America where are you?

An alert elktown reader asked a very good question: Where was the American pavilion?

Well, reader, the U.S. couldn't be bothered to set up a little booth. I don't know whether it was on orders from GWB himself, or whether we're just naturally assholes about this sort of thing, but I think we decided we were not obligated to show up just because every other country in the world found the time.

I mean, come on, even Canada was representing, and frankly that makes us look like shit. Even little Nepal set up shop, though their thing burned down.

On the other hand -- in fairness to my home country -- half the city is already the American pavilion. If every McDonald's, Starbucks, Subway, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Kenny Rogers' Roasters, KFC, Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins and Cinnabon count as American participation, then we're participating the f@$k out of this thing.