So after my morning walk I stop off at the local Starbucks and take my drink to a table on the patio. At the table next to me is a small group having a meeting. I didn't pay much attention at first since there are often people, especially from the county offices across the street, who hold small meetings there. Then I realized that in this particular group was my congressman. He was discussing bailout issues with some of the local council people (and possibly a state assemblyman).
Okay that would have been an excellent chance to ask about the "martial law" threat but being polite I didn't want to butt in. I didn't have to as the meeting was winding down they asked him about the pressures put on congress to pass the bill. He said something (as far as I could tell) that the first three page bill nobody wanted to pass (and something to the extent it was written that that way for that purpose). He did say something to the extent when they asked about communication with Bush at the time but that the Bush administration was throwing some "shock" stuff at them to get the bill passed and something that Bush was under pressure from his global alliances to get it passed (I still have the video of Bush's speech to the nation selling the damn thing and noted how freaked he seemed to be). Some of the other people meeting mentioned some threats that other politicians they knew got like "pass the bill or we'll make sure you don't get elected next time". Not everyday something like this happens and here I was having a toss up in my mind before I left the park I walk in as to which Starbucks I was going to and I guess I picked the right one. :-)
