An Open Invitation for February 12, 2005

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America, you're in a fine pickle. You adorn your tailgates with "Support Our Troops" magnets. But America, that also makes you mad. Do you know where you're coming from?

Christo will help you look at Central Park with The Gates. On his
website, he calls The Gates "a democratic expression that Olmsted invoked when he conceived a 'central' park."

Some of us are going to put "Support Our Troops" magnets on the steel bases of The Gates on the day they are unfurled, February 12. Some people might get a kick out of stealing a ribbon, while the old owners will be sad or mad. I will buy some cheap in Chinatown. The next day we will take them all down. Maybe some people will think about what they mean. In any case, it'll be fun. It will be American.

And perhaps you'll see something, America, that you hadn't paid much attention to before.

(Note - I'm happy to accept magnets afterwards so they don't end up being landfill)
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It is with sorrow, with sadness and joy that we will remember our country, when we tell our children stories which start like all the fairy tales: there was once a country... (Kusturica, Underground, 1995)