As I posted that last post I noticed the date: May 1. Having lived in France and Germany for most of my growing-up years, I can remember how every May First we would prepare to have our U.S. Army school buses pelted with stones and other projectiles from the progressive elements of the European Communist movement. It was all in fun and in aid of the international proletariat, so we took it with characteristic American good cheer. And the occasional single-digit salute (shown squared at right).