You know what? I'm GLAD to be a teenager right now!

[MiniMandaRuth]

I really am. Sure, I may have my zits and odd baby fat here and there, but I love being a teenager at this day and age. Each day I wake up and think about how I can make this world better and better.

This will be looked back on as one of the most pivotal times of American history, and I will get to be a part of it. I will be able to march in rallies and hold up signs, I will be able to help the campaigns. I will be able to experience freedom in it's rawest form.

Yes, for every couple of nutjob Rethuglians, there's a political teen that reads the papers, watches the news, and knows their head from their ass. I don't know many in person, but DU has let me know many of those of whom I just described.

Every minuet of every day of every month, I think about the next time that I will be able to confront a Freeper. I think of replies to their low-browed insults. I'm not looking for a fight, but I will attack if they come onto me.

I understand that many people think that teenagers are nothing but hormonally driven, zit faced, fast-food job workin' loafers. But most of us really aren't. We're good people. I know I may not be the most remarkable person around this site, but I do know that I make a difference with each post.

What am I saying?

Don't worry about America's teens too much. Look at it from our person. Sure, our environment is getting screwed, and the working man is doing too much or too little work, but I know that some of us look foreword to making better. We want to make a big difference, we want to be remembered. Yes, still care for us, still be looking out. But don't fret too much.

We're here.

We're okay.

All I've gotta say is that America's teens are ready for this fight, no matter how long or how hard it is. Look at it. Who's most likely to hack into the Faux news network?

So, fight as hard as you all can, but leave some for us.

This may seem like a strange post, but anyone my age will understand what I'm sayin'.

You know what I'm sayin'?

[GrumpyGreg]

1. Don't trust anyone over 30 !

[MiniMandaRuth]

2. ?

I'm not connecting.

Argh. I hate my stupid moments.

[Maraya1969]

9. I don't get it either. Although I've heard it before!

[MiniMandaRuth]

13. Must be an old people joke.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. It is. nt

[tavalon]

23. Ow

See my other post. Those who do not know history.......yadda, yadda, yadda.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Don't trust anyone who knows what "don't trust anyone over 30" means. nt

[unpossibles]

34. and don't trust the ones who tell you it's an old joke... ;)

and definitely don't trust the ones who tell you not to trust the ones who tell you not to trust anyone over 30. Except me. You can trust me.

[tavalon]

16. Back 40 years or so ago

The hippies said that about anyone who was over 30. The over 30s were seen (and rightly so for the most part) as the establishment and all the corruption it stood for.

[Momgonepostal]

21. Right. Wasn't it one of The Who who coined that?

At any rate, whoever said it is now eligible to join the AARP and is probably concerned about fiber. :-)

[tavalon]

22. I dunno

While I was alive for most of the sixties, I was very, very young.

[Maraya1969]

24. Oh God coffee right up the nose!

:rofl:

[ErisFiveFingers]

32. Wild in the Streets

http://www.geocities.com/wildinthestreets2002/
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=54606

[bobbieinok]

40. 'don't trust anyone over 30' = motto of the protestors of the 60s

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. LOL!

:spray:

[Bjornsdotter]

14. I get it....

....so you know I'm way over 30, lol.

Cheers!

[nemo137]

33. Isn't it ironic that no one under 30 gets that?

I only get that because my mom explained it to me.

[halley]

47. That's

Mick Jagger's saying...

[LoZoccolo]

3. Yeah, I know what you're saying.

It's been a long time, but I can remember having that sense of having the power to affect things and a lot of optimism, pretty much because years later I realized I had lost it. You can get a good amount of it back later in life too, but it's a lot easier to have when you're young and you don't have as many responsibilities and can spend more time thinking about the world around you and what you want to do in it.

[MiniMandaRuth]

5. It's nice being able to think about things.

Sometimes it's scary, sometimes it's not.

Oh well. Take the good with the bad.

[Maraya1969]

6. I think you are great! It's so nice to see young people like you with

conviction and a vision. And who knows? Someday I might be able to say I conversed with the President of the United States of America on the internet!

You go girl!

[TahitiNut]

7. Tune in, turn on, and drop out.

:smoke:

[salinen]

8. You are one smart

zit faced, fast-food job workin' loafer.

[MiniMandaRuth]

10. I'm too young to work,

so I am really a loafer. Oh well, I cook the food. ^^

[seabeyond]

11. dont buy into the dont trust anyone over 30 bullshit, wink... and

i tell my 10 and 8 year old sons, man..... you guys are in an interesting time. this is truly the most interesting time in history i have seen. they have learned a lifetime in their little lives because of the last 4 years that none of us experienced growing up. it is harder in ways, but with support, and information, and safe secure environment, they are going to be kick ass adults

good for you you teen. i like your attitude. and i am not overly concerned with our youth, you are our future.

[Booster]

12. I'm 62 and a tired old protester. I'm counting on you to do what we

did in the '60's and fix this mess. And thanks for wanting to make things better. It was the young people who protested in the '60's and it's got to be the young now.

[Lindsay]

18. I was thinking the same thing today, spenbax.

I just don't have the energy I used to have to march and make noise.

