You've been pulling at the strings, playing puppeteer for kings.

I went to see a Michael Franti & Spearhead concert last month and I was DELIGHTED when one of their encore songs was a song that they'd written about Barack Obama, his election as President-elect, and his message. The description of the song in the e-mail I was sent telling me that the song can be downloaded for free on iLike.com is: The song is a tribute to the president elect Barack Obama and is a celebration of the hope and optimism that has filled the hearts and minds of the country ever… Continue

So, apparently we PYIC kids were right.

Obama is now Mr. President. Oh yeah. You heard that right. MR. PRESIDENT.

*dies of happiness*

-Erin

P.S. IN YOUR FACE, JOHN McCAIN AND SARAH PALIN AND MY ONE FRIEND WHOSE POLITICAL OPINION I KNOW AND DISAGREE WITH!!!!

*does happy dance*

Bedtime now.

So, I'm going to the inauguration in January with a program called PYIC (Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference). I am SO excited to go to Obama's inauguration. Anyway, that's not what this blog is about. This blog is about recent polls among the other students that will be attending the conference.

We've got all kinds of activities going on at the website and the blog for PYIC, including a poll. We get to vote for who we think would be a better president: John McCain or Barack Obama? I, of co… Continue

I spent the whole of last night convincing a family friend [Kayla] to vote for Obama.

It was actually a rather enjoyable experience. I read many blog posts from this site to her and she was interested to hear the reasoning behind everyone's opinions. Kayla was well-informed by the end of the evening, thanks largely in part to Scott Westerfeld's blog posts. She is now positive that her vote will be going to Obama, and I am very glad to have taken part in making sure she doesn't join the dark sid… Continue

I know how very little I've been doing to raise awareness of issues facing our country today, but I've done SOMETHING, and that counts, right?

At my school's bus stop every morning, I've sort of held court. I'll stand at the spot most people congregate every morning and I'll ask them questions. These questions are about almost ANYTHING. I'll ask who the candidates in this election are, including the VPs. It was surprising to me that many people did not KNOW who the candidates were. I have also… Continue