Post: American values

The United States commemorative stamps have been announced for the year 2007. I would imagine that the items important enough to make the brand of the very stamps that litter our daily postage are significant indicators as to what American society values in our country. Let's see what makes America American:

-Hershey kisses: Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. Fine, America likes to eat. Perhaps we should have a stamp commemorating insulin, as well.
-Ella Fizgerald: Excellent! Music and diversity; I approve.
-International Polar Year: Well, some astronomer has taken a break from his MySpace or Dudetube (WARNING: do not Google Dudetube unless you are prepared for dilated pupils) to give a timid "woohoo" that a stamp with his interests has been issued.
-24 animal and plant species of the Rocky Mountains: The US postal service is yet to comment on whether these stamps will show the animals being hunted, skinned, and roasted, or if there will be before-and-after shots of the plant species being replaced by oil rigs and day spas.
-vintage mahogany speedboats: Discrimination in this country has gone far enough! Where are the stamps for birch or pinewood speedboats?!? This must stop, people, really!
-Mendez vs. Westminster, challenging segregation in California in 1947: Can I get a "whoop-whoop" from the Supreme Court and government officials? Oh wait, they're almost all White and have no rhythm.
-silhouettes of jury duty members, with the emblem "Serve with pride": If you use a blacklight, you can reveal the hidden script "Serve because you have to, bitches".
-inspired by traditional Norwegian sweaters and Christmas stockings: zzzz …. Huh? What? Oh!!!! Sorry, nodded off there a minute. I guess we can all sit around and wait for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, or other religious iconographies and memorabilia. After all, Americans only celebrate Christmas.
-settlement of Jamestown: Of course! What could be more American than taking over countries or land that don't belong to us? No comment on present military activities …
-Marvel superheroes: Well, I would rather have stamps of the police officers, firefighters, and ambulance workers that actually save the world, but imaginary characters in skin-tight and revealing costumes draws a close second.

So there we have it. America values its food, music, poles (or polls?), wildlife, speedboats, legal action, sweaters and stockings, foreign invasion, and fantasy. We are promoting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!

Life: assuming we control the food we eat and don't develop cancers from obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.
Liberty: yes, if you discard oppression and the intolerance of anything "different"
Pursuit of happiness: ideally you should have a mahogany speedboat to catch up to happiness; however my personal choice of transport would be riding Superman.