On a jollier note...

... I've noticed as of late a distinct decrease in the number of those pointless "support the troops" ribbon magnets on vehicle bumpers. I'm sure they were all just "accidentally" lost in car washes, or fell off somewhere because of the cold and snow. There couldn't be a bunch of people out there suffering bandwagon patriot remorse and physically, deliberately taking them off their cars to do something less public with them. (You know, kind of like they've done with all the 'awareness-raising' wristbands–apparently cancer, AIDS and world hunger have all been eradicated while no one was paying attention. Gee, great work, everybody!) The ribbons must have disappeared due to random, natural causes, or perhaps they're just being protected in a place of honor from the winter elements. Because otherwise, that would make for a whole bunch of disingenuous and horrible people out there who must be feeling très ashamed for personally lowering military morale and giving aid and comfort to the enemy by rescinding their visual statements.