While I have NOTHING against Americans (in fact, I have lots of great friends there), I think kenskid should read a little bit more about world economy and history, instead of believing the fairy tales told by the govs.
I wonder what the poor of the world would do if the US stopped giving away billions of dollars to feed them? No other country comes close to spending on the world's poverty stricken people.
Very tongue-in-cheek, but I'm not sure the rules of the challenge are open to interpretation... As a picture in of itself, I would prefer if the sky was either more blue, or completely white. The slight hue of cyan is not pleasing to my eye, and the stripes at least should be true white. Nice freezing of the action though.
This is probably the most tasteless photo I've ever come across on this site. Negative image? At least use noise ninja the next time you decide to bash our great country.