I just went to the post office, and on the counter containing change-of-address forms and other things, I saw a tray of free America Online CDs.

I thought, isn’t this tantamount to the U.S. government promoting one ISP over others? That just doesn’t feel right. What about Earthlink? MSN? Verizon?

And then I realized that it makes sense. After all, it’s a perfect description of what happens at U.S. post offices all over the country, every day.

America, on line.

Ba-dum-pum.
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