Do you remember September 10th, 2001?

It was rare to see an American flag. If I recall correctly, even Perkins was starting to neglect their giant flags. The greatness of America was beginning to be questioned by the average Joe. We were suffering in a recession from the Yahoo dot-com bust. Inflation was about to hit hard from widespread bankruptcies. It was common to hear people discuss the Keynsian perspective that only a war can bring us back to prosperity.

Then, we wake up one day, and sim-sala-bim everyone is a Patriot!