Open Thread and Diary Rescue

(Tonight's diaries are brought to you courtesy of the wonderful Rescue Rangers. SusanG)

Diaries up for rescue tonight:

(Today's Rescue Rangers are B12love, Dannyinla, Got A Grip, Patriot Daily. tlh lib and ybruti.)

• West Virginia Kossack SLJ wonders if it's the public interest or private business interests that are getting top priority in Coal Liquefaction Project Raises BILLION Dollar Question. (dannyinla)
• Are the days numbered for allowing American public input to influence government policies? emmasnacker spells it out in Obituary for The Commons? It's Torch & Pitchfork Time. Read it and let's get busy. (B12love)
• Jerome a Paris presents an intriguing plan prepared by an American scientist as An Answer for Iraq that considers Iraqi culture and needs. (Patriot Daily)
• clammyc wonders about the various Baker ties and how that may have influenced the Iraq Study Group report in The James Baker/Saudi "quid pro quo"? (Patriot Daily)
• stephen soldz in Abusive interrogations: A defining difference between psychiatrists and psychologists addresses the growing divide between the two professions regarding torture interrogationsm, with morality vs. access and funding at the forefront. (tlh lib)
• Jeff Huber writes about how Dubya Down in Iraq is desperately "opening the medicine cabinet" to find a plan. (Patriot Daily)
• Eric Hopp explains that it's not just Bush's policies, but the war's impact on the U.S. Army--short on manpower, new recruits, and equipment which is why the US is already losing this war. (Patriot Daily)
• topazpilot's Darfur and the Heartless Negligence of the United States issues the warning that it's up to the Democratic Congress to ensure we have a UN ambassador who will make the Darfur crisis a top priority, unlike the past 6 years of this Presidency. (tlh lib)
• Albanius outlines two key ways to level the playing field in the battle of the haves versus the have nots in Democracy vs Plutocracy. (Got a Grip)
• moodyinsavannah writes a moving diary about the impact of objectification of women in Never more beautiful than this. (Patriot Daily)
• China Hand, intrigued by an old book found in a hotel lobby, discusses in detail The Last Muckraker: Herbert Hoover and Floyd Olson vs. Walter Liggett and the Free Press. (ybruti)
• In Jesus Enters the War on Christmas, smr33 brings us a letter from Jesus with his wishlist for Christmas. (tlh lib)

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