Wednesday, November 3, 2010

the other hot beverage: Coffee Party

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Here's what they say about themselves: "As we enter our eighth month, the Coffee Party's long-term focus is to develop, replicate, and sustain an effective method of engagement. We are creating models of participation based on responsible citizenship — a sense of civic duty, patriotism, and a respect for our democratic system of government. Our goal is an informed and involved electorate that takes seriously the responsibilities of citizenship, not only for the purpose of winning elections, but to effectively govern our nation on behalf of The People, and no other interest."
 More later on this.  For now, and being a bit silly, I wonder if a hot chocolate party is next?

1 comment:

Clark said...

Coffee was what patriotic, i.e. insurgent Americans drank instead of tea, when Britain imposed the tea tax. This may one reason be why we still drink more coffee than tea today.

The Coffee Party says that it's goal is to revive civil discourse in American politics. We are going to need some civility now if anything is going to get done.