[Steely Tom]

They draped American flags and bunting on every doorway and balcony in town. In glowing terms, the San Francisco Bulletin reported that huge paintings of Revolutionary War heroes were placed in "conspicuous places here, there and everywhere."

And today, San Francisco wipes it's posterior with the American flag.

And San Francisco's homeless population wipes it's posterior with San Francisco itself.

Interesting sort of symmetry there.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Ya, this is an awkward story, to think that at one time, San Francisco would have unabashedly celebrated American independence and America.

[Sivad]

All true.

However, you fly the flag of New York, the very state that
has supplied San Francisco and the rest of my “Golden State”
with more liberals by far than any other. And, still
NY is as blue as blue can be. Just what is it that causes
so many New Yorkers to point out Califoibles? You are
in the same transcontinental boat.

The irony is not lost on Californians.