Literature Review

The youth in America today are becoming more involved in the political scene than ever before.  Studies have shown that more and more young voters are becoming interested in the political races.  Many young voters like the idea the Barack Obama is so young and feel that he is going to be a fresh start to the political regime in the United States if he is to win the election.  He has a strong facebook following that numbers 300 thousand which shows that many young people are excited about him and the coming election.  Many voters under 30 are potentially voting for Obama because they feel he has new and inspiring ideas, however because the fight between Hilary and him went so long there is a trend that might see young democratic voters not vote or even vote against their party.  

There have been several examples in articles that suggest not all young Democrats will vote along with their party.  In several of the primary elections many people quoted that they would not even go to the polls if their candidate lost the primary.  Some even said that they would vote against party lines if their candidate was knocked out of the race.  Only Election day will tell where the votes go and who people are really voting for.  Until then polls and researchers can only speculate what will happen in the  election.

The Democrats are very split right now since the Hilary Obama feud went so long.  It will be very interesting to see if the Democrats, especially young Democrats can unify and win the Election.  Since the Republican party seems pretty committed to John McCain the Democrats will have a tough time gaining power in the White House.  This is because of the early stated Obama-Hilary race that experts say could hurt the Democratic Party.

Until the election is over people can only speculate what will happen.  But one thing is for sure more young people are voting and it is making the coming months a very exciting election process.

As I was reading my article for our communities project I came across and interesting remark made by a young voter.  It was if his candidate did not make the general election he would consider not voting or vote for the opposing party.  I think is interesting because he said he wouldn't vote which I think is sort of pathetic.  Young people need to vote they need to know and need to be heard.  Because as a young people it is only a matter of time before we become "old" and start running the country.  Also i read an article that said most colleges are very liberal so many young people are only getting one side of politics.  I feel that all a college student needs to do is search a little and they can find many political ideologies.  Also its reassuring that more young people are becoming more active in the political community.  It is about time that young voters lived up to their potential and I think this election will finally be the one.  I would like to find out if it because there is a young candidate for office or if its people really just feel the need to vote.  Whatever it is if people vote it will most likely benefit the country.

they weren't there

well i tried to do my site visit.....funny thing.....they weren't there 

but i did send my interview questions the head of the young democrats and i'm planning on going to headquarters soon to get some more information

3 Goals

1. I want to be able to transfer my ideas form my head to the paper better.  I found last year when I was writing I had some trouble getting some good ideas down in simple coherent sentences and I found myself asking other people or my teacher for help way to often.

2. I tend to over use words when I write so I want to enhance my verbs and nouns ect. when i write.  And also better my choice of words when I write.

3. I want my conclusions and intros to be stronger i have always felt that was something I was weak in. Writing intros are difficult for me and in conclusions I tend to use to many repetitive words.(see # 2) 

Interview Questions

How did you start?

Why are you a Democrat?

Who did you support, Hilary or Obama?

Why become a Democrat?

What do you stand for?

What are your goals for your party?

What tasks do you preform?

How influential are you?

Highlights?

What is your take on the election?

Your take on Mcain v. Obama

What do you want to do with the experience you gained as a young Democrat?

How do you feel about being a Democrat today? and in the future?

How do you view yourself?

How do others view you?

Soccer Game

my yellow jersey

maroon, orange and white, 

Xavier

perfect weather

field looks good 

red cards

2-1 

goals tough game 

didn't play well

won anyway

we need to pick it up against duke

As I Walked to the locker room today i felt the weather and it felt perfect.  Just hot enough, weather i am used to playing in.  I opened the door to the locker room and the first thing that came to my eye was the photo of previous games from the season.  A few great saves and still photos.   The NFL was on the TV.  The uniforms are the first thing to attract my attention in the individual lockers.  They were our home whites with orange shorts and white socks.  I sat down to get dressed and coached walked in and addressed the team about the game.  Then it was go time. 

We walked form the locker room out to the field to warm up.  As we crossed the turf to the grass i felt the heat.  It was hot but that's just the way i like it.  the team ran and stretched.  Lauren, Kristin and Jimmy brought water to us.  Then as we were walking to the game field the anthem of the season "Put On" came on the loud speakers.   The goalkeepers started to warm up their hands and the rest of the team split into starters and guys off the bench. Calling Baton Rouge Came on and I knew it was about 30 minutes to kick off .  Things started to pick up and then shots and crosses.  Warm up was over.

Kick off  the game didn't start out to well. 10 Minutes on Shupp was mugged at the top of our 18 yard box and before we knew it 1-0 Xavier. We didn't have a great half or a great game for that matter.  But 7 minutes before half time we got a break a penalty and a red card for Xavier.  Manny took the penalty, missed but put the rebound a away like a good forward does, follow up everything.  We went into half tied and up a man.  But the second was bad poor play.  Many players touches were off.  Then about 10 minutes before full time we had a flurry of chances, shots, a diving header from Gilson.  Then 2 minutes before the final whistle we got a corner.  Gilson took the in-swinging corner with his left foot and Dillie like the reliable senior he is saw his chance and pushed it past the keeper for the game winner.  We didn't play our best but we got the important win.

 

How do you know you know?

how do we know? great question.... the sky is blue....there will be a new president...

 people have opinions about everything but some things cannot be disputed or can they?

if the sky is blue what do color blind people see? 

i don't think we can ever be certain of what we know because there are so many changes in our world due to technology.  medicine is changing from day to day even minute to minute.  The next big thing is out there. we think we know what we know because we haven't proved anything beyond that yet.  We know many things but  time may prove these things wrong 

i was trying to find some groups in class this morning for communities and now that you said specific communities  i will find a a few for friday

The two communities I have the most interest in are the soccer and political communities I am leaning toward the political community because it is an election year and so much is going on in the next few months.  I'm not sure if I want to just look at the general election or the two specific parties.