Friday, August 3, 2012

I’ve Got American Fever!



Which is much better than Bieber fever…

I really enjoy watching the summer Olympics!  I still can’t believe how much money is put in to running it, but it is quite a spectacle.  Swimmers that are unbelievable tall are winning multiple races.  And don’t get me started on the women’s gymnastics team.  One word: awesome!  These athletes are an inspiration and bring a tear to my eye when they win.   Just look at Blade Runner.  They have sacrificed a regular life to have a grueling schedule of training. Gold medals for everyone!   I find that the Olympic theme is on repeat in my head on a daily basis this week.  USA! USA! USA!  Athletes are communicating using twitter and news outlets are spoiling the results for me, but it is still fun to watch.

Another thing that makes me proud to be an American is the upcoming elections.  My son who is about to turn 3 said “American flag is cool”.  Why, yes it is.  I always get excited for elections and preach to people to actually figure out more about the candidates rather than just going on tv ads or People magazine’s take.  It always cracks me up that people vote for their party, but can’t tell me why they support that person.  The good thing is that we have the right to vote. Yay! 

Voting may become a lot easier for people.  Alex Fitzpatrick’s article TurboVote Wants to Be the Netflix of Voter Registration on Mashable made a lot of sense.  TurboVote is trying to jump on the newer technology bandwagon by incorporating registration by means of the Internet and will send the information via the post office to fill out to become a registered voter.  TubroVote wants to send you the ballot along with email and text reminders to encourage voters to perform their civic duty.  What a clever idea, why didn’t I think of this?

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