It's Election Night!
I hope you all voted! (If you're able.)
posted by Kirsten Miller at 6:59 PM
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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58 Comments:
I promise you, were I eighteen, I would have voted. But...I'm only twelve. :,(
Yes! It's finally over!!! No more campaign ads!!! Whoo-hoo!!!
I'm not old enough to vote, but even if I was I probably wouldn't. I'm so annoyed with everyone who's running by election day, that I don't want to vote for any of them.
Who are you for?
meh... no can vote.
Hey Ananka, I know that you're busy but do you think that your books are okay for a seven year old? she's pretty mature, but I thought that the rats and all of the bad guys might scare her. I read your books when I was about ten, I'm supposed to babysit her... do you think that they're alright?
PS I'll be reading to her... please help!!
I can't. And I'll just miss the next election, too. Pooey.
I can't vote, of course, but if I can, I'd vote for Obama.
And maybe even if we aren't able... it's a good challenge for a girl mastermind.
Hmmm... who will win..? ppl here in canada seem more excited about the USA election than the canadian. I can see why!
Next election..... I KAN VOOTTTTEEEE!!!!
I'm sure the Irregulars would have found a way to submit their votes (duh). We can only hope they'd be for Obama.
RIDE THE OBAMA LAMA!
Btw, Ananka, how's the next book coming along? I know I keep bugging you, but I can't wait! (I bet your wishing you never even brought it up) I'm DYING to read it!!!!! If it's by you, I know it will be good!
Election night.... Bleh, I'm too young... ;-; Even if I could vote, idk who I'm voting for... -.-'
OBAMA WON!!!!!!
Wooo-hoooooooo!!!!!!!!
Has anybody watched Napoleon Dynamite? I like that movie. VOTE4PEDRO! hehe
Oh yeah!! Obama won! That's good isn't it? I mean, I do live in Australia... But it affects us over here too you know.
Bah. Now that the results are out, I'm depressed.
But at least we're through with campaigning. Maybe my e-mail will stop having ads saying, "Obama's I.Q. is 124! See if u can beat him!"
Noir Mystere: That depends on who you ask. I was for McCain, cause he's pro-life. (Also: ignore anyone who tells you it's racist not to be for Obama. They're wrong, and thankfully, not everyone thinks that.)
YAY for Obama!! wish I could have voted.
But the day was still cool, cause it was my birthday! only 4 years till I can vote...
I wonder, can someone vote if she/he turns 18 on election day?
OH NO! Obama won. He's pro-choice. I had given up on McCain winning ages ago, but I'm still disappointed. Oh darn, oh darn. I really don't like Obama. :'(
Although I voted for McCain in our school election, (based on his prior military experience, how many bills he sponsored for animal rights, and the fact that *gasp* I like Sarah Palin,) I thought that Obama made an extraordinary acceptance speech, that reached out to all of America and beyond.
Ohhh that little paragraph made me feel so smartical.
We had an election at our school and Obama won by a landslide! I wish I could vote, but I have to wait another six years and even then it's only a mid-term election
International Mastermind: You like Sarah Palin? COOL!!!!!
We had an election at the homeschool co-op group I go to. Obama got 2 votes, Palin 1 (^^) and McCain 11.
Hazel and Nellie: If you're talking about abortion, think about this:
Is it better to be born and not taken care of; a burden, with bad parents, possibly be in a fosterhome/orphanage/unsecure enviroment until your 18 (and not to mention your parents would hate you, and you would cause them a lot of grief) or to not have ever lived? When someone wants to have an abortion, it's beacause they DON'T WANT THE BABY. It's their choice, not yours. (Sorry for blabbing, this is an issue I'm strong on.)
I'm sad! I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE! :'((((((((
I'm also sad because Prop 8 passed in California. Gay marriage should be legal. I mean, of course, in terms of law. It's a church's choice whether or not to marry gay people, but gay people should have the LAW SIDE of being married (visitation rights, wills, etc.) Plus, what ever happend to everyone is equal? It's against the constitution to not allow someone something just because they are this or they are that.
I"M SO HAPPY MCCAIN LOST! More specifically, I'm EXTREMELY EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT OBAMA WON!!!! Yeah! My mom acually started crying, she was so happy!
