"Generation Q"

So here I sit in California, contemplating my generation with a couple of Anchor Steams in me (if you don't know what those are, stop buying Bud Light and look for a real domestic beer), and mind you I am of age and rarely, rarely do I indulge in a potent potable. So needless to say I am kind of loopy.

Anyway, I am technically part of Generation Q, and as "Georgia10" summarized, we are too quiet and not angry enough at our current situation.

Personally, I do not have the energy or the time to be angry and protest the situation. Am I disgusted? Hell Yes. Would I like to see a massive overhaul of our government? Yuppers.

I am sure that I am not the only one that feels that way, and as the voter turn out shows, I am not the only one that cares.

I think the problem has more to do with the fact that we have no real avenue for protest, no real place that we can make a difference. Sure we have the right to free speech, the right to assembly in protest of our government, etc. However, the massive bureaucracy that is our federal government asks us to jump through hoops to accomplish anything. Create a petition, get 3000 signatures, then MAYBE we can LOOK at what you want/need/desire.

The real only option we have is to vote, and our generation is doing that, and doing it more than previous generations.

So why are we the quiet generation? Because we aren't marching on Washington? We aren't burning bras? We aren't (enter political struggle/way to get attention here)? We have our own way of protest just as any other generation has.

So, label us quiet and uncaring. . . .

I'm rambling and I'm sleepy. . . . goodnight interweb land.