Daily Kos: Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Open Thread and Diary Rescue

by SusanG

Fri Aug 24, 2007 at 08:20:31 PM PDT

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

This evening's Rescue Rangers are dannyinla, Got a Grip, joyful, nyc in exile, Patriot Daily (with a triple mentoring shift!), Rippen Kitten, and vcmvo2, with srkp23 as editor.

jimstaro offers heart-felt condolences for Gold Star families everywhere - with some quotable anti-war logic - in Second Son - Too Much Sacrifice. (ezdidit)

Dkos diarist NCJan reports that this President has been taking his history lessons from the wrong source as Bush channels Reagan on Vietnam. (vcmvo2)

exlrrp continues a comprehensive look at Bush's "desertion years" and the twists and turns of his military "service" in Crimes of Bush and the TXANG pt II. (grog)

"Stay frosty." That's the advice that kidneystones offers while assessing the need for vigilance as we battle to take our country back in 'The Next Six Months are Critical...'. (Got a Grip)

Winter Rabbit discusses electoral politics from a Native American perspective, and provides some guidelines on how to define a candidate's priorities in the thoughtful, well-reasoned Which Candidates Support Native American Concerns? (Rippen Kitten)

kyledeb juxtaposes religious imperatives with our attitudes toward immigrants in Justice For Migrants. (Got a Grip)

Ana Maria highlights an example of innovative banking in support of post-Katrina rebuilding in Hancock Bank Can Teach Bush A Thing or Two. (grog)

shanikka takes a look at mortgages and housing prices, and suggests that The Rich Get Richer. The Poor? Maybe Homeless. (joyful)

Today's 'Love Your Mother' recommendations: jillian brings us the latest on water worries in BREAKING!...the Earth (H2Woe Version), while shruticounseling shares a charming video story on Our "Outdoor Bamboo Shower" Water Conservation Project. (joyful)

The best consumers always do a little comparative shopping. As part of an on-going series (all rescued by the way) Dr A takes us on a whirlwind tour of health care systems in World Health Tour III: A Bottom Up Approach. (nyc in exile)

ShawnGBR honors this science Friday by informing us of a huge scientific discovery (in this case huge means 1 Billion light years across) in There's a hole in our Universe (dear Eliza...). (dopper0189)

While pity is not something often afforded to our current pResident, new(ish) diarist StrangeAnimals, in On The Release of Two Prisoners, offers up a poetic parole for Dubya – a man who has been imprisoned in the diarist’s mind for a six-year sentence. (dannyinla)