Hey, America, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, America.

Congratulations St. Paul Central High School (which is less than a mile from my house), you made the national news (OK, it’s just CNN’s offbeat news, but it’s still national). Thanks to a reactionary Minnesota law, schools must pledge allegiance to the flag at least once a week. Unfortunately, not all classrooms are equipped with U.S. flags, or even flag holders.

So Central High School improvised and displayed the American flag on the television screens in the classrooms, until they can outfit classes with the real thing. It’s good to know that these are the kinds of things we have to worry about with a slashed budget. Nevermind new textbooks, we bought 2,200 flags and 970 flag holders.

Call me unpatriotic, but this much fuss over pledging alligiance to a flag seems more fascist than it does democratic.

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