Seems that the Congressional Recess Town Hall meetings are getting everyone out to meet and greet.
Even my mother attended one in our home town of North Bend, Oregon where District 4's Peter DeFazio (D) was greeted at the community center to 1200 of the area's residents.
Despite the many matters I could discuss from the meeting - the mentioning of "death panels", concerns over costs or a local physician's mypoic argument about government bureaucracy - the one thing that made me smile the broadest was the report of one attendee's self-censorship.
He had duct-taped his mouth closed and written a message across it with a black marker:
"The weakest argument usually shouts loudest."
It's nice to see that some have taken the precepts of debate to heart as they were described by Victor Hugo.
"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause." -Victor Hugo
This goes to enforce the conclusion that's being drawn that the so-called "screamers" - while attempting to drown out discourse at public forums - are merely strengthening the case that they are obstructive, inarticulate, disorganized and misinformed.
While I do not advocate complete silence by attendees, that this disenfranchising is becoming as obvious as it is to my hometown's meager populace, it seems to preclude that this perception of the "screamers" must be resonating in more vastly populated areas of Oregon with each town hall meeting and passing day.
I think it's time to break out a roll of duct tape and take a trip myself.