You don't have to know what you're talking about to drop a killer sound bite. For all your canapé conversation needs, here's a summary of this week's hot topic.

Health-care reform can be too controversial to bring up in any detail in casual conversation. But how 'bout those boisterous, sometimes violent town hall meetings? Angry citizenry is easier to make chit-chat-about than preexisting-conditions clauses.

But what to say? Here's Lemondrop's quick-and-easy guide to talking about town hall meetings on health care over, of course, a killer cocktail.

If you just want people to act civil: "Yelling at Congressmen or hanging them in effigy is just plain rude, whatever your views on health care. It doesn't advance the conversation."
Your reasoning: The people who disrupt the town halls frequently show deep-seated, inappropriate fear about how this country works (it will never be politically savvy to set up "death panels") and sometimes downright ignorance ("keep your government hands off my Medicare" anyone?).

Not you? Click here to read the other arguments.

If you're really, really against socialized medicine "These tactics are nothing more than good old-fashioned American civil disobedience. If that's what it takes to derail the Democrats' left-leaning, anti-capitalist reforms, then it's what people should be doing."
Your reasoning: They're working.

The skeptic "Town hall meetings make no sense."
Your reasoning: Anyone who goes to one is clearly completely crazy. There's no reason the media should cover such small gatherings filled by a totally unrepresentative sampling of Americans.

In honor of the recent meetings, we've devised a cocktail that people should probably be drinking at them. Maybe it would put everyone in a better mood. It's made with an all-American booze (bourbon) and, of course, bitters.

The Town Hall Swizzle

Juice of 1 lime
1.5 tablespoons simple syrup
2.5 ounces bourbon
4 ounces club soda
2 dashes angostura bitters

Shake bourbon, simple syrup and lime juice together. Pour into a tall glass filled with crushed ice. Dash on the bitters, then top with club soda and stir. Garnish with a wedge of lime (or mini American flag).