"The Tea Party Left"

Sometimes I feel as if a large number of the so-called "lost generation", my self especially, have neglected our civil duty in this country.

Sure we got out, voted and subsequently elected our first minority president in the history of the United States, but our job, I feel, does not and must not end there.

Now is the time to cast aside the constricting chains of obsolete political parties and antiquated traditions, and work toward engendering a society which can be viewed by all, both foreign and domestic, as more conducive to the human condition.

As a fledgling humanist, I have recently been made aware of just HOW inhumane global conditions are. In this country especially, I feel as if we have become so enthralled with capital and hypnotized by vanity, whether that be the newest cell phone or laptop, that we have forgotten our responsibility to one another, our responsibility to following in the footsteps of the brave men whom founded our country and their righteous desire to "create a more perfect union".

As can now be witnessed in too many cities across this nation there are thousands if not millions of us whom have suffered at the hands of irresponsible leaders whose sole purpose has been and astonishingly continues to be catering to the whims of only the super rich even in the face of mass protest.

Those now known as the "99%" serve as a warning sign of how disaffection and virtual disenfranchisement can divide us as Americans at a time when cooperation is needed in solving some of the greatest national obstacles (unemployment, poverty & foreign conflicts) seen in generations.

So, as we are the future of this world, and are now self-realized masters of our capacity to change that which we deem as deplorable, we the youth must take it upon ourselves to right the perceivable wrong and ensure that the phrase that made us great in the past century: "for the people and by the people" will never indeed perish from this nation, and this earth...