<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><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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