The Consent of the Governed . . .

The Associated Press reports a new study concerning the degree of political involvement among college freshman is spiking higher.

And that many of those freshman were not able to attend their "first choice" school for financial reasons.

And that 41% of those same college freshman support legalizing marijuana, though apparently about 32% of high school students have tried the illegal drug. And the Associated Press draws the conclusion that this attitude about marijuana may have less to do with these freshmen's attitude toward illegal drugs as it does about the role of government.

Well DUH!!! All during the previous administration, these young folks have seen older siblings ship off to an ideological war (not that any war isn't ideological, but Iraq was to the extreme) all the while mom and dad's ability to provide the "extra" funding dwindled.

Oh yes---and the promissory note to pay for the above mentioned ideological war--guess what's awaiting this young person on the far side of graduation????

Is it any wonder that today's uber-connected freshman wants his government out of the bedroom and into the boardroom???

While it's far from unusual for young folks not to want to be told what to do by older-boardroom-authority-figure types, now that they have 1) discovered the power of the ballot and 2) have a new standard-bearer in the White House,

the governed just became those who are governing.