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Acceptance by Langston Hughes

God in His infinite wisdom
Did not make me very wise-
So when my actions are stupid
They hardly take God by surprise

Yesterday on my way to the airport, the taxi was sieged by about ten college-aged looking kids at a stoplight.  They were all yelling, pounding on the windows, looking in the taxi, carrying signs, and handing out some sort of paper to the driver.  I think he was concerned that I would freak out, so he explained that they were campaigning (I can't remember what words he used) for the presidential election.  This prompted a series of questions from me in the back seat.

M-Will you vote in the election?
T-  Yes.
M- Is this the guy you're going to vote for?
T- Yes. Yes, him.
M- Do you need to show ID to vote?
T- No. No, we have FREE election.

Let me say the taxi driver smiled through most of this interchange.  When I asked him about identification, his smile was wide to quite wide.  His pride showed in this wide smile as he stated, "No. No, we have FREE election."  The emphasis was on free.  He was proud to be a Mexican.  He was proud to vote.  He was proud to choose his candidate.  He was proud of his free election without ID.  It literally brought tears to my eyes.  Shouldn't Americans (Minnesotans) have the same "free" elections? 


Comments

KC said…
Here here! And, great blogging, as usual.
8:53 PM
jdoc said…
Congrats on the challenge! Hope you are enjoying vacation!!
1:45 PM
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