If you are so patriotic that you feel compelled to put a flag-shaped red, white and blue sticker that proclaims "These Colors Don't Run" on your car, you should know that once the sun has faded the red, white and blue to beige, beige and beige, your sticker will seem rather sad. Which is okay if you planned the whole thing as some sort of exercise in irony. But if you meant your sticker to inspire either pride or awe, well, it's not working.