Divided
We Stand
Author:
Dan Katz
There
are seventeen links on the US map, each with three important pieces of data:
1) a
corresponding state
2) an
image, sound, or text file
3) the
file name
The
file names can be rearranged to form the first part of the 12th Amendment to
the Constitution (using the numbered indices to order the two repeated words):
the electors
shall meet in their respective states and1 vote by ballot for president1 and2
vice president2
This
suggests that we should care about the number of electors from each state.
Finally, we have the files, each of which clues a phrase of the form "American
______." Take the words that go in the blanks, order them by their
filenames (in the amendment sentence) and take the Nth letter where N is the
number of electors from that state.
the Nebraska (5) S - Bandstand ("Bandstand Boogie")
electors Vermont (3) O - Idol (Kelly Clarkson's "Miss
Independent")
shall Miss. (6) L - Buffalo
meet M. Mex. (5) I - Wedding (the 3rd
American Pie film)
in Hawaii (4) D - Maid (from The Tick)
their Kansas (6) O - Psycho
respective Montana (3) F - Hi-Fi ("Flavor of the Weak")
states Louisiana (9) R - Tourister
and1 Alaska (3) E - Cheese (ingredients
from Kraft singles)
vote Idaho (4) V - University (map
excerpt)
by Utah (5) O - Juniors (God help
us all)
ballot S. Dakota (3) L - Splendor (Harvey Pekar's comic)
for Maine
(4) U
- Beauty (Kevin Spacey re his new car)
president1 Wyoming (3) T - Outlaws
and2 Nevada (5) I - Gothic (Gary Cole as
Lucas Buck)
vice New Hamp. (4) O - Idiot (by Green Day)
president2 Oklahoma (7) N
- Symphony (the piece played in the finale)
And
thus the answer is SOLID OF REVOLUTION.