We're awake now!

For the first time since the 1960's, it seems the youth of our nation has been politically awakened and motivated.  From Barak Obama's upset in the Iowa caucuses to Rep. Ron Paul's amazingly devoted army of libertarian volunteers, the evidence is apparent.

I'm not excluded.  Never in my life have I been interested in a presidential primaries, but this year, I've been glued to C-Span.  I think--and I certainly hope--it will be a long time before politicians can once again bank on the lethargy of an uninterested youth.

Maybe it's because of the disputed election of 2000 or the disenfranchisement of Ohio voters in the 2004 election.  Or maybe it's seeing our fellow young patriots being sent oversees to fight and die for the procurement of fossil fuels that may, in our lifetimes, send our planet past the point of no return on the path to uninhabitability.  Whatever the cause, I know this. . . It's a wonderful thing.