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One does not need to be an analyst or a poli sci major to understand the importance of technology on the election. In the past 4 years there have been numerous innovations and technological advances to change the way the people in America stay informed on politics. Although this is not the first election to be effected by the internet, the changes in the past 4 years such as the mainstream acceptance of streaming television programs over the internet and conception of Youtube have greatly altered how we access our favorite medium of entertainment video, as well as social networking tools like myspace and facebook that allowed candidates to reach the youth on a much more personal level.

Up until this election the easiest and generally only way for people to keep up to date on the election by watching video was through their television set. Now with the invention of Youtube anyone with internet access can personalize their search for political knowledge on a site originally contrived to bring people together.

Nowadays a large portion of people get their TV show fix through their computer screen. TV shows with political biases such as Saturday Night Live can now be watched on demand. The implications of this access where realized at the polls when voters were asked what influence the show had on them. 2/3 of voters saw the political skits performed on the show, with 59% of those voting for Obama and 39% voting for McCain.



The importance of the internet in this election was not limited to the home front, I mean we are talking about the World Wide Web. The world view of America has been on decline for the past 7 years due to the Bush administrations foreign policy. The immense access to American politics for the citizens of the world through the internet is something that up until this point in history was impossible. People of the world continue to look to America and our system of government with envious eyes, and the world reaction to the 2008 election is just another example of how much our democracy means to the people of planet earth. One look at world reactions to the election show that the vast majority of people on the planet celebrated the election of Barack Obama as much, if not more so than people in the US.

Post 4

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/brooks-contempl.html
My first key issue I noticed addressed in Political Punch was coverage of a theory by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks on the topic of a 100% Democrat-Controlled government. He basically states that with the Democrats being the majority party in the Senate and House, and having a democratic president, will be a awful situation with liberals taking control and trying to make some big changes with economic policies. He also hypothesises that Obama will give into the needs of the liberals. I believe that this view point is a little extreme but I definitely agree that a monopolized government is a bad idea.
The author of this theory David Brooks has an article on Sarah Palin and how she is the fatal cancer to the republican party: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/david-brooks-sarah-palin_n_133001.html


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/squirrelly-on-a.html
The second issue that caught my attention was a post concerning Senator Obama's involvement with the organization ACORN and McCain calling him out on it during the debate. Jake Trapper writes that the implications that McCain acused Obama of were taking things a little bit too far, yet Obama under stressed his ammount of involvement with the organization. McCain suggested in the debate that what ACORN was doing would be the end of the democratic process as we know it, which was just silly. Yet Obama said he was barely affilated with the group, and the blogger Jake Trapper pointed out a few instances in which Obama was more involved that he claimed.
The republican party created a proproganda website regarding ACORN and Obama's involvement: http://www.gop.com/obamaacorntree/?sid=google&t=rncgeneral&r=ObamaAcornTree
Youtube video of Fox News Peice on Obama link with ACORN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdtSacytM3I

political blog response

blog following: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/

Political Punch is a blog by ABC news correspondent Jake Tapper. Covering many aspects of politics and popular culture the blog brings together many different views and opinions presenting the facts. Exposing information that would otherwise have to be pieced together by oneself.

This professional blog is updated much more frequently than the other blogs, as in many times a day.

On the blog politcal punch is a post about two different Jewish comedians backing their favorite canidate. The first is a video by Sarah Silverman called the great schlep in which she calls all young jews to visit their grandparents in Florida and convince them to vote for Barack Obama. The second is a response from jewish comedian Jackie Mason in which he attacks Sarah Silverman's video for being shallow and not based on fact. After watching each I feel I agree with Jackie Mason. Although Sarah's video supported by the Jewish Council for education and research is funny, it doesn't really offer any facts and is just proaganda that comes off as unintelligent and pushy. In his response Jackie Mason points this out how dumb Sarah's video is and why he is not going to vote for Obama, and it's not because he's a bigot.

free blogs blog

http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/cable/blog/
The first blog I visited was a blog on my favorite show, Entourage. Named after a popular quote from easily the greatest character on the show, Ari Gold, it is titled Entourage: Let's Blog It Out (Ari: "Let's hug it out"). A product of News Day Magazine Let's Blog It Out discusses recent episode including opinions and interesting facts about the episodes. Although I love Entourage I honestly don't see a need to read a blog about recent episodes, I watched them I know what's up.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/lacrosse/
The second blog I found centered on a topic of my choosing is The Fasted Blog On Two Feet by the Washington Post. Named after a term used to describe lacrosse the fastest game on two feet, The Fasted Blog On Two Feet covers college lacrosse and discusses teams during the season.

dumbest generation? sike

While I agree that certain facets of teenage life in the 21st Century do lead to short attention spans, disinterest in learning, and a host of other unproductive behaviors, I find the theory that we are the dumbest generation as a joke. I agree that many of us should care more about the world around us, as well as history because of the many benefits its teachings offer, yet to say that because we lack knowledge of these events we are dumb, is naive. The way our world is evolving, into a high tech based, fast paced society, is breeding us to thrive. What used to be knowledge that could contribute to one's overall standing, is now easily accessible to all with a few keystrokes and a little deductive reasoning. Not to refute the ideals that history is important, quite to the contrary I do believe learning history is important. I simply find the fact that you could much more easily teach a teenager how to use a computer software program, that have become the mainstay of the modern workforce, in a fraction of the time that it would take a aged individual of similar mental capacity to become familiar and comfortable the only evidence needed to prove our not so "dumbness."

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