We can claim George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee, as well as open carry laws, too. I'm proud to hail from Loudon County, even if my ancestors belonged to the only Federal unit from VA.

I remember a few years back that I had a similar "correction" in my favor from Richmond. They had noticed an error in my return, made the correction, and sent me a check for about $15 more than I had expected to get.

I, too, have had an 'in my favor' check from the tax people in Richmond. Good group down there.
As to the flag: you didn't mention the nikkid boozoom. Or that SHE is standing over defeated HE. And Virginia is thought of as being Conservative? Maybe it's the thought of all those women with spears that keeps the tax guys honest? (Of course those of us born here know that the Garden Club of Virginia runs the state.)

Believe it or not, I once had a very good experience dealing the with IRS. I'd goofed the return just before heading overseas. By the time the mail caught up to us, things were past due and looking grim. Two phone calls and they not only waived all penalties, but they even sent us copies of the return showing where I'd screwed up (our copies were still somewhere between the US and Germany). They were very accomodating and professional, and I was certain that we'd slipped into an alternate universe.

And, of course, the fact that we're the only member of the Union with a corpse on our flag.

It's very strange. As a Virginian, that fact has never occurred to me. Are we also the only flag that has a not-very-hot Amazon babe baring a breast?

You gotta hand it to Virginia when it comes to flag imagery. We prefer to leaven our ancestor worship with a fair amount of lust and death.

When I'm outside it, it's the best thing there ever was and I will drop any man who says different. When I'm back home I cuss it the same as you probably do.