Students at a handful of U.S. universities have established chapters of something called the "Hip Hop Congress". The Congressional Hipsters proclaim on their website: "We are a new generation of people rising in the world. We are strong people with powerful ideas. The Hip Hop Congress gives you a place to do something with your ideas." (Note: If you visit their website, be sure to check out the "Prophets and Revolutionaries" section, where you can read all about Nostradamus and Mr. Miyagi from "The Karate Kid.")

Just for kicks, let's look at some of the "powerful ideas" floating around the Hip Hop Congress:

"Across our nation and our world there are various levels of inequality. The reason that these inequalities continue to exist is because not enough people stand up against it."

So that's why the Third World is impoverished. It's not because totalitarian dictators wage wars that devastate agriculture and markets. No, the problem is that not enough of us have exclaimed: "BOO POVERTY!"

"We believe that you will find that people everywhere want the same thing, to be treated with love, to be treated with respect, and to be given the courtesy to choose for themselves."

That's right, those Palestinian suicide bombers really just want some love, their props, and the universal franchise.

"Through our passage we will find aspects of life that neglect these simple desires. It is our responsibility to change these aspects. The Hip Hop Congress will be a vehicle for instituting that change."

Translation: my college career is ending, and the parents are expecting me to get a job. The Hip Hop Congress will be a vehicle for me to avoid the consequences of my useless Sociology degree indefinitely.