MiniMandaRuth, :yourock:

[ninkasi]

41. We're the same age, spenbax

My heart and spirit are with the protesters, but sometimes my legs won't march as far as I'd like. This is a beautiful post, by a beautiful young person, who is, indeed, one of the reasons I have hope for the future. I console myself with the knowledge that I can still donate to causes, write letters, and educate everyone I am able to, though.

[Booster]

45. My legs aren't what they used to be either. Used to walk in the

Aids Walk and Breast Cancer walk, but not anymore; can barely make it to the kitchen now without wheezing, but, like you, my heart is there and my hope lies with the young people to stand up and fight like we did. I also write checks - way too many these days - to donate, and I talk a blue streak. So much so that I think when people approach me they whisper to each other "don't bring up politics, whatever you do". ha Getting old ain't for sissies.

[argyl]

15. As an adult I've thought this would be a bad time to come of age,

but I still remember the idealism and energy of my youth and know that if I were a kid today I would feel that this would be a wonderful time to grow up in.

Bless you,dear girl; yours is not a strange post and even a bunch of us oldtimers understand what you're saying.

[FreedomAngel82]

44. True

Look at the 60's. Those were badtimes too. I've seen plenty of docs on the 60's and all the youth of that day found someways to cope and to still be teenagers and happy and live their lives. I'm sure teenagers of today do the same thing. It is a scary time to live in but as the old song goes: we shall overcome. :)

[DBoon]

17. I thought the same thing at your age

I remember having my McGovern for President sticker ripped off my locker by some deranged Nixon supporter. Two years later, Nixon had resigned in disgrace.

Keep it up. You are doing very well.

[MiniMandaRuth]

19. I'm just waiting for when that ass that spit in my binder

hangs his head when Bushie and co and found guilty of treason.

[DBoon]

26. Grrr

things like that wish I were a pitbull

[MiniMandaRuth]

27. It pissed me off to no end.

:mad: :grr: :grr: :nuke: :grr:

[SillyGoose]

28. I wish I had as much political knowledge and insight as you do

when I was your age. It will be a pleasure to hand the reins to such a knowledgeable, articulate and passionate American such as yourself.

:yourock:

[proud patriot]

29. I know what you are saying and I'm 36

I felt the same as you did at your age
but my fellow GenXers did not . My whole
life I resented that I wasn't alive during
the civil rights movement and the vietnam
war . I had wished I could have taken part
in an important time in History with all my
heart . I had to wait . I woke in 2000 .

I sleep no more :patriot:

[undergroundpanther]

30. Don't worry

Some of us old farts have young hearts.
Hell I'm turning forty and I got a big blue Mohawk and look goth and twenty years younger. Go figure. I was goth before there was goth..but anyways my teen years were the 80's. I had plenty to piss me off and fight about back then.This is the Era when punx where not scared to punch a cop.Raygun was in office ,and The PMRC(Parents Music Resource Center)..(ironic to see Dem's talking about gore when it was his wife tipper who is responsible for those silly " WARNING EXPLICIT LANGUAGE " warning labels on CD's. Gore in the 80's was seen as a wannabe uptight rethuglican.Parents were freaking out about "heavy metal" and SATAN lyrics and the Eeeevuuul of 2 live Crew. In My early twenties years there was stuff going on like"Hands across America", concerts to help people starving in Ethiopia.But there was also local action and people speaking out against republicans.There was the first Gay Pride too.

I think when activism is cloaked by prosperity there is this assumption there was nothing to fight,but there WAS. Alot of the Bush admin are recycles from Nixon and Raygun. It's obvious to me we fight the same monster through the years,I just hope the old sick rethug mindset that we have fought for generations finally dies off when these reagan/nixon old fart degenerates die.

[lwin]

31. Nominated and I loved this part

Look at it. Who's most likely to hack into the Faux news network?

:rofl: :rofl: Not that I would encourage such a thing...:rofl: :rofl:

[MiniMandaRuth]

35. Hehehe...

Well, it's gotta be done.

[Arugula Latte]

42. Hack into the voting machines.

Give us 85 percent Democratic votes in all districts. THEN we'll hear a thing or two about voting reform!

I think you're cool*! :toast:

Please insert appropriate current synonym for "cool." ;)

[elaineb]

36. You GO, girl!!

And don't worry...as old, tired, baffled, and bamboozled as some of us old fogies are by the sucker punch laid on us over the last few years (and just when we thought we'd put a stake in Reaganism's foul black heart), there's a hell of a lot of us who are still going to be fighting right along side you. Just keep sharing your energy with us if ours starts to flag!

:pals:

[Justpat]

37. Your post made my day!

You're the best.

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[immoderate]

39. Hey teen!

I am buoyed by your optimism. I was young in the sixties and know the feeling. I hope you can keep it and find others with the energy to make a difference. You have a lot to overcome.

Since my particular form of arrested development causes me to identify with you, I'm rooting you on!:bounce:

--IMM

[MiniMandaRuth]

46. Thanks for the root!

I know that others are trying as well.

It'll be hard, but in the long run, worth it.

[FreedomAngel82]

43. I see where you're coming from

I grew up in the Clinton administration. :) I personally am thankful for that everyday with Bush and his policies screwing everything up for education purposes.

[HEAVYHEART]

48. Daaaaaaammmm

Not a strange post at all! I love it!!!! :yourock: