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Objective One
To activate punks and other disenfranchised young people to participate in elections.

Objective Two
To expose the chaotic policies of George W. Bush and his current adminsitration.

Objective Three
To build a coalition of informed voters who can individually and collectively influence public policy.

To activate punks and other disenfranchised young people to participate in elections.

In the 2000 election, Bush "won" Florida by only 537 votes. 2 million registered voters in Florida did NOT vote in that election. If only 600 of those had voted for Gore, our country would be in a very different position. Additionally, only 38% of young people (18-29) voted in the 2000 presidential election. This is not only sad; it is pathetic.

Besides the multitude of local issues in every election in which a hundred votes can decide an issue, the 2000 presidential election showed us that ANYONE, especially young people, CAN make a huge difference. Apathy can be fatal. As concerned members of the punk rock community, we need to become ACTIVE in the election process. Voting is the crucial first step. We know that you care, now show it. Don't let history repeat itself.

To expose the chaotic policies of George W. Bush and his current adminsitration.

To expose the chaotic policies of George Bush Jr.* and his current adminsitration. Our goal is to run interactive and creative voter education programs by taking our message to the streets and letting our fans and friends know why the electoral process is important to them. We plan to show how our government and how truly affect all of our lives. We will work with the thousands of regional bands and other coalitions of mutual respect and interests including skaters, surfers, fanzine writers, concert goers, and others that feel disenfranchised with their government.

* You may ask yourself why we often refer to him as George Bush Jr. rather than George W or GW. Well, ya see folks, this whole thing is a product of good ol' Republican spin which comes about from his staff attempting to give Jr. an identity that's distinctly his own; and detach him from his nnon-re-elected pappy. But let's not kid ourselves, he IS the son of a President, and statistics reveal that many people mistakenly voted for him thinking that they were voting for his father. Some pundits feel that George Jr. won the Texas Gubernatorial election on that basis alone, and considering the importance of name recognition at the voting booth, you can't deny that this boob may have been accidentally elected as Governor. Don't let them fool you, this man inherited all that he has, and we think itâs a disgrace to democracy to have someone elected on the basis of their bloodlines rather than on their merits. Here we are in what we consider the world's purest democracy, and who is our leader? The idiot son of an asshole.

To build a coalition of informed voters who can individually and collectively influence public policy.

Next time you're standing at crowded show look around and wonder how many people around you voted. Chances are, it was less than 40%. If you were at a show in Florida with over a 1,000 people, that would mean that the number of people who didn't vote at the show was larger than the number of votes that separated Bush Jr. from Gore. Think about it, the crowd at a large punk show could have changed the outcome of the Presidential election. Well kids, right-wing groups like the Christian Fundamentalists and NRA throw their weight around, isn't it time we started doing the same? If we get together and turn up at the polls, our political leaders can no longer ignore us. One vote may be just one vote. But together, our hundreds of thousands of votes are a real force. So come on, let's show the world in 2004 that the punks are a force that can rock the world.