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11.06.2008
yes, we did.
courtesy of MoveOn.org--check out how to get your free Obama: Yes We Did sticker (that's right! FREE!) here.
11.05.2008
11.04.2008
quote of the day, part 2!
"I hope this works. I'll be really embarrassed if it doesn't."
Barack Obama, to a poll worker as he fed his ballot into a machine.
Barack Obama, to a poll worker as he fed his ballot into a machine.
just in case...
just in case anybody actually does read this blog and needs some help finding out where to cast their vote (for whoever you choose):
http://www.voteforchange.com (yes, it's obama's website, but it's a pretty non-partisan tool :-p)
http://vote411.org/pollfinder.php (league of women voters)
if you're not into using the internets to figure this out, feel free to call
877-US4-OBAMA (which is 877-874-6226--and yes, again, it's an obama campaign funded thing, but they're only there to help you figure out where you should go to vote, not who you're voting for)
or, look up your local elections office and ask them! they should know where to direct you. and are not at all affiliated with obama, or women voters, if that's your issue ;)
and vote, dammit! vote! vote! vote!
http://www.voteforchange.com (yes, it's obama's website, but it's a pretty non-partisan tool :-p)
http://vote411.org/pollfinder.php (league of women voters)
if you're not into using the internets to figure this out, feel free to call
877-US4-OBAMA (which is 877-874-6226--and yes, again, it's an obama campaign funded thing, but they're only there to help you figure out where you should go to vote, not who you're voting for)
or, look up your local elections office and ask them! they should know where to direct you. and are not at all affiliated with obama, or women voters, if that's your issue ;)
and vote, dammit! vote! vote! vote!
barack the vote
to anybody reading this, or still reading this, or reading it for the first time (let's be honest, was anybody EVER reading this?):
today is the day.
i started getting choked up getting ready for work, this morning. to graduate college, i had to write a thesis about a social movement in the state i grew up in, and i chose to write about a black student movement that happened 13 years before i was born at the school i was attending. the students only wanted more representation in the student body, faculty, staff and administration. they fought for change, and in 37 years, the black student population at this particular university went from less than 1% to 13%, 10% higher than the population in the entire state.
37 years later, i'm going to go to the polls and vote for a black man to be president.
america can be annoying, and america can be embarrassing. i will absolutely be the first to admit it. but 50 years ago, barack obama would have had to walk in a separate door to enter a building. and he would have had to drink at a different water fountain. he would have had to sit at the back of the bus--not because the cool kids were back there (which is why i always wanted to sit at the back of the bus), but because that was where people who looked like him had to sit. and because of his skin color, 50 years ago, in the united states of america, barack obama would have had a helluva time even registering to vote.
and today, we will find out if he is going to be our next president.
what an amazing place.
this is going to be big, i hope i don't have to tell you.
today, we make history. in the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
today is the day.
i started getting choked up getting ready for work, this morning. to graduate college, i had to write a thesis about a social movement in the state i grew up in, and i chose to write about a black student movement that happened 13 years before i was born at the school i was attending. the students only wanted more representation in the student body, faculty, staff and administration. they fought for change, and in 37 years, the black student population at this particular university went from less than 1% to 13%, 10% higher than the population in the entire state.
37 years later, i'm going to go to the polls and vote for a black man to be president.
america can be annoying, and america can be embarrassing. i will absolutely be the first to admit it. but 50 years ago, barack obama would have had to walk in a separate door to enter a building. and he would have had to drink at a different water fountain. he would have had to sit at the back of the bus--not because the cool kids were back there (which is why i always wanted to sit at the back of the bus), but because that was where people who looked like him had to sit. and because of his skin color, 50 years ago, in the united states of america, barack obama would have had a helluva time even registering to vote.
and today, we will find out if he is going to be our next president.
what an amazing place.
this is going to be big, i hope i don't have to tell you.
today, we make history. in the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
11.03.2008
quote of the day
"rosa sat so martin could walk. martin walked so obama could run. obama is running so our children can fly."
-Jay Z
-Jay Z
9.10.2008
NUMB3RS (...sorry.)
Interestingly enough, what with the numbers in this morning, 62% of men have a "favorable opinion" of Sarah Palin, whereas only 53% of women showed similar results. Similarly, 23% of men have an unfavorable view of Sen. John McCain's running mate, while women stood fast at 30% (which is, admittedly, not very high, but still, interesting, no?). 57% of males believe Palin to be qualified; only 43% of women agreed and, in fact, 55% of women felt Palin is not qualified. And, in the end, 50% of people (read: men AND women) agreed that Palin is qualified to take over as president if something happens to good old Johnny McCain, whereas a whopping 70% of those polled say the same for Democratic VP nom Joe Biden.
Some more numbers follow after the jump.
Some more numbers follow after the jump.
this just in...
Apparently--according to CNN.com--McCain has inched ahead of Obama in national polls, but Obama has a steady lead in the most recent Electoral College estimates.
Forgive me, but it's always seemed to me that, if one candidate is deemed the favorite (read: winning in national polls), they ought to be the one the Electoral College goes for. I mean, I'm sure by now it's no secret which candidate I favor, but numbers are numbers.
Oh well. Anyway. Read the story here if you're interested.
P.S. This part cracks me up: "Although polls across the country are open on one day, the election is not a national poll but a series of 51 state-level elections that decide the members of the Electoral College."
Come on, CNN.com. Really?
Forgive me, but it's always seemed to me that, if one candidate is deemed the favorite (read: winning in national polls), they ought to be the one the Electoral College goes for. I mean, I'm sure by now it's no secret which candidate I favor, but numbers are numbers.
Oh well. Anyway. Read the story here if you're interested.
P.S. This part cracks me up: "Although polls across the country are open on one day, the election is not a national poll but a series of 51 state-level elections that decide the members of the Electoral College."
Come on, CNN.com. Really?
definition of the day (?)
mav·er·ick 
Audio Help [mav-er-ik, mav-rik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
Audio Help [mav-er-ik, mav-rik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun
| 1. | Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother. |
| 2. | a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km). |
[Origin: 1865–70, Americanism; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded]
] —Synonyms 2. nonconformist, independent, loner.
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