Wow that was long. Sorry!
OBAMA WOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lady Dahlia:
I agree with you on the ads. I've gotten over 50 telephones in the last few days telling me to vote for this or that, but I don't agree with the unvoting thing. This is our future, we can't just expect everything to be OK. We have to fight for what we believe in. In my family it's praticly a sin not to vote, and my Science teacher threatened to disinherit his kids if they didn't register (register, not vote, fyi)
At school, for our election unit, I "voted..."
...for "none of the above." But McCain won by a significant majority. My church-school is conservative/Republican. There's but one girl in my grade who likes Obama.
quarguana: Me, too! I'll be less than three months too young for the 2012 election.
omg i wish i were 18 and an american citizen.
YES WE CANN!!!
Since you like sea monsters, you might be interested-- or at least amused-- by this article. Darndest things wash up on beaches!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1081751/Pictured-The-giant-8ft-Lego-man-washed-beach.html
Can't vote. Though I'm probably more informed then most grown-ups, which stinks. gOBAMA!!
Undiscovered Universe:
consider this- my best friend in the world was born secretly by a meth-addict who had just divorced her 3rd husband. her mom was also a smoker, drinker, and a nasty person. needless to day, my friend has been through all kinds of abuse until her father discovered her living malnourished in an apartment. her father wanted to adpot her, but her mother held gruges and didn't want that to happen, so my friend was put in foster care. she was so abused by one family, she stopped talking, and needed medical help. in one case she was starved. finaly, when she was seven, her mom lost in the legal battle, and she was adopted by her dad and step-mom, and had two new half-sisters and two step-sisters to live with. she hasn't seen her mom since.
the point of this is that my friend was almost aborted. HER MOM DIDN'T WANT HER. nobody wanted her, and she's been through all kinds of horrors she's still recovering from.
now tell me: do you think she was better off dead?
do you think my best friend in the world, who has helped me with many of my problems, and is a loving christian, as well as a hurting soul, was better off dead?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
abortion is unethical, immoral, and unconstitutional. think about it.
Undiscovered Universe (and everyone, but mostly U-Universe since she sparked this comment): YES. If your pareents don't want you, they can give you up for adoption instead af aborting you. If you have a sad life until age 18, that is age 18--NOT your whole life. And I can tell you 14 children, right off the bat, who are adopted happily, and some/many are from third world countries. She's a child, not a choice. (or he)
Undiscovered Universe, if a kid's parents can't or won't take care of them properly (and that includes not making them think they're a burden or unwanted), then they should put it up for adoption. (As a baby, of course, what 10-year-old wants to told they're being gotten rid of?) Or, even better, not gotten pregnant in the first place. (And I'm advocating abstinence, not drugs here.)
The child is only "yours" in the sense that they've been entrusted to your care, they're not a pet or a baby doll.
I can't think of a single circumstance in which it would be acceptable for a parent to kill their child. Can you?
Sorry if I'm rambling, but the point is that it's NOT their choice. The child is NOT their property. That mentality also advocates arranged marriages, parents choosing their children's jobs, colleges, etc., and even being allowed to sell their children. I would be totally flabbergasted if you're in favor of that.
And I'm not attacking you, it's just that this issue is very important to me, and a lot of what gets said really makes me mad.
Sorry, I think my comment had a lot of typos. And sorry it was sort of long, but as a Roman Catholic, I feel very strongly about abortion.
Good quote from Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta: The greatest destroyer of peace...is abortion."
Arsenic: !!!! You rock my socks. Fight the power!
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBAMA WON. ugggh. anyway how is the new book coming along.
undiscoverede universe: i was seriously comtemplating telling everybody about prop 8! having obama as our pres is a big sep forward, but prop 8 feels like a step back. because of the seperation of church and state, i don't think it will last very long or that another prop will come along taking back prop 8. i am sososo happy obama won, and the next election will be MADDENING for me! i'll be 17 with two months to go before being 18 ;-;. in some ways, GO AMERICA and in others, dangit america!
i personaly prfer obama but.....EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO A DIFFERANT OPPINIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arsenic: LOL!!! I wanted to make an "I Didn't Vote" sticker.
hazel and nellie i totally agree with u abortion is WRONG
'a person a person no matter how small" Dr. Suess I guess being roman catholic has it's benefits because when obama's "change" comes around it's not my fault i voted for mccain in my school election
mk
Hahaha, all the papers sold out yesterday, even AMNY - apparently a copy of the NYT went for 100 on ebay!
