Brandmerica is under a deluge from marketing radicals. It is true that there is perhaps no other sucessfully managed brand of its magnitude, but really America, is this the best we can do.
I’ve always been slightly irked at the fact that burning a flag is illegal but one can make it into a trucker hat, or a license plate holder, or a beer coozy. Now it seems that wet naps are fair game as well. Who sat in a meeting somewhere in the world and thought, “I bet we can sell more wet naps if we put a flag on em’.” “American’s don’t want to burn their flag but they will certainly step right up and rip it in half to get to a juicy moist toilette?”
I am hoping that Obama can clean up our rogue, tipsy, cowboy image around the world, but as they say, change starts at home. Can we stop putting the American flag on things that aren’t flags? I think it’s dilluting the logo.
thedistillery 
This reminds me of an item that we would find at the restaurant Ric Brockmeier suggested outside of Souix City, Iowa. I think it was called Aler Brothers or something?
isn’t it ironic that I go to a bar in the west village to recreate an experience that I love in Iowa. The thing that wasn’t recreated was the cost of a drink, I could have bought Le Mars for the final bill.
New Taglines for America (from BNet):
3. Come for the freedom—stay for the fast food
2. I can’t believe it’s not democracy
1. Now Under New Management