youtube is down?!

as of 11.50am 11/25/07 youtube appears to be down where i am (in fairfield iowa, on mediacom cable). ping responds just fine, but i get

http/1.1 Service Unavailable

from all browsers. there's a theory at the churchofchai that this is because of the youtube republican debate tonight, and the nefarious powers that be have caused youtube to be hoserized.

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