This is the fence outside my apartment complex, facing one of the busiest streets in the city. What's beyond the frame is more than twenty more Obama signs on this fence as 500 South curves into 400--I have no idea who put them up. In the past few months, Salt Lake has been smothered by Obama signs everywhere you look, and all I've seen of the other camp is one McCain-Palin bumper sticker.
And this is Utah. Granted, Salt Lake City is the most liberal part of the state, but it's still Utah.
The other day I heard someone around my age mention their past political apathy and excuse it because they came of age during the Bush Administration. I can see how the past eight years would make anyone apathetic, but overall I don't think my generation is the generation of apathy: rather, I think we are the generation of disillusionment. Our generation is going to get (and is already getting) saddled with the debt, the violence, the environmental damage and all of the bad decisions made by the generations that did such a great job fucking up the 20th century.
But I don't think that being disillusioned and angry is a bad thing. I think it makes us sharper, it gives us momentum, and it gives us the understanding of just how radical a change we need right now. If Obama wins big in three weeks, it will be in no small part because my generation stepped up and called bullshit on the way things have always been.
This song was released right before the 2004 election, but I found myself putting it on repeat in 2006 and again this year. The emotions and the statements continue to be relevant.
Eminem- Mosh
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