regroup

I logged into the #joiito irc channel around 7.15am to find that Bush was approaching victory. But, strangely, what struck me in that moment was not the tragic prospect of another four years of state-sponsored torture, oppression and envionmental rape, but rather the vigorous surge of the debate on the chat channel. And then my girlfriend texted me after her Northern Line tube journey to work to say "what a buzz on the train... kids on the way to school are talking about not wanting bush and about the trade center, about how powerful america is, how ny and california are cool. good to hear their passion and intelligence."

I am encouraged to remember that this emergent democracy stuff simply cannot be stopped, for it flows around obstacles and dissolves monoliths. In my deepest truth I oppose nothing, I simply co-create with everyone else. Including Republicans. Including George Bush. But having fun and having heart.