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Subject:Crowded at the polls today
From:Bill Bastillion
Date:Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:00:10 +0000

>Some have three cornered hats, some have rags around their feet,
>others are dressed in tattered and faded, blue or grey uniforms.
>Some wear the baggy stripes of prisoners, some have tiger stripe fatigues,
>they're all with you there in the voting booth.

Some are in Chains ... with Big Smiles on Their Faces !
It's (about) Time!
Let Freedom Ring (For All) !!!
May the God's bless (change) America!
May the God's bless this Crazzy World !!!
Kunta Kinte

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>

> It's going to be crowded at the polls. There'll be a lot of people
> you don't know there. Some will be there to vote and some to
>
> help others vote but another group will be there too. They're quiet.
> You hardly notice them there in booth with you.
>
> With names like Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay,
> and others they stand there with you. They
>
> wear odd clothing. Some have three cornered hats, some have rags
> around their feet, others are dressed in tattered and
>
> faded, blue or grey uniforms. Some wear the baggy stripes of
> prisoners, some have tiger stripe fatigues, they're all with you
>
> there in the voting booth.
>
> They've stood before in places as close as the bridge at Concord or
> the angle at Gettysburg or i n places as far away as
>
> Belleau Wood, Bastogne, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Ia Drang, Khe
> Sahn, Mogadishu, Fallujah and others. They're truck
>
> drivers, nurses, mechanics, pilots, rebels, cooks, clerks, riflemen,
> artillerymen, tank commanders, rangers, and patriots.
>
> They're standing with you today as they stood for you in places and
> times far away to be sure you excercise your freedom
>
> and responsibility to vote.
>
> You'll not see them, but they're there just the same, watching while
> you make your mark on history. Vote today.

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