open discussion

last saturday we had to move our meetup indoors, leaving our English garden as fall is now upon us. as it is the season to seek warmth and comfort, I was thinking that the next meetup can take place at a local cafe called Cafecito Bogota. they have excellent coffee (being columbian...) and great croissants, pastries and other Columbian specialties, plus the owners have copies of Noam Chomsky and other subversive authors on their bookshelves.

our meetup discussion was based on the bailout plan, the vp debate and the looming elections, for lack of a better word. we were all feeling the impact of the current economic crisis, either through our jobs, or through friends and family. while the bailout has been voted, there's an undeniable economic crisis underway (today's news confirms it once more) which affects our communities and our lives directly.

the vp debate set new lows as sarah palin winked and colloquialized to the average american. darn it, if you lack experience, just wink your way through it... just imagine what change we would bring by just winking to ahmadinejad, to kim il sung, to the evil casto brothers, and doggonit, to putin himself. a new world order that would be! joe biden, on the other hand was exceptionally contained, courteous and real given the circumstances.

these are extremely volatile times and times when we need to hold on to, and defend, the values we believe in, no matter what the economic situation is. the next month should be the occasion to commit ourselves, in every way possible, to defeat the republican's suicidal agenda. any suggestions you have on how to act are welcome.