As I registered for this site, the TOS stated that no one political party should be favored or attacked. So how on earth can a left wing hack like John Edwards be highlighted and praised in such a manner? Edwards is King of the Phonies. he does not give a fig about poor people in this country. Check out this photo of his residence: Link

I have a problem with so many in United States that are going without to send children to school, working two jobs and living in homes that need work and landlords who refuse to make repairs, Children that are cleaning the parents home and fixing dinner for the family putting their homework on hold and then being so tired when they get to school. Trying to compete with others in their class but not getting any help from their teacher because they are not interested in the classwork and have them put in a special class because they are too far behind. When is there going to be help for these children. Then when you listen to the TV programs you think can offer you information the first thing is sending money to Africa or some other foriegn country. WHEN IT IT GOING TO BE TIME FOR THE CLASS OF PEOPLE BETWEEN POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS??? These are the people that can't send their children to college or can't afford health care. Or have a home but are barely hanging on to it. We are the people that are really in need of help but are forgotten. I feel that any funds that are collected or worked for should stay in the area it was given not sent out.

i just got back from the campus progress conference. ridiculous. SUCH A HUGE OPPORTUNITY WASTED! some of the most interesting students from around the nation in the room, and the whole conference revolved around adults. limited Q&A sessions was the closest anyone got to hearing the views of these students. from that and the limited amount of people i was able to talk to in the 30 min "networking" breaks, which were more accurately unorganized bathroom breaks, i could tell that the people running the conference and the students were not on the same page.

With the campus progress people and speakers (80% of which were WAY WAY WAY over 30) in charge, the conference went away from figuring out WHAT THE HECK us students are going to do with this horribly messed up world we've been handed and turned into some subtle obama/democratic/sign up on this webpage and vote fest. There should have been organized group discussions, student run workshops, a giant town hall meeting...ANYTHING to get these kids talking to each other.

however i DID learn two things today:
1) all the stuff these students are doing is connected and we are finally figuring it out. we really support each other, and realize that race, class, gender and sexuality all collide in our issues. The world is a messed up place, because our relationships with other people and the earth we live on is messed up. Our attitude as a society NEEDS to change. This is scary, but also promising. At this conference, a lot of students saw that we can use a global campaign for respecting human rights, and earth rights as a platform to support and promote each others campaigns and actually SOLVE all these problems. we just need to change the way we think.
2) it really is all up to us. the generation before us is trapped in the idea that voting will solve everything. VOTING MATTERS! WE NEED GOOD PROGRESSIVE CANIDATES IN OFFICE!!! however, at a national conference...this should NOT be our main focus. I, and so many other students wish that the organizers had discussed way way more radical ideas. the issues of today cannot wait for politicians to understand what we understand. THE WORLD IS DYING! WE NEED TO SAVE IT NOW! seriously, the conference did make me realize. this is our generation's time.

so much peace and love,
annie

ps- i knew the conference was not on the right track when i put up a "Why bottled water CP? Please Recycle" sign up near the EVIAN bottled water table and someone in a campus progress tshirt tore it down and threw it away. not. cool.
pps- i hope someone from campus progress reads this and thinks about it. you guys are doing great stuff, but seriously, listen to the youth. WE COULD DO SO MUCH MORE IF YOU JUST GAVE US THE CHANCE!!!