I was recently in Oklahoma City and through circumstances not of my doing ended up having lunch at "Toby Keith's". Yes this is the restaurant owned by the country singer by the same name. While I was musing about the rah-rah on the shirtsleeve patriotism on display -- which I btw can totally respect as long as it's not being misused as in promoting sales of products, soliciting donations for somebodies favorite charity, etc -- it dawned on me how different this country is today than it was on September 10, 2001 in terms of freedoms we have in our everyday lives.