Hee hee. Was just reading The Onion's Patriot Edition, chock full of such patriotic articles as American People Ruled Unfit To Govern and so forth. Damn funny. However, I got totally zinged in the Good-Citizenship Tips section, in particular by this tip "for being an active, involved citizen":
"Make an effort to 'follow' politics, much the way you would follow, say, sports or the career of J-Lo."

Ouch! That burns.