Open Thread and Diary Rescue
by SusanG
Wed Dec 13, 2006 at 08:59:15 PM PST
(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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Please add your own favorite diaries and use as an open thread.
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