Let Your Horoscope Tell You Who To Vote For

Good Magazine recently compiled a list of the 1,565 reasons to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Reason # 1,149: Let astrology decide how your going to vote.

The article goes through the humorous findings and that the planets and stars have created for voters. The planets have aligned and according to any horoscope (found anywhere, in any publication) they are mysteriously and ambiguously correct.

"Astrologically, the polarity that exists in this election between the Republicans and the Democrats is a symbolic contest of the celestial opposition between the planets Saturn and Uranus. It’s a rather rare occurrence and will culminate around election time and last through 2009."

The people at Good not only go through the astrological repercussions of this election but each candidates personality and how the stars created Obama and McCain to clash. It was meant to happen because it was written in the stars.

Look at the whole article here: http://www.good.is/?p=12516
Or read some other reason's why: http://www.good.is/?p=12617

As always Good continues to appeal to all the reasons why people should give a damn and participate in something wholly good as voting in a presidential election.

Obama gets double boost

Presidential candidate Barack Obama got a double boost in his campaign over the weekend. Former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, gave his endorsement to Obama which gives him a good chance of votership among independents. This is one more reason why I think Obama's momentum will help him continue to overshadow John McCain's campaign.

The second boost Obama recieved this weekend was through his donantions, which hit record numbers: totally $150 million this month (double of what he recieved in August. ) This is also will will also help him overtake McCain from every part of the country.

Will this push Obama through to the end? Well, it will certainly help.

Look at the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20campaign.html?th&emc=th

A Night At The Lyric

Contained in the white-washed brick walls of the Lyric Theatre is a historic spirit of the past that the likes of Faulkner and the last of the southern aristocrats have reveled in. But a week ago, Wednesday, Sept. 24, two recording artist gave us the history and the ghost. Jenny Lewis brought that spirit back to Oxford and Conor Oberst reminded us of the historic task at hand.

A thousand footsteps hit the floor that night and all in beat with the rose lights and bobbing heads all cast in an opaque shadow of the back lit stage. Lewis’s honky-tonk flavored spirituals and the yawns and caws of a steel guitar made the moment at hand seem far away. In reality that moment was only two days away; the first presidential debate was being held in Oxford on Friday.

The too-far-gone couples swayed and held spindly intertwined fingers and plastic cups above their heads, disregarding the sloshing golden liquid. The presence of the burly security guards was dimmed in comparison to the overwhelming melodies and chords from Lewis and her folk twang gang. The moment was slipping further away…

Before Oberst even took the stage, the moment came rushing back to Oxonians. Technicians arranging the bulky sound equipment on stage, placed a speaker cabinet with florescent tape arranged in jagged lines, which read “Obama, USA.”

Oberst and his thin form and cracking voice took the stage and soon he was reminding show-goers of the latest upset in Oxford’s debate plans.

“I feel like a lot of people in this town got their bubble burst, talking on their cell phones, saying ‘What the (expletive)’,” Oberst said from stage after a few songs. “I only have one explanation…[McCain]’s a coward!”

But the night’s finale at the Lyric ended just as debate week did. It all ended in accordance to plan: they showed up, played their part, and got out of town.