2008 Presidential Election

This post is for one of the blogs for our final, and I do not have a blog about the 2008 Presidential Election so here it is, my review over the biggest election ever.

The 2008 Presidential Election was held on November the 4^th; both of the candidates were current senators a first time in history, Democratic candidate Barack Obama from Illinois and the Republican candidate John McCain from Arizona. This election had many firsts, Obama being the first African-American to be elected president. If John McCain was elected he would have been the oldest first term president and his vice president would have been the first ever female vice president.

There were many problems that stirred around when people found out who their leading candidates were. Both of the candidates were born not on the United States “Mainland”, with Obama being born here in Honolulu making him the first president born in Hawaii, and John McCain being born at a United States naval base in Coco Solo, a Panama Canal Zone. It was questioned whether Obama was able to run for presidency since being born in Hawaii, but he was born in 1961; just two years after Hawaii became the 50^th state in 1959.

In this election the media played a major role towards the presidential election. Internet sites such as Myspace, facebook, and YouTube were used to reach out towards the internet users, along with television advertisements. Obama gained the respect he needed from majority of younger voters.

At the end of the election the results poured in with Obama claiming 52.9% of the votes, a projected 365 electoral votes and McCain with 45.7% of the votes, with a projected 173 electoral votes.

Felony charges mount for man, 18

This is an old article that was posted on November 7, 2008 by The Honolulu Advertiser but has been on my mind. There was a 18 year old-man who was arrested for two shootings that were earlier this year which left the victims permanently paralyzed, also in July the man also assaulted, which left the victim's face permanently disfigured where he used a broken beer bottle.
The 18 year old Nicholas Nichols was indicted for more than one felony charges which included an attempted murder from a home invasion in Aliamanu.  This event was on the news where a group of hooded men barged into the home and shot 19 year old Timothy Lapitan, which caused him to be paralyzed from the waist down.  The other shooting occurred when Nichols followed a rival gang member of the "Bracatas" in a car and the passenger of Nichols vehicle shot the other car hitting 16 year old Roger Curioso which paralyzed him from the chest down.  The other case in which Nichols is involved in is an assault case, where victim 19 year old Rudy Tabios was struck by a broken beer bottle.  According to the HPD Nichols and his friends were hanging out drinking beer at a park and kicked Tabios' friend then Tabios grabbed a bat to help his friend out.  Nichols threw the broken beer bottle and hit him in the face where Nichols grabbed the bat and started beating Tabios with it.  Apparently Tabios and Nichols were involved with same girlfriend with on and off relationships.

What is our world coming to?  This is just crazy a bunch of crazy kids running the streets with guns playing cowboys and indians...well not really but what would pursue a person to barge into a house and shoot someone.  You hear on the news of these type of incidents occurring in areas such as Los Angeles, not so much in Hawaii, some Paradise right?  I am only 19 and this guy is younger than me, and he was out there doing all of these type of things.  According to the article from The Honolulu Advertiser Nichols is at O'ahu Community Correctional Center who is unable to post his $500,000 bail.

No.1 Ranked College Linebacker Recruit

I've been listing about this kid all year long and i think that he is going to be an awesome college football player. It is good to hear all of these positive things about kids from hawaii, and make us proud.
Manti Te’o an outside linebacker from Punahou helped the Buffanblu win their first football state title defeating defending state champions the Leilehua Mules 38-7. Te’o is the nation’s No.1 ranked college linebacker, with recruits from USC, Notre Dame, UCLA, Stanford and Brigham Young University. Receiving 21 merit badges Te’o reached the rank of Eagle Scout, a position that only a few boy scouts from each troop achieves.
Te’o plans to serve a two-year church mission in 15 months where, football will have to be on hold.

ESCAPE 2 AFRICA

"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
By: Chris Avery







Well I have to be honest and admit that I did not see the first Madagascar movie…tsk tsk tsk shame on me right, doing a movie review on a sequel without seeing the first movie. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was a pretty darn good movie, for those CG (Computer Graphic) animation admirers you guys would be pretty impressed on the graphics. My girlfriend gave me a 5-minute run down on what the first one was about; so from her little summary I was able to somewhat understand what was going on. Escape 2 Africa explains how Alex (the lion) got to New York, and apparently it picks up where the previous movie left off. The animals are trying to get back to New York on a plane, which would be flown by penguins, which are hilarious in the movie. The plane crashes and the four zoo pals encounter other animals of their own kind, Alex (the lion) finally is reintroduced to his parents and all seems well. Another lion is not happy; Makunga (Alex Baldwin) wants to find a way to replace the tribe leader Zuba (Bernie Mac) Alex’s father. The movie is great for the kids and good enough to keep the older audiences happy. I am not going to spoil the rest of the movie so go and see it, to get a better understanding watch the first movie.

I still haven’t come around to do so…