How about dkos sponsoring a Netroots Economic Summit ASAP where you ask Krugman and Roubini and Brad DeLong, and Bill Gross of PIMCO etc., bright minds from all over the spectrum, the folks whom Cogress and Paulsen and Bush and Pelosi et al aren't even bothering to consult, to explain it to us.
Why not give them a forum? Livestream it.
I'd like to hear from them:
What's happened and why.
What are some of the options for solving it?
I want to know and understand the Swedish plan better, I want to know if removing the mark to market rule will help, I want to know about Pimco's offer to come in and value the debt, etc.
I WANT TO KNOW MORE.
Empower average citizens with knowledge so that maybe some of it can trickle up to our elected officials.
Empower average citizens with knowledge so that we can force our elected officials to make better decisions.
Maybe a few legislators will attend. (None should speak.)
Maybe some press will attend (though, Chris Matthews, I know all this financial razzmatazz is too much for your pretty little head. Don't you worry about it, middle aged soccer moms all over the country will tune in so you don't have to.)
It'd be crashing a whole different kind of gate.
Put up a bat - I'd contribute to make this happen.