ronpaulhawaii
12-12-2009, 05:35 PM
http://www.thebcobserver.com/2009/12/12/youth-entering-politics-with-a-vengeance/
It’s been a year since the political groundswells dubbed Hope and Change flipped the balance of political power in the United States. But this mainstream revolution- though well-intentioned and well-publicized- was never the magic bullet that would finally put an end to the problems of the federal government. The Obama campaign machine- though mighty and innovative- was only a counterweight to the previous eight years’ policies, not a solution to any underlying problems. Instead, a quieter movement was brewing.The Year of Youth serves to unite dissatisfied young people into a powerful movement.
Tens of thousands of small groups [That's us :D - rph], scattered across the country, were coming to the conclusion that no single politician would be able to swoop into Washington and save the day. Tired of the increasingly irrelevant back-and-forth of traditional American politics, citizens rallied behind the banner of individual liberty and a smaller federal government. Their philosophies were not revolutionary. Their cause was not radical. They simply suggested- with rational arguments instead of talking points- that we stop spending our country into an ever-deeper hole. Their rallying cries were the same ones the country was founded on, their heroes the long-dead men who drafted the Constitution.
A year later, their conclusion is verified: deficits plummet ever deeper. The youth shoulder an ever-greater debt burden. Wars continue to expand. The groundswell of Change has foundered on the immobile shoals of Washington, and Hope dwindles by the day in people who once believed. At this dark hour, the very people who saw it coming- the people whose future is unravelling with every TARP relief fund and Cash for Clunkers dollar and investment bank bonus- these people have finally begun to stand.
Year of Youth is a nationwide project to provide resources to these young people as they run for office in pursuit of real change. In 2012, the project will support a coordinated effort to run over 150 candidates for local offices across the country. Buoyed by huge membership, youth activity, and national publicity, this new generation of politicians will climb the ladder in a singleminded mission to save the future- for their peers, and for themselves.
Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War vet in the hunt for a Congressional seat, has said that Year of Youth will be “the largest youth movement this country has ever seen.”
Disillusioned by the Obama administration’s rapid conversion from Change to Same, young people are flocking to join the cause. In a few short months, the Year of Youth project has grown to a network of over 1500 members. Its exponentially increasing surge in membership should serve as a signal to the powers that be: the youth are mobilizing. They are organizing. They are rising.
Information about Year of Youth can be found at http://www.yearofyouth.org/ .
It’s been a year since the political groundswells dubbed Hope and Change flipped the balance of political power in the United States. But this mainstream revolution- though well-intentioned and well-publicized- was never the magic bullet that would finally put an end to the problems of the federal government. The Obama campaign machine- though mighty and innovative- was only a counterweight to the previous eight years’ policies, not a solution to any underlying problems. Instead, a quieter movement was brewing.The Year of Youth serves to unite dissatisfied young people into a powerful movement.
Tens of thousands of small groups [That's us :D - rph], scattered across the country, were coming to the conclusion that no single politician would be able to swoop into Washington and save the day. Tired of the increasingly irrelevant back-and-forth of traditional American politics, citizens rallied behind the banner of individual liberty and a smaller federal government. Their philosophies were not revolutionary. Their cause was not radical. They simply suggested- with rational arguments instead of talking points- that we stop spending our country into an ever-deeper hole. Their rallying cries were the same ones the country was founded on, their heroes the long-dead men who drafted the Constitution.
A year later, their conclusion is verified: deficits plummet ever deeper. The youth shoulder an ever-greater debt burden. Wars continue to expand. The groundswell of Change has foundered on the immobile shoals of Washington, and Hope dwindles by the day in people who once believed. At this dark hour, the very people who saw it coming- the people whose future is unravelling with every TARP relief fund and Cash for Clunkers dollar and investment bank bonus- these people have finally begun to stand.
Year of Youth is a nationwide project to provide resources to these young people as they run for office in pursuit of real change. In 2012, the project will support a coordinated effort to run over 150 candidates for local offices across the country. Buoyed by huge membership, youth activity, and national publicity, this new generation of politicians will climb the ladder in a singleminded mission to save the future- for their peers, and for themselves.
Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War vet in the hunt for a Congressional seat, has said that Year of Youth will be “the largest youth movement this country has ever seen.”
Disillusioned by the Obama administration’s rapid conversion from Change to Same, young people are flocking to join the cause. In a few short months, the Year of Youth project has grown to a network of over 1500 members. Its exponentially increasing surge in membership should serve as a signal to the powers that be: the youth are mobilizing. They are organizing. They are rising.
Information about Year of Youth can be found at http://www.yearofyouth.org/ .