Right on brother, it seems that in this country we don't like to let our children create their own opinions about the positives and negatives of being an American, we tend to force patriotism (though a better word is nationalism) down their throats.
In grade school, kids learn all about Columbus but not the genocide he committed. They learn all about World War II but not internment camps. They learn all about Manifest Destiny and American expansion, but not the Trail of Tears.
I know this Patriotic Eagle picture is innocent enough and all, but it also seems to me to have a subversive side. Show kids enough Pro-American symbology and propaganda and they'll buy into the whole "America is the best country in the world" ideaology without ever questioning it.