Steeped in the rough-and-tumble spoken-word movement, boiled in punk rock, roasted in alcohol, pressure-cooked in American literature and turned like a newel post on the lathe of American journalism, Cary Tennis considers life's most pressing questions in audio form most every week on Salon.
This week he considers a problem that has been bothering him for some time but which comes to a head due to a confluence of events involving his home Internet DSL service, an innocent phone call to "information," two American flags planted in a smoked ham and cheese sandwich, and Kate Smith on the jukebox singing "God Bless America."
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