Going Green For Freedom,

Going green as in to the green.....All jokes aside the  Student Freedom Project is taking part in the 1st Annual Freedom Classic. The Freedom Classic is a charity fundraiser supporting the  Constitutional Law and Property Rights Centers from the Evergreen Freedom Foundation.  Check the blog later today for photos from the events. If you missed out this year grab a club and start practicing for next year. More chances to win great prizes and donate to a great cause.

The Balance of Power

Below is a link to a national campaign map. Check it out and see how the rest of the nations is faring.Campaign map

When It Rains it Pours

Radical change is coming to America but what kind of change?  In American politics, "When its rains it pours", and right now in the political area its a hurricane. If you haven't had time to keep up on the news, here is whats going on in a nut shell; the Republican Party is being forced more to the right by the Tea-Party movement (Washington Post) The heath-care lawsuit about the constitutionality of the bill, is heading to the federal courts with 20 states signed on. (Washington Post) The elections nationally are very close between Republicans and Democrats with the outcome being anyone guess. The results of which will have a long term effect on the path of the nation. Check out a newspaper online or an online journal like the Economist. To see all the changes that are happening in your state and your nation.

The outcomes of these controversial issues rely heavily on the November election. So who ever controls the house will be able to literally decide the fate of our nation for years to come. The long term consequence of bills, like the health-care bill, are still being researched. But one thing is for certain, those we put in office come November will decide the outcomes for us, and to steal a slogan from our current president, will it be a  change you can believe in?

Creating the Divide, A Strategy for Defeat

I was going through the news today looking for interesting articles to bring to your attention. But something else caught my eye. A underlining theme that is the true elephant in the room. The increasing social and political divide in America.  

Me and some of my college buddies from time to time go down to the bars get a pint or two and talk politics to our hearts content.  One of the re-appearing topics are those based on harsh black and white comparisons. Left vs the Right, Republican Vs Democratic, Liberal vs Conservative, and any other political identifying label you can think off. This idea really hit home for me when one of my hardcore right wing friends in the middle of rant stated ;"You know why hey label you? So they can break you down and smother your voice"
At the time this idea seemed a little out in left felt for me, but after i let it sink in i came to see  truth in that statement. In the military they say "A force divided is a force easily destroy', that truth is no different in the political realm.

With the election in Washington state being as close of a race as it is, every vote counts and in groups, block votes hold much power. The youth vote or college vote is by far one of the most divided groups, and because of that fact the voices of the youth hold very little power. Which in turn explains why very few campaigning officials really take the concerns of college student into account during the election seasons. So if we really want change for our government, we have to learn to work with groups and people that are "different" then ourselves. We have to learn to work with people and candidates that we don't agree with 100%.  We have to find ways to get pass the dividing factors that created so much of the voter apathy in our lives and on our campuses. The college vote could decide the fate of this election, and in turn our nation. All we have to do is to get enough of us together have our voice heard.