Great. Just great. Now the word is out and everyone is going to know. This is supposed to be our secret, ours, the denizens of the Great Pacific Northwest, but that's all over now.
Now everybody and their uncle, all over the country, is going to be lining up for that most precious of our scarce resources: the Copper River salmon. Any Northwesterner with tastebuds spends the whole year in anticipation of those few weeks in May and June when the fish gods smile upon us and the Copper River offers up the most sumptuous thing that swims you can imagine. We rush to our fishmongers, grills at the ready, thrilled that soon we will be standing in the pouring rain (May. Seattle.), waiting for foodie nirvana.
Is it really all that? It's really all that. All you need is a little bit of salt, a little bit of pepper and, if you must, a squeeze of lemon to reach salmon ecstacy. And now everybody's gonna know about it. They're going to get their orders in and they're gonna get our fish.
Why? Because Kitsap River is such a good netroots citizen, she set up this auction item for the Netroots Nation spring auction. Great, let's raise some money for NN10, let's get those scholarships, and the amazing speakers and the venue and the parties and the panels and the connections. But do we have to do it at the expense of our fish?
Sigh. So I'm calling out Kitsap River, for being such an unselfish netroots citizen, for letting you in on our secret for the greater good. The things we sacrifice for you people.
Of course, there are plenty of other things to tempt you. Number one in my book? the Proud to be a Republican Target - Wellstone for Senate T-Shirt. Pair that with the Wellstone Pack of other memorabilia, and you've got an important piece of American progressive history.
Of course, there's plenty more to be had if you can't get enough of political history combined with the most sublime of silliness. Seriously, magnetic, Mix N' Match Obamarama? I think there's even a "beer summit" mug in there to adorn him with. Or you could get the Al Franken for Senate button and bring it and a sharpie to Las Vegas and get him to sign it (probably--I shouldn't make promises I don't know that we can keep, but I bet we could make that one happen). And speaking of NN, hang onto a bit of NN history with a NN09 Program signed by Bill Clinton or Howard Dean.
There's so much in this auction that, really, why would anyone want something so plain as fish? I mean, you could pick a tie for Markos to wear on an upcoming MSNBC appearance (oh, what fun could be had with that!). You could have Jeff Lieber write 500 words on any topic, and get the vicarious thrill of seeing your inspiration hit the rec list, or share just a little bit of the very special whatever it is that is BiPM.
There's jewelry, experiences, gorgeous art, and some really intriguing books.
With all that, why would anybody want fish? Seriously. You don't want the fish.
Really.
Step. Away. From. The. Fish.