5 Things Every Young American Should Know About Politics

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." – Pericles "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." -- Groucho Marx Politics requires you to be cynical without losing your idealism, skeptical without giving up on problem solving, and it demands that you compromise with people who disagree with you on almost every issue. It has also become so complicated that the politicians don’t even bother to read the bills anymore. So, imagine being a young inexperienced kid who’s trying to figure out what’s going on in a world full of lying politicians, partisan hacks and slanted media.

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Pro-liberty generation: Limited government groups grow in OR and beyond

PORTLAND — Meet the new pro-liberty, limited-government generation, frustrated with the establishment and, maybe, a burgeoning trend. ✧ As more young people buck the traditional college political groups in favor of liberty-minded organizations, an older generation of libertarian and conservative politicos is taking notice. ✧ Recruit these people, they’re thinking. Keep them engaged. ✧ Ashley Greenacre is a sophomore at Oregon State University who started Libertas, a freedom focused group named after the Roman Goddess of liberty. The national campaign for liberty, which focuses on holding government accountable to the U.S. Constitution, helped to entice Greenacre. Read more at Northwest Watchdog...

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Young voters who had been enthralled by Obama's "Yes, we can" message are now saying "Maybe not" -- and are backing away from the president in a worrisome new poll for the White House. Read more at NY Post... Read More......