New Jersey's Seaside Park beach was briefly closed on Sunday when a 5-foot blue shark swam onto the shore. WNBC-TV reports lifeguards have closed the beach three times this summer because of shark sightings. Jennifer Abbondanza uploaded this footage of the shark to YouTube.
User name: jmabbondanza
Location: Seaside Park, New Jersey
Date uploaded: August 1
Event date: August 1
Views: 20,335
Click here to watch this video on YouTube.
Yesterday, American citizens headed to the polls to cast their votes. Today, the results are in, and citizens are voicing their opinions about election outcomes through YouTube.
With big wins in New Jersey and Virginia, many are saying that it was a good day for the Republican party. User tailgatetalk, a conservative, disagrees, saying that people came out to support smaller government, not a particular party:
On the other side, Jared from Portland, Maine, woke up at 3:47 this morning to post this vlog, bemoaning the passage of Proposition 1, which outlaws gay marriage:
And user SuzannahArtist, a New York City resident created artwork to express her misgivings about Mayor Bloomberg's third-term win:
On his YouTube channel and in the Huffington Post's new Tech section, avid political vlogger James Kotecki highlights NJ gubernatorial hopeful Chris Christie's creative approach to campaign ads - namely, taking himself out of them and inserting a wacky spokesperson named "Flash Silverstein." Here's Kotecki's humorous take:
To see Flash in the flesh, check out these videos:
I have to agree with Kotecki...however silly the videos may seem, it's refreshing to see campaigns taking a lighter, more YouTube-friendly approach to web video.
