Globalization

Update: Kim Ong, the author of the video, sent me a quick response to my congrats about the awesomeness of the work. Kim suggested we also check out Youth Malaysia a sweet site about their movement. I'm now on a hunt to find other similar sites/countries that are empowering young people, we've seen their impact in the google news alerts, but I'm sure there are more.
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When I interviewed Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this year, one of her praises for the Millennial Generation is our ability to span the globe to unite as one group working together for issues that impact us.

Here is a new video uploaded from a YouTuber in Malaysia who interviewed people about their thoughts on Generation We. Its really pretty cool to see stuff like this

Some reading for your Saturday. (Updated by Mike)

• A Missouri state senate race was decided by youth volunteers.
• Russell Simmons, a famed hip-hop producer, appears on Fox News to discuss his GOTV effort.
• An excellent article delving into McCain's failure on technology policy and its connection to his poor performance among youth.
• Paul Krugman ponders our globalized economy and its understated fragility with regard to geopolitics.
• David Broder tackles the well-oiled machine that is the Obama campaign.
• The Toronto Star has an interesting column on the disappearance of fashion's connection with politics; it turns out Millennials would rather profess their opinion online and turn them into social movements -- who knew?
• MSNBC examines the volunteer efforts of China's Ba-Ling-Hou Generation, the American Millennial's counterpart; many Chinese youth have mobilized to confront the damage from the recent massive earthquake that struck a few weeks ago.
• U.S. News and World Report has a profile on the generations of the two presidential candidates; unfortunately no discussion of the impact of Millennials.
• User Generated Content at its best: