Last week I had great hopes of having a super-cheap Christmas via the Netroots Nation Auction. But people ignored my plaintive requests and went and bid anyway. Now some things are bidding at half their retail costs. HALF? Don't you know there's an economic crisis on?
Unfortunately, I went into teaching instead of plumbing and in Bush's economy I haven't got much of an IRA left, so I think my retirement plan probably involves buying great jewelry and political collectiblesat the Netroots Nation auction, holding onto them for 20 years, and reselling them on ebay to buy catfood. Or dogfood--which is cheaper?
Either that, or I suppose we could keep organizing, have a Democratic landslide and try to fix the economy. And of course, with 74% of the items having bids, raising over $12,000 to help support the costs of this annual convention and keep registration costs low for everyone, maybe, just maybe there's a shot to do that. But I'm only 36. There isn't much time.
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