Y.T.'s Blog

You know when David Blane is doing street magic, and there's always the one black kid in the audience who bites on his fist and shouts "Ohhhhhhhhh! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooo!" That's me right now.

I could stare at the colors in that shot for hours. Goddamn space program.

You're writing is kind of clunky, YT, but I like what you have to say. Your take on the difference between Hillary's "Trust us to fix it" campaign and Obama's "DIY" campaign is an angle I never noticed before.

Great job, YT. I actually felt my bile rise being reminded of what a shitty situation this country is in right now. I was tempted to never vote again after '04, but, as much as I admire McCain as a man, we can't afford four more years of the politics that have poisoned this country.

Fantastic job, YT.

I gotta be me.

And this, by the way, is totally LOL.

Thanks for not editing that out.

That's having "man-pants" about the whole exchange, Bob.

Martian sasquatches are LOL.

I can live with clunky (at least it matches my glasses), but could probably use an editor, as usual. Thanks for reading, guys, and thanks for the nice words. I just voted, and am keeping my fingers crossed for Obama.

FWIW, I voted for Obama today as well. But he's expected to win the GA primary by a huge margin, so my vote won't count nearly as much as yt's (just like my opinion).

Just did likewise. Turnout didn't look all that heavy.

Just getting with going, and I will be voting for Obama shortly.

What time do the polls generally close?

The first part kind of kills the compliment, doesn't it?

Anyway, good write-up there, YT. I wasn't even sure who I was voting for until last night. Now it's Obama for sure.

Why are YT's blogs credited to Russ along with his picture? Or am I the only one seeing that glitch?

I see it too.

His blogs had Devin's picture earlier today.

Most of them have been like that since the Blogs started.

Her, Phil. Her.

Have they? Sorry then, hadn't noticed that problem until now.

Oh! Sorry, saw no indicator, and the accredited picture is the exact opposite of what Nick said he wanted as writer photos for the blogs. My confusion is honest.

Love that yt is blogging here. And I love what she is saying, for the most part. I hope people are inspired to action, because voting is certainly not enough. People are way more comfortable discussing change (or, even just hearing the word) than actually trying to make a difference. To me, the massive amount of support for Obama is sad to me, in a way. What if people got like that for a candidate that wasn't groomed for the position? For a candidate that meant change rather than used it as a campaign buzz word. Now, I'm not saying the guy wouldn't make a difference once seated. But excuse me if I don't buy his rock poster before he steps into office and actually starts doing the things that sound good in speeches. I think we are right to be sick of our leaders. But we should be equally sick of ourselves.

There was old people yelling at my voting location! So awesome. One woman had an absentee ballot that she was filling out but was told she signed at the wrong place or time or some such something, and that led to a shouting match between septuagenarians, with the voter telling the poller that she was an idiot - and in the end was proved right. Then, as I was voting against the Indian Casinos, the old man in the corner erupted with a short tirade about how the world has become rude, and it's because kids aren't learning in schools because most teachers are idiots. I was flirting with one of my fellow voters, and we exchanged some great conspiratorial glances and smiles over that one, as my laugh led to me being questioned to why I was laughing. I had to say "I didn't expect this much drama."

Suprised you didn't break out into a dance routine. That would have made all the women swoon.

On topic. Ohio is not part of super Tuesday as ours is early March. Everyone is expecting large turnouts from the democrat voters.

Yeah, I don't vote until 3/4. I don't think the Dem primary will be decided by then.

Swooning septuagenarians might leave me with some heavy medical bills. And putting a wiggle in them hips might lead to a medical fiasco that could keep others from voting.

Thanks, everyone, for reading, and for the nice words!

Matchstick is right. Democracy is subverted by inertia and disinterest, and both qualities are carefully cultivated by the business interests in this country that would prefer to do the decision-making on behalf of (but not necessarily in the interest of) the general public (not all businesses, obviously, but enough of them to make a formidable force).

It may sound like a grand conspiracy, but it's really not. It's just the way a capitalist-based democracy works or doesn't. I believe it's the reason education is such an afterthought when you consider all the planning, money, research and reach that goes into advertising. Both structures are vying for kids' attention, but only one entity captures it. People are worth more to business interests as consumers rather than contributors or independent thinkers. And that's true of people of all ages. Kids are just the easiest marks.

Not a single candidate running in this election can fix things by him or herself. Because this is a democracy we are actually the ones in charge, but we have to be aware of what's going on, informed enough to know what needs to be done, and have the fortitude and courage to fight for it. Whoever takes office is up against extremely well-funded interests with billions of dollars in profits on the line. Without sustained public awareness and support, even the most honest, hard-working, visionary politician would be hamstrung against that.

The reason I support Obama is that he has the ability to capture people's imaginations and remind them what the fight is about, and how each plays a role in it. Whether he has the stuff to do it or not is a gamble, but at least with him that possibility exists -- to me, anyway. If he were not in the race I'd support Hillary for other reasons, but Obama has done an incredible job of speaking to that part of us that wants to hope it can be done.

Dre, there was this very lame and possibly illegal glitch on the ink-vote cards for independent voters (I'm registered independent so I got one). You had to mark that you were voting democratic, and then mark the dem candidate you were voting for. If you didn't mark the Dem bubble, your vote would not be counted. It's a major debacle. I'm really glad Jake posted a link to the story in the politics forum because I went in knowing about it. A lot of people didn't.

Don't know where you're at, but they close at 8pm in California.

Hopefully all the Obama supporters in this thread and elsewhere will be celebrating good results come tomorrow.

Oh, and yt, you're wonderful. I look forward to more of your blogs in the future.

I thought it was 11PM (2 AM Eastern)?

BTW, Obama flat-out destroyed HRC in Georgia.

And I agree with the consensus on yt's blog. You won't find a more informed and passionate political opinion around here. I definitely look forward to reading more of these throughout the election year.

Cali closes at 8pm (11 est).

Noted it beforehand was not fooled.

Ah. Well, that makes much more sense. The CNN radio affiliate here in Atlanta (AM 750 WSB) mentioned polls closing in CA at 11:00 PM (specifically stating that was 2:00 AM here) a few times today.

That could be Alaska.