interview of Michael Phelps.

We’ve asked NBC why they didn’t air the tribute, and if they get back to us we’ll let you know what they say.

“I’ll be eating at Chick-fil-A.”

Me too.

[samtheman]

Don’t watch the Olympics. Don’t feed the MSM.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Bump for later.

[TXnMA]

"Did the US flag dip?"

Wasn't shown on NBC, if it did. In fact, no other flag (even the Union Jack) was shown to be dipped in homage to the Queen, either.

[1035rep]

Thanks for ping. I have no interest in watching the Olympics in Liberal land or Gaytopia. They were not ready for prime time.

I did watch the tribute at the link and it was well done.

[firebrand]

Absolutely beautiful. Dance is certainly alive and well in Britain—an unbelievably evocative performance. And the softly sung “Abide with Me”—so perfect. Thanks, GLA.

[1035rep]

Aiden Burley, a Conservative member of Parliament

“The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen — more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state!”

[BCW]

good one!..I kinda pissed myself when I read the last part.

[RandallFlagg]

Bookmarking.

[Churchillspirit]

Read a book about the Titanic which claims that the musicians who were known to still be alive in the ship's last moments could not have played together as they came from different "classes" and could not all play the same hymn without "the dots"

Sadly, we'll never know for sure.....I'd like to believe that they did - brave men. RIP.

[mware]

My favorite part was in the beginning when they went to various sites in the GB, and children fromScottland sang,”Flowers of Scotland” and children of Wales sang “Land of My Fathers”. the children of Northern Ireland sang “Danny Boy”.