Monday, November 10, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
McCain Congratulates Obama, And gets Boo'ed!?

Soon after word the Barack Obama won the presidential election, Senator McCain spits his little congratulatory speech, for Obama, to a mob of bloodthirsty supporters. While sending his praises to Obama for such a historic moment, the mob express thier displure with boo's and chants when the names of Obama or Biden are spoken. This is not new really, as we've seen this MANY of time before in previous campaign rallies.
And the 44th President Is.....
**Drumroll please**
Senator PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama II


Im really feeling to hyped up right now to even write this post so please forgive me for any excessive use of exclamation marks in this post! Today is a very historic day indeed. Today Barack Obama is name the 44th President and the first BLACK president!! It's been a long, well run campaign by Senator PRESIDENT Obama and its paid off! But this isnt the end(Hell this isnt even the beginning he hasnt been sworn in yet!), there is still a long road to go and many promises to uphold.
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Barack Obama,
Democrat,
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November 4,
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Voting is a Pain in the @
Wow, I just finally put in my vote! This is the first time I've ever voted in my life, and I'm not sure what to feel. But man, whoever wins- everything is going to be different.
I have a very long video that I will post, documenting my treacherous and torturous journey to cast my vote.
To say the least, this process took me 4 hours. Stay posted for the video!
I have a very long video that I will post, documenting my treacherous and torturous journey to cast my vote.
To say the least, this process took me 4 hours. Stay posted for the video!
Voting Day
I'll be voting in a few hours here in Dallas, and I'll be taking my video camera with me. I haven't decided what questions to ask exactly, and if whether or not I want to do this with videothevote.org
Been watching the "Most Viewed" section on YouTube hourly and while there is a plethora of attacks from both sides, the media war feels a bit sedated as people seem to have made up their minds already. But that's just me- I actually haven't decided for myself.
I guess we'll see what happens in a few hours.
Been watching the "Most Viewed" section on YouTube hourly and while there is a plethora of attacks from both sides, the media war feels a bit sedated as people seem to have made up their minds already. But that's just me- I actually haven't decided for myself.
I guess we'll see what happens in a few hours.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Can Asian-Americans Swing the Vote?
Now that we're in the last few days, talk of swinging the vote is getting more notice, and it looks like the often overlooked "model minority"; the Asian-Americans, may hold the swing vote.
As an Asian-American, I can tell you that culturally, Obama doesn't seem like the likely candidate for our demographic. Why? Because most traditional Asian families don't find much comfort in "change", instead generally opting for safety and reliability. Even moreso, Asian Americans are generally passively impartial to voting in general. In fact, according to the NAAS Survey, 43% of Asians who were polled were still undecided.
But Obama's got the Asian vote.

If McCain wants to scrape in any remaining votes, he better start going after the 43% undecided Asian-American demographic, who are generally not affiliated with any particular party. It may very well be a pivotal difference.
Now let me rant for a second: Everyone talks about slavery in the states, but who are the Chinese Railroad workers? We all know tons about the Holocaust but who here is taught about the Rape of Nanking in school? Did anyone hear about when the biggest hip-hop station in New York made a "humorous song" about tsunami victims with lyrics that include "swim, chink, swim"?
Didn't think so.
And now, Asian Americans matter all of the sudden.

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As an Asian-American, I can tell you that culturally, Obama doesn't seem like the likely candidate for our demographic. Why? Because most traditional Asian families don't find much comfort in "change", instead generally opting for safety and reliability. Even moreso, Asian Americans are generally passively impartial to voting in general. In fact, according to the NAAS Survey, 43% of Asians who were polled were still undecided.
But Obama's got the Asian vote.

Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain 42 to 20 percent in New York and 37 to 18 percent in New Jersey, according to a recent poll of Asian Americans.source: Asian Journal
If McCain wants to scrape in any remaining votes, he better start going after the 43% undecided Asian-American demographic, who are generally not affiliated with any particular party. It may very well be a pivotal difference.
Now let me rant for a second: Everyone talks about slavery in the states, but who are the Chinese Railroad workers? We all know tons about the Holocaust but who here is taught about the Rape of Nanking in school? Did anyone hear about when the biggest hip-hop station in New York made a "humorous song" about tsunami victims with lyrics that include "swim, chink, swim"?
Didn't think so.
And now, Asian Americans matter all of the sudden.
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Tsunami,
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