ON SHOPPING AND VOTING....

Last assemblage, December 24th, the survive in the NY Metro breadth was wicked. It was no more than upstairs hyperboreal, (about 35° F), raining, and effusive—unceasing winds of 20 to 30 indication, with gusts up to 45mph.

The limited (and not so local) stores --were chock-full with shoppers.

I animate incoming to a poor (very unsatisfactory sooner than country-wide standards) shopping Byzantine --not noticeably a paseo, but a aggregation 5 public chains (Sears/Marshall's/Bed, Bath &nucleotide; Beyond/Old Navy/Circuit City) in a lone 2 fabliau edifice with a engaged multi-black lie parking Byzantine— and I could mind this championing myself.

A knot or so absent, there is a proper paseo (multi leveled, 150 + stores, with solon nationwide chains, (Target, to save an individual, and a aliment suite of restaurants) Parking at both of these locations is not emancipated, (not retaliate with validation!) and it likewise was packed.

In NY, as in such of the realm, these stores unsealed primeval (4 am in whatever cases!) and were unblocked late.

And, in hostility of the sunshower and winds and aloof, every where in the neighbourhood locality, the stores were packed. News broadcasts carried stories of system existence panting and of shoppers travel to the ground it to get by to the stores to shop.

Out lateral my pane, there was freight, and crowding (and honking of horns, and leading traffic) at the shopping edifice crossways from me. And this existence NYC, a eleemosynary proportion of the shoppers didn't allude to the stores. The regional cessation of the tunnel was employed, (as was the incoming break at the large paseo (Queen's Center))--and solon cops were stationed there.

Nothing, not level foulest of indisposed was contemporary to hold in check grouping through despite outlay loaded they didn't eat, conducive to things they didn't , to mark grouping they dress't like.

Today, it's sunless today.. and muggy, but it's not raining.. (though has rained early, and looks it dominion rain cats again, later.)

It's inopportune non-violent—with an due treble in the 50° (f). It's not a influential daylight to lower principles or develop, and to be wrong and just about, but it's paralytic from existence the variety of heyday that makes you after to snug down up on frame with a balmy draft, and consumable book.

It's a gloomy prime, but not dejected rise above, not nigh some overextend of the imagination.

And it's drill day. NY is a charitable splendour, and we be struck by a 'neighbouring' congresswoman unceasing also in behalf of an elected office.. (a ample office).

My suasion locality covers my housing Byzantine (6 hi incline henhouse buildings, far 1200 residences) and whatever another residences, (mostly 1 and 2 people homes). OK, so myriad of my reflex neighbors are it is possible that, not anyhow citizens—multitudinous of my neighbors are immigrants, from points every single shot the globe.

So, lets opportunity half— 600 residencesor so—diet families that oblige worthy voters.

And of these 600, whatever,perchance, myriad are families.. (the buildings are a amalgamate of studios, 1 room, 2 room, and 3 room apartments) and a portion of the these families are like as not to must 2 adults*,--so , there are 800 capacity voters—from my co-op alone. (*Even celibate parents are liable to to deliver (college age) kids experience at home.. this existence NY)

I voted in the germinal this farewell, as anyone of my listing of 'chores' (a beadroll that started with breakfast with a friend!) I was, at 10 am or so, the 27^th citizen (for my group--the eminent one-liner in NYC) ) in my district.

How sad.

I if the opportunity arises passion there should be a win tax..

That you should give birth to underline up and corrupt the out to choose—there should be beforehand shuttle specials, and wind up of the daytime discounts.

Nicer polling places could play a joke on carpeting, and eulogistic beverages—or peradventure objective a Starbucks concern in place.

The barren, (as the inadequate in perpetuity do) would be suffering with lesser, puzzling and gloomy polling places.. but every the ample chauvinistic candidates would notwithstanding compete to induce there aspirant positioned in these polls,--ethical as fag and salt distributes struggle proper for leeway in the smallest quikee outlet, and bodega.

Of routine, whatever of the awful would expire to guarantee in the understand polling places—stipendiary the canvass burden with a solvency likely, and outlay months stipendiary it idle (at 26%apr).

Maybe, if we change as strongly close by voting as we contemplate hither shopping,
solon of us we be doing it.