Take notes. The graphic implies a civil war. It’s in your face. The image works, but not alongside the writing of this particular article. Soltis-Anderson is kinda perky, and very informed. The juxtaposition of the flag, with its message that we are undone, is a whole world away from the writing which is based in What Is the Status Quo Now. Violence Will Decide. The other side says: There are no new tricks. We have been left to decide procedure for ourselves. I thought that was the original gig in the first place. You are either with Ms Soltis-Anderson or you are more pulled into the image of the weathered flag. It’s either All In a Days Work, or it’s the end of times. If the New York Times picks both (and they did), it would represent to us that the flag(s) stand entirely on their own. We cannot decide. Flag or text. We are not the NYT, we don’t get to choose both. Pick one. Obviously, I’m going with the flag. But I did read the text. Twice. The tone is up. But the words do not lend any kind of a picture that reflects to me the world I live in. I live in Appalachia. And when the hurricane ripped through here, people were confident that it would all be over soon. It’s been a month now, and I have not seen a single government representative that has stepped into our street. I’ve seen one FEMA poster telling us we are not alone. We are so alone. I see a bloody fight headed this way. The flag said it. The text does not. There is something we are missing and it’s out there.