So today I went to the grocery store- our local Dominick's which used to be locally owned but is now owned by Safeway- as is everything else in Chicago.
In front of me in line was a nice looking woman pretty typical of Oak Park, IL where I live.
You know Oak Park is allot like other towns of its ilk, Berkeley, California, Montclair, NJ, Bethesda, MD, lots of organic groceries, Liberals, New York Times bags on the front stoop in the morning.
My wife and I moved here as part of the Great Sort and we have liked it.
So back to the pretty woman at the grocery store- as we are waiting on line she is hiding her Credit card in her hand so that no one can see it. At the last moment she swipes it and it is revealed to be an Illinois Link Card (food stamps). With a moment of apparent embarrassment she quickly puts the card into her wallet and leaves the store quickly.
As she got into her Volvo, with the faded Obama '08 sticker on the outside I knew exactly how she felt.... at that moment
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