BEFORE, LADY IN BLACK BURQA; AFTER, A U.S. FEMALE VET

(Ed.'s Note: Lest we be blamed again for disrespecting women, let us say from the get-go that we were sent the photo on the bottom by one of out seven readers (we lost one to the mchalereport) who noticed a certain resemblance of the veiled sculpture of a female U.S. vet erected at the Veterans Memorial Park on Central Boulevard  by the Veteran Females United chapter here. No, it's not a sculpture to honor Islamic female terrorists, although we have to agree that with the black body-length sheet it does bear a striking resemblance to a burka. The cord tied around her legs may symbolize the restrictions on women in the Arab world, too. Nah. We waited until the same reader sent us a photo of the unveiled female vet sculpture to reveal the real sculpture underneath, a depiction of an American woman soldier on patrol. The central library parking lot was crammed to overflowing and dignitaries from the school district, the city, state, and federal government also were present at the unveiling. A salute to the ladies in green. As if on cue, right after the unveiling, a rain shower pelted the crowd. Our reader really should change the settings on his camera.)