I gave Nero his very first fiddle

[cyrano]

I wondered today as I watched cars wrapped in American flags zooming down the street; how many of these drivers, their vision obscured by Old Glory, had participated in a ritual for which numberless Americans had died for them to have access to. How many of these newly-created patriots had voted last week? Odds are, about 36% of them, if my web searching abilities do not fail me. (Which is higher than I expected. For some reason, I have an average figure of about 25% on non-presidential elections stuck in my head.)
Oh well. I'll just fall back on 'if you don't vote you're not allowed to complain'.

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Flags

[xleste.livejournal.com]

It amused me that one of the biggest objects of petty vandalism following 9/11 was the stealing of American flags...as one journalist put it, though, "what's a little kleptomania between patriots?" =)