Date:         Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:47:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Crowded at the polls today
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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 in 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.