Patriotism
as a word and deed has made a comeback.
At Halloween, costume shops did a brisk business in Uncle Sam and Betsy
Ross getups. Teen pop bombshell Britney
Spears took a breather during her live telecast from Vegas’s MGM Grand to sit
on a piano bench with her belly ring glinting in the spotlight and talk about
“how proud I am of our nation right now.”
Chinese textile factories are working overtime to fill the consumer
demand for American flags.
(from The Partly
Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell)
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