I just want to say that I cried this morning when I found out Obama is shutting down Guantanamo Bay. I never thought we’d see this. Hopefully this is a bright sign for a bright future.
bring the troops back to the USA
and shut down guantanamo bay
– “Same Thing” by Flobots
I’m not a political person, in the sense that I barely pay attention. This election was really the first time I’d paid much attention, aside from all of the Bush drama. Even then I didn’t really follow everything (in either case). I guess that’s kind of a good thing, because I tend to miss out on all of the drama and mudslinging and (maybe) get right down to the facts.
I do, however, want to take the time to reflect on the fact that we have just elected our first African-American president. I also want to take the time to point out to all of the paranoid, the bigots, the static people and the Obama-haters in general that he won and he deserves a fair chance. I keep hearing people say the rudest things about him, that he’s a socialist who wants to ruin our country. Get the facts, people. I’ve heard people scoff at us now having an African-American president. Get off your racist high horses and get into the twenty-first (or is it now the twenty-second?) century. I’ve heard people say that we’ll just have to see how he does, as if he couldn’t possibly do any good. If he didn’t have any potential, he wouldn’t have been elected. People would not have voted for him if there wasn’t something there. Just listen to the man speak for five minutes and it’s plain to see that he’s got brains. He’s got eloquence — almost an MLK kinda thing going on — and — wait for it — he’s got a plan.
He’s also from a place where many of us are from. He was an underdog, raised by a single mother and grandmother. He wasn’t some Ivy League kid with everything handed to him. He really worked his ass off to get where he is, and that is something that everyone should appreciate. He is the first President in a long time to have roots in the middle-class most of us are in.
I’m really happy that our country has finally made a good choice and that we have broken two barriers with this election: social and racial. Whether you agree or not, it is what it is.
I’m also really tired of the discrimination against gays in this country. Continue reading
Voting was very… uneventful. I expected coffee, muffins and candy. I expected an “I Voted Today” sticker. I expected a mass riot in the parking lot or voting room.
I got none of the above.
All I got was a bubble-in-the-President card and stares from old people pitying the poor confused young person voting for the first time. Luckily the machine did not eat my card and I managed to get out of there before someone could throw a chair.
The only good part about the event was the lady holding the Obama sign, alias Obama Sign Lady. When we passed her as we left I gave her the thumbs up and she did a little dance!
Well, at least I exercised my freedom tonight. I still want my damn sticker, though.
I’ve been tweeting for the last twenty minutes about an audio clip that quoted Obama to be planning to bankrupt coal manufacturers. If you’ve heard this video clip and it’s got you wondering, please listen to the full interview! I dug it up and found it on the San Francisco Chronicle.
Just goes to show, you have to dig for the facts, because the media/public always tries to make something out of nothing.
I am still voting for Obama later tonight. 
