A lot of people these days worry about whether other people are going to bring about the collapse of civilization and the end of life as we know it if they don’t perform the proper ritual when various patriotic icons are displayed. But the VA in Leavenworth is going the extra mile to recreate a national icon that will take the breath away from the most casual observer.
See those wossname, things, sticking out at the top of that water tower?
Yeah, those. And here is what is happening:
That’s right! Can you believe that? The VA is creating a replica of the Statue of Liberty out of that water tower!
Is this a great country, or what?
Old Jules
So Far From Heaven 
Almost spewed my coffee. Money would be better spent on you than that.
Maybe, but I’m not all that despairingly patriotic. Old Jules