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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>David,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You should have refused to remove it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>David J.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=davegreen84@yahoo.com href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com">David
Green</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:27
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Peace-discuss] Buttoned-down
voting</DIV>
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<DIV>I was met this morning at the polling station by a man with a booming
voice who asked me my name, and loudly proclaimed it to the the waiting poll
workers. He noticed the button that I had thoughtlessly worn in to the polling
place, purchased at the AWARE table: "Socialism: the radical idea of sharing."
I was asked to remove it, which of course I did, while giving him a completely
spontaneous look that was somewhere between quizzical and annoyed. Before
voting, I was asked to evaluate the efficiency of the experience, and I
checked the box that said I had waited in line for zero minutes. After
voting, and after having to be instructed on allowing a machine to suck up my
ballot, I was awarded a sticker with a proper American flag. That, of course,
is non-partisan and non-ideological, as good citizenship is meant to be. I
re-fastened my button on leaving the polling place; one can only be a
socialist in private.</DIV>
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<DIV>They always need for you to know that they're keeping an eye on
you.</DIV>
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<DIV>DG</DIV></DIV><BR>
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