Somewhere in the middle of America

We’re at a gas station in Ottawa, I’ll., right off Route 80 — very possibly a different country than my East Coast home. Need evidence? Check out these car magnets.

Of courser, Illinois is Obama’s home state, so this kind of violent anti-Obama rhetoric is not widespread here — though it is very much present.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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