Happy Flag Day!

Stars & Stripes Cake (by khaosproductions)

For Flag Day, from the archives…”In theory, the pledge could do most of the same work if we had children say it in Anglo-Saxon or Arapaho, or if we replaced it with the lyrics to “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.” They’re going to turn the words into jabberwocky anyway: “I led a pigeon to the flag,” “one Asian under guard.’” — from Geoff Nunberg’s I Pledge Allegiance To Linguistic Obfuscation