the flag was still there, hanging from the we the people sign. lulu took it and ran with it. we left it by train arcade. 

i got into a spat with the good neighbors moderator who called the comments critical of the obama center "atrocious, embarrassing and insulting". to good neighbors, obama? to the status quo? i don't know. i felt insulted my own self and thought i might be banished to boot but the moderator wrote to the obama press secretary asking for responses to the criticisms.