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Flags. National anthem sung only in English. Lots of stupid going around. This rant over at TPM Cafe pretty much buries all the stupid. I'm still gonna need a whole lot of happy to get over it all though.

Stop embarrassing America by suggesting that the ostentatious display of exclusionary shiboleths are what unite us as a people. That's what unites the French, and that's why they get so upset when people eat the wrong goddamned cheese. I mean, the English can sing our national anthem in English. That doesn't make them more American than, um, people living and working here who left their entire life behind for a chance at the American dream.

Can I get a "Hell yeah!"?