<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><h2 property="dc:title" style="margin: 10px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; clear: both; font-weight: normal; "><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"A Short Message to Those Who Have Signed Petitions Asking to Secede From the Union"</span></font></h2></div><div><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet</span></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We do respect your point of view.<br>We’re glad to see the back of you."</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-------------------------------------<br></span><br><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">"Moscow Cares"</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div>Tom Hansen, CPL (Commie Pinko Liberal)</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>