Lucky we have a subscription :D My mom was like "don't spill on it!!!"
OBAMA08
In my previos comment, I huess I made it sound like I thought a kid was a parents property, and they could do with him of her what they would. I was NOT aiming at this IN ANY WAY. Sorry for the confusion.
And, while I see the anti-choice side of the argument, I have to respond. All humans are humans, and it's NOT OK NOT TO LOVE YOUR KID. But, in the sad, sad, sad, sad world we live in, we have parents who don't. Or parents that would be forced to marry or something if they had a kid. My point is, the kid would not be a happy kid, and the parents life would be ruined. It's not only the kids life that matters. What happened to everyone's equal. We have to think about the parents here too people!!
But, we should also have a convo about Prop 8, and gay rights.Anyone have anything to say?
Obamarama! Omg i luv luv luv obma he's gunna b a toetllay awsum president. the results of our school election here in So Cally: Obama 68% Mccain 23% and Ralph Nader 4%. Lol he toetllay won by a landslide. Us los angelinos are very dissapointed that prop 8 didnt pass here bcause its taking away people's rights and such. Anyway at least obama won. YAY!
There's a young adult novel called "Unwind" about a possible future if the abortion question goes a certain way. I don't think that book will ever happen in real life, and I'm glad because it's a kind of freaky and depressing book!! But some of you might want to read it if you want other thoughts to think about the abortion issue.
(This cupcake thinks abortion is a necessary evil, and hopes that someday the human race will have "got it together" enough that it will no longer be necessary.)
nellie: about 18 not being your whole life: that's quite true, but I think people are most impressionable in the earlier years of their life. For instance, if someone had a horrible experience when she/he was really young, that person is likely to have problems later in life. Or fear whatever was involved in the experience.
one more thing about abortion: what if a woman was raped? should she have to raise that child?
I think that if the woman doesn't feel up to raising the child, and I bet I wouldn't, then she can put him/her up for adoption. I know that life could be really hard for the child as well as for the mother, but I don't think it's ever acceptable for a mother to kill her child. Ever.
abortion might not be right, but if it was illegal then people would stilltry to get it done by a non-professional, resulting in a huge upsurping in women's death rates. I think that at one point it was illegal, and that's exactly what happened. I agree with cupcakedoll on the "nessacary evil" bit. still mad at prop 8!
I think the people around us make us who we are, and I think we should have the RIGHT to abort. That doesn't mean we have to abort but if we WANT to, we can. So, having abortion is a win-win situation.
Anonymous 8:I am touched by your friends story, which reminds me of a girl named Tina.
I know this sounds kind of heartless, but the baby (I think?) can't feel anything, and the people whose lives the person would have changed if he had lived wouldn't know what they are missing.
and if its teenage parents don't put their baby up for adoption, it will probably not have the greatest childhood, which could cause more serious problems later on.
To anonymous (the one with the story about his/her friend): You don't know what would have happened if your friend had not existed. Either there would have been someone else in her place, or there would not. Either way, you wouldn't be devastated that she didn't exist, because you wouldn't have known, but if she had not been born, she wouldn't have had to go through everything you described.
We're not saying she would have been better off dead. We're saying she would have been better off not having been born. There is a difference.
about the rape/adoption issue, how would you feel as a 12-15 year old walking down the street seven months pregnant?
Although I think if someone just got drunk at a party and ended up pregnant, that's their problem.
I think they kind of deserve the stares and possible ostracism they might get when pregnant, but shouldn't keep the baby for themselves.
But the problem is that the baby loses, and the baby is the innocent, defenseless one here.
Oh, and when the fetus is aborted, it is not a baby. It is a fetus. Fetuses cannot feel pain up to a certain point, at which I believe they are given anesthetics.
