On November 4th, 2008 I arrived at to my polling place at 1:30 PM. Since it was around lunch time , there were no lines to wait in. Voting was simple and quick. Connecticut started using paper ballots with Optical Scan Voting Machines back in 2007. I asked the ballot worker how the votes were counted and he informed me that the Optical Scan Voting Machine counts the votes and the current results flash on it’s display for a couple seconds when you feed in your ballot. Of course I found this out after I already voted and didn’t get to see the numbers. Anyway you all know how the election went by now. But if you live in an underground secret cave that only gets internet, you heard it here first! Barack Oboma has been elected the President of the United States of America.
Later on that night I had the TV set on the CNN news and the MacBook Pro was on Wanda Wisdom’s Live election results progrUm. It was the most entertaining and interactive Election show that I have experienced (Wanda Wisdom’s that is). Even though I was a party of one in the bedroom, I got to share the historical event with “family.” I even did some IM-ing with JayT and was e-mailing back and forth with Girl600. And today, she even sent me a photo of here on election day saying “I voted for Barack Oboma” :) That’s Girl600 in the image pointing to her “I Voted” sticker. – I wish I got a sticker, too… But the polls ran out of them when I voted.
Anyway, The past couple days since the election have been a roller coaster of emotional events. I’m exited that Barack Oboma is the next President and happy that statewide, 60% to 40% of Connecticut voters said NO on Question 1. Rejecting a constitutional convention to amend the CT constitution to ban same-sex marriage, give tax giveaways to corporations, ban abortion and to cut workers’ rights and Benefits.
Rally at CT capital to celebrate CT Gay Marriage on October 10, 2008
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Basically I’ve felt like this:
Yay! Everybody dance! This is Fun! Life is good!..
Later on discovered that a ban on same-sex marriage happened in California, Florida and Arizona. It felt like my anus is bleeding! Making Massachusetts and Connecticut the only two states left where same-sex marriage is legal. So what’s next…
It just takes some time. Life goes on. Do the best you can. It doesn’t mater what they say. Just be yourself. Civil equality is worth fighting for those whom will inherit.
P.S. For Question 2 on the CT election ballot voters (including me) approved allowing 17 year olds to vote in primaries if they reach their 18th birthday by the time of the general election.
vjnet
This sucks. Instead of banning gay marriage, homosexuality ought to be encouraged because it shortens life span by 20-30 years:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9923159
But it’s not enough. To really control population effectively I suggest we bring back smoking by propagandizing it in schools and colleges as yet another cool and chic lifestyle. But not regular smoking, that only takes 5-7 years out of a kid’s average lifespan. What we need is 4-pack a day heavy smoking. That would take out 20-30 years and be on par with homosexuality.
Ideally we should promote heavy smoking and homosexuality together thereby yielding a combined 40-60 year life span reduction. Now that’s real population control efficiency.
Please remember that unless stopped mankind will continue devastating the environment and destroying species after species. It therefore follows that anyone against homosexuality or heavy smoking is anti-earth.
Robert
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