LIVE from Seattle Center: Concluding thoughts

We're in the final minutes of AM 1090's "We the People" forum here at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, and the conversation is getting lighthearted, with the hosts cracking jokes around the recent Bigfoot/Sasquath "discovery".

The final (serious) question, or theme, is about biconceptualism - specifically, are most biconceptuals closer to progressive America or conservative America?

(The panel unanimously agreed yes.)

So why does the right wing agenda dominate our national conversation? The answer is naturally multifaceted - we have a corporate traditional media that is more interested in ratings, sales, and profits than quality journalism.

Then we've got a Republican Noise Machine in this country that unceasingly repeats the same message, influencing (or polluting) the focus of the traditional media.

And finally, we progressives have an idea deficit, and cognitive difficulties to boot. Our fellow Americans don't know what we stand for because we just haven't done a good job of defining ourselves and communicating our true values.

The town hall is now wrapping up; and all the hosts are in agreement - it's time we went out and took advantage of the great August nightlife. Maybe we'll have an impromptu Drinking Liberally - who knows.

Anyway, the NPI team is signing off for tonight. We'll add a few photos for you here before we power down our computers for the evening.

So long from Seattle Center!