On BoingBoing today, I found the following:
Texas Republicans have worked overtime to make it harder for key Democratic voting groups to vote and be represented fairly. The redistricting games they’ve played are infamous. And for the Prairie View A&M University precincts, they put the early-polling place more than seven miles from the school.
So what did the students in this video do? They shut down the highway as they marched seven miles to cast their votes on the first day of early voting.
This is the kind of thing that makes me think this election really will be the start of something new in this country.
Sadly, I was unable to go vote yesterday due to a bug that had me alternately at the doctor's office, passed out on the loveseat, and in a cough syrup induced daze. Fortunately, Georgia went pretty much the way I hoped it would on the Democratic side, so I don't think Barack is going to miss my vote there. With any luck he'll be able to keep his momentum going and capture the nomination (and with that in mind, I'd like to see him tell Fox (and Hillary) to stuff their Democratic debate-- show some self-respect, guys).
On the Republican side it looks like Georgia went for Huckabee, though it was a close thing. However, what interests me more about the competition is what I heard on NPR about voter preferences in California. I can't find a place to link to it, but the gist was that people who were the least supportive of Bush tended to vote for McCain. I'm sure this is based on his reputation as a "maverick," but what it tells me is that people haven't seen this:
On Firedoglake today, I found the following:
Q: Why does President Bush like to talk about “spreading democracy”?
A: Because “bending democracy over my desk” tested poorly in the focus groups.
This looks awesome-- a way to stabilize your camera using string. I particularly like how it's inverted from what you would normally do with a tripod or monopod, in that the idea is to pull up on the camera instead of resting it on a solid object and relying on gravity.