A fetus is a medical term for a baby in a certain stage of his or her development. Would you say, "Hazel, you're not a person, you're teenager"? Of course not. Just because someone's not crying doesn't mean they're not a person.
And giving someone anesthetics before killing them? That's a way of convincing yourself it's OK.
The Abortion issue is simple.
Whether one is opposed to it or not depends on when one believes life begins. Is it conception? When the fetus is viable outside of the womb? Birth? There are lots of different opinions.
What one chooses to believe is more often than not a matter of one's RELIGIOUS beliefs. And that's great. Everyone is entitled to her beliefs. But the founding fathers of this country made if perfectly clear that religious beliefs have no place in American government.
So while it's fine for a person to believe abortion is wrong, she has no right in this country to impose those religious beliefs on her fellow citizens.
Well, first of all, it's not just about when life begins, because there ARE situations when it's all right to kill a living person, such as a just war. It only matters when life begins, because, obviously, these people are innocent.
Second of all, it's not just about religion. It's about respecting human dignity, which is the duty of every person on this entire planet.
And if it were just about religion, the pro-life people would also have a right not to be subjected to the religious views of pro-"choice" people.
The Catholic Church is against rape. Does that mean it should be allowed, to keep church and state separate? Of course not!
Also, "they can't feel it" makes no sense, because that means it's OK to kill people in their sleep, kill people who are in comas, kill people who are under anesthetic. And that's wrong.
I'm not trying to judge you people personally, but I think a lot (not all!) of pro-abortion people really aren't comfortable with what they're doing/advocating, which leads to all these euphemisms. "Choice," "women's health" and so on. They don't want to admit what they're doing, not to others, not to the general public, and not to themselves. But they want to keep doing it, because they're selfish. They know it's wrong, deep down inside, but they won't admit it. If you really want to address an issue, you have to be honest about it.
I agree with Jin ai on the abortion issue.
I'm so happy that Obama won, but I'm sad that prop 8 in California passed. ALL people should be treated equally.
Before stating my opinion on the abortion and gay rights issues, I would like to say that I am glad everyone is informing themselves and has their own opinion so they are not like, "Ummm....I like Barack Obama.....because my friend does." Or whatever. Yay!
I am sooooo glad Obama won! His speech gave me goosebumps!
On abortion: I personally am in the middle. I get the whole "It's the mother's choice" but I also understand the side of "You are killing innocent babies!" At some point in the pregnancy, we have to decide when the baby is a person. If we make abortion illegal, what will happen to the mothers who get abortions anyways? What methods would they use? Would the methods be safe for the mother? Also, why do we think killing convicted prisoners is ok while killing fetuses/babies is wrong? Are both wrong? Or is capital punishment ok when the prisoner has killed a person or some people? Either way, you are taking a person's life off Earth forever. I am undecided on abortion. But if I was to get pregnant in high school, I would probably put the baby up for adoption.
Switching topics, I think gay marriage is ok! I agree that the gay/lesbian couples should have all the rights that "legal" married couples have, and even if they are not accepted in churches, they should TOTALLY have the law on their side!
That is my word in this ongoing debate. :] Thank you for listening!
I am disappointed I can't vote in the next election. I will only be 17!
The unborn baby--or fetus--or whatever you want to call the thing in the woman's womb--is a living human, and she/he is innocent. They have original sin, yes, but they do not know the difference between right and wrong, and so they cannot sin, and so they are innocent. It is never okay to end an innocent human life.
The difference between capital punishment and abortion is innocence. I think that in countries like the U.S. where we actually have a decent jail system, capital punishment is unnecessary, but it makes sense in countries where anyone in jail can bribe their way out in two months, extremely evil murderers and terrorists and so on. I think you should avoid it where you can, because they are people, and to give the person a chance to repent and so on.
But unborn babies have never done anything wrong in their whole entire lives. That's the difference.
What really galls me is what a big deal people make about whales and so on, when thousands of American children are murdered in cold blood, every single day.
Priorities, people!
I was for McCain. I really feel that was Obama has said and things he has done and things he is for are not right for this country. But I cannot do anything about it and I guess he is now just a president.
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