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Ft. Greene [which] was insane last night--hollers of joy in the street till the early mornings. Someone joked to me that she was ready to get her rioting on, while I pulled out my lighter and said "How hard is it to overturn a car? That Mini over there can't be too heavy." But besides bad humor, there was no crazy behavior--just a lot of happy, happy people. So many hugs with strangers, toasts in the streets, and high fives from people sailing by in honking cars.
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At about 11:30PM, I left my friend's Obama Victory party in Upper East Tennessee. The party was a hoot, but the world outside was quiet. Dead-scary quiet. As I drove home down a desolate 18 mile stretch of I-26, in my little Toyota adorned with a MoveOn Obama sticker, I was on high mental alert, concious of the possibility that some enraged redneck could run me off the road, or worse. I was never so glad to pull into my driveway!
