Wow. The embattled Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs have caved to the demands of an incendiary, avant garde artist named Lisa Jensen.

If you haven’t followed this story — one in a series of narratives seemingly designed to make our fair state seem like Rube Central — apparently her Christmas wreath cum peace sign was both anti-Christian and deeply political.

But it now gets to stay up. I’m giving the folks in this cozy subdivision a week before they’re sacrificing goats, gorging on baby entrails and reading Lewis Lapham editorials. And because this was clearly a piece of art designed to subvert our mission in Iraq, I’m also putting money on a few mutinies within our armed forces and mass desertion among the enlisted ranks. You know, I just bet that country is going to explode into a civil war because of this…satanic peace wreath.

Damn you Lisa Jensen!