Scene of the Crime

Weirdness in the Red States . . . some war profiteer/entrepreneur came up with the idea to manufacture plastic yellow ribbon that exhorts the passerby to "Support our Troops." My old home town, and another one seventy miles down the road have the stuff tied around most of the street light poles.

In front of the National Guard Armory, they have planted large, wooden yellow ribbons with the names of the men who have been called away to duty painted on them. And this plastic"crime scene" tape is tied to the wooden ribbons . . . and around the large sign asking for people to join the National Guard.

Every time I jog by the place I think of the irony that the supporters of this war are using "crime scene" tape to urge us to continue supporting the invasion of Iraq.