Gore ‘08

I proudly displayed my “Gore ‘08” sticker all the way back to Brooklyn last night from his lecture at the 92nd street Y on the Upper East Side. The message makes me hopeful, it makes me laugh (because I know he’s not going to run), but it also saddens me, because I can’t help but think about what a different world we’d be in right now if only they’d counted those Florida votes. If only there were different justices in the supreme court that fall of 2000. If only Gore was in office for the last seven years.

But why dwell on the past? Last night, Al Gore spoke about the present. He spoke about the sad state that our nation is in, with the majority of the media spending most of their time talking about Brittney’s most recent bouts of insanity rather than the issues that are actually affecting the world. The news stations that focus on Hilary’s hairstyle rather than her opinions. He spoke about the fact that the majority of Americans not only don’t know the truth about what’s going on, they don’t care to find out nor do anything about it.

This is what hit me the hardest, because I think he’s right. When I think about myself and my group of friends… we’re well-educated, we’re active, we’re have a decent amount of money. We’re the folks who should be doing something. We should be making our opinions heard and working towards a better future for our country. And what have any of us done?

Really, what have we been doing, guys?