What: Patriotic Place
(www.patrioticprojects.com):
Amid a slew of bad-to-worse ideas for what to build at ground zero, this ranks -- thus far -- as the most unusual to be pitched our way.

But it looks like . . .
Yes, two 1,100-foot flagpoles, one flying the American flag, the other an eagle holding a missile in its fearsome talons. Plus surface-to-air missiles guarding the site.

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