Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Avila, vcmvo2, jlms qkw, HansSchool, jennyjem, and taylormattd as editor.

Please enjoy reading these outstanding, ranger-selected diaries:

• the national gadfly shares with us a description of three family members, all men from the Greatest Generation, in Three grandfathers, one war. (jlms qkw)
• Tasini writes about The Right Way To Bailout The Auto Industry. (taylormattd)
• Jewelies42 compares a personal story of thievery and victimization to the Paulson plan in The economy...on a very personal scale. (jennyjem)
• The human costs of war are incalculable, as two extraordinary diaries illustrate. coachjdc discusses honoring our veterans every day and cites some tragic long term effects in The Cost of War. BigDog04 reminds us of our servicewomen in Iraq and Afghanistan, and appeals for understanding of the wounds that leave invisible scars in On Vets Day A Group Not Usually Remembered. (Avila)
• With American automakers heading toward financial failure, Public D reminds us of additional problems caused by the Big Three in Of Bailouts, Bankruptcy & Big Three Brownfields. (jlms qkw)
• UN Dispatcher discusses ending Malaria in Taking the Fight Against Malaria to the Front Lines. (taylormattd)
• Jbearlaw opines that the contest for the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is an indication of how progressive the next House will be in Forget Lieberman -- Waxman v. Dingell is Bellwether. (jennyjem)
• dengre writes a compelling account of patriotism and reclaiming the pride in our nation used by others so cynically in recent years in It is 11-11 and I flew Our Flag... (Avila)
• mikey666 explains Congressional Review Act of 1996, a law which will likely prevent President Bush from surreptitiously enacting disastrous energy and environmental regulations before he leaves office: Big News On the Environmental Front. (taylormattd)
• In Comeuppance: Macaca Allen, Jackie Robinson, the GOP and You, Dizzy revisits George Allen's racist blunder during a Virginia Senate campaign and speculates how the presidential race would have been different if he had kept his bigotry quiet. (HansScoll)
• In The Music You Will Never Hear, dansk47 pays loving tribute to a boy lost to heroin addiction. (vcmvo2)
• Valtin keeps us informed about the American Psychological Association's latest activities in Daily Kos APA Advisory Group Examines New Interrogations Policy. (jlms qkw)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: November 11, 2008.

Ambrosius has Top Comments-11/12/08-I don't want to talk about it edition.

Please feel free to promote your favorite diaries in this open thread.