Where do you see government in your day to day life?

I think almost all of the times I see government in my life it is in a negative light. As a young minority, when I think of oppressive government I look no further than the police department. I also am constantly reminded of government when I go to school. I am happy to say that the government “has my best interests at heart” without even meeting me. I know its cliché to hate the government, but many people that I know have their first experience with the powers to be is in a negative light. I wish when I thought of government I could be positive, but it is a two way street. If they took bad cops off the streets and put good teachers in schools maybe I would see the world differently. Until that day, I see all my freedoms as something I have had to seek out instead of being offered them from a young age.

Response to voting article

You know why things like this happen in America? Because people are too unmotivated to care about their democracy. I get how uninteresting cspan can be, but I don’t understand how things like voter intimidation go unnoticed by the general public. We, voters, the people, will always be the majority. If we allow ourselves to watch our own democracy by hijacked from the sidelines we are just as guilty. Educate yourself, and remember that democracy requires voter participation. For once can we do the right thing and vote instead of letting our country be run by Carl Rove and his ilk while we watch the Biggest Loser? In the immortal words of Rage Against the Machine, “we have to take the power back.”

The Green Party
The green party or similar ideologies began in Europe, for example, the German green party. When a version of the party was formed in the United States, their goal was to focus attention to social issues without necessarily having a goal of winning elections. In 1991 the Green Party began putting candidates in the general election.
The Green Party’s symbol is a flower.
Their last convention was in Chicago.
Probably the most well known member of the Green Party is the now infamous Ralph Nader, known for his role in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
Some of the party’s main issues are social justice, environmentalism, and non-violence.

PSA Issues

Our PSA's issue was national debt.

2008 Election Issues

1) The war. I cannot think of a better example of a complete and utter failure in a series of failures that has defined the Bush Administration. I would like nothing more than to leave Iraq within the next four years.
2) The Economy. If America does not quickly change our economy and culture of jobs we will no longer be the world power that we have become accustom to. Taxes need to reflect the amount of income and the overwhelming majority of Americans need some sort of redistribution of wealth.
3) Gay Marriage. There is no sanctity of marriage anymore, saying that same-sex couples getting married would somehow devalue marriage’s “sanctity” is ludicrous. Legal taxpaying Americans should be able to receive the same benefits as every other American regardless of their sexual orientation.