Ok its 09

I am done hyperventilating about the bailout bananzas.

The takeaways:

- people's voices can be profoundly heard up on the hill in this digital age
- the Federal (and probably state/local) infrastructures need to beef up for digital mass discourse
- the key questions of bailout 1.0 to date - is it working? where the heck did the money go?

The next administration will do well to continue engagement of the people's voices as it so skillfully mastered during its campaign. The people's eyes and ears should be appropriately engaged for scrutinizing bailout 2.0 (2nd half of 1.0) and bailout 3.0 (the President-elect's new programs). Change.gov and its successors are truly revolutionary next steps in the advancement of this democracy.

While last year and, most likely, this year have many downsides in our economy, society, and world stage conflicts, we should all pay close attention to the very key seeds of societal re-engagement in the process of governing and participation in this digital age.