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Embarrassment of riches

Submitted by Rick on Sat, 04/08/2006 - 1:32pm.

Olympia is such a political and cultural mecca that we find ourselves in the position of having two very interesting events scheduled at exactly the same time (tonight @ 7:00 pm):

Crashing the Gates booktour with Jerome Armstrong & Markos Moulitsas Zuniga.
Dr. Cornell West: "Democracy Matters".

So, what to do? I'm going to the blogfest, personally. Anyone going to see Dr. West? Wanna take notes and write it up for the rest of us?

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Submitted by Mike on Sat, 04/08/2006 - 1:50pm.

Marylea and I are planning to go listen to Dr. West. Will take some notes and post our impression later tonight or first thing tomorrow. MC "To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." Lao-Tzu

That's great.

Submitted by Rick on Sat, 04/08/2006 - 3:04pm.

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts.

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Submitted by emmettoconnell on Sun, 04/09/2006 - 12:51pm.

I skipped both, but I would have went if plans were never so tight. Or, if they were doing their thing at 7a on Tuesday when I have some free time. I did head over to the Democrat County Convention yesterday, which gives us the tri-fecta of liberal things to do on April 8, 2005.

I wish

Submitted by Rob Richards on Sun, 04/09/2006 - 2:47pm.

we could get some folks here that don't represent the left. I'd really like to hear Francis Fukuyama speak. Or some of the other smart conservatives. The one thing that peeves me is Olympia's apparent insularity to the "other side".

Don't get me wrong, Dr. West is one of my favorites, and I've read his books. I just want to hear more from conservatives. We're going to have to work together eventually otherwise nothings going to get done.

Until we get some here, I'll always have podcasts.

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