Here is the ultimate, and inevitable result of BushCo's six year appropriation and over-aggrandizement of the U.S. flag. Commensurate with the Administration's level of performance, White House symbolism (this, the lead shot on today's Administration photo gallery) is now constituted by almost all flag, and next to no Bush.

There is even more subterfuge in this image, however, promoting Bush's visit to Mississippi for the one year anniversary of the Katrina disaster....