Omelet wrote:

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> *"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
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> > He gave me what can be described as a "look". *I got up to leave and gave
> > him a huge smile, saying, "I wish you luck on election day"...once we left I
> > could see him through the window, commiserating with the other waitstaff and
> > pointing at me...he was not "smiling", shall we say.
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> > A few minutes later I espied a homeless guy selling copies of the local
> > Chicago homeless "newspaper" _Streetwise_...he too was wearing a big Obama
> > button. *I gave him a twenty, saying, "Keep it, man, Obama told me to give
> > this to you", to which he replied, "Hey, thanks, man! *Thanks, thanks a
> > LOT...!!!"...and we both gave each other a big "thumbs up". *I felt real,
> > *real* good that I had done my duty as a good citizen...I knew that the
> > "Karma God" was surely beaming down very kindly at me this evening..
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> > Anyways, I think this was a pretty good demonstration of "Obamanomics" in
> > action...I'm a big believer in "putting one's money where one's mouth is"
> > and all that jazz...
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> > Oh, and be sure to VOTE on Election Day, or if you have early voting in your
> > state you can vote right now...
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> > :-)
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> > Best
> > Greg
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> You're an asshole Greg. <giggles>


A great big fuzzy and LOVABLE one, Om...


> Love it.


;-P



> I did vote this past Wednesday. *I see no reason not to take advantage
> of early voting for the two weeks it runs and avoid the crowds at the
> polls on the 4th.
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> There are two early voting locations here in town.
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> If anyone has not made up their mind by now, what's the point? *Y'all
> have thru the 31st for early polling.


As they used to say here in Chicawgo, "Vote early and vote
often"...those days are pretty much over here. A century or so ago it
was standard practise here to bribe potential voters with free drinks
or such...and if you didn't vote for the "right" candidate you could
lose your job or even your home.


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Best
Greg