Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, ybruti, yatpundit, grog, Got A Grip, and joyful with dadanation as editor.

The rescued diaries

• Got a Grip evokes the sights and sounds of Cairo during Ramadan while describing in Shoes a heated confrontation between a bus driver and a pedestrian, and the onlookers' reaction to an insult hurled. (ybruti)
• lotusmaglite brings us a tale of personal strength and optimism in I Don't Want Your Bleeping Help - A Journey Through The Bush Years. (joyful)
• eshafto tells us how attending a prestigious private school does not protect young women from being bullied in Mean Girls Strike. (Louisiana 1976)
• it really is that important urges us to open our minds and our hearts to the broader possibilities when considering Adoption: A Plea For The Older Child. (Got a Grip)
• BobboSphere reminds us that Goose Island isn't just about beer, and wonders Goose Island: The Beginning of the Next American Revolution? (YatPundit)
• the girl looks at how trauma fosters "lazy journalism" in the context of the recent "shoe incident" in Tragedy of journalism and Zaidi's breakdown: Not to throw shoes is the crime. (grog)
• minvis provides context to the current situation in Illinois with The man behind Blago or How I learned to love the Chicago Machine. (ybruti)
• Marie informs us that the people who are the worst threat to this country do not live in caves in Afghanistan in White Collar Terrorism. (Louisiana 1976)
• doctoraaron regales us with another story from the medical front lines in Tales of a Family Doctor-- dis-United Health Care. (grog)
• Johnny Venom pulls together some of the economic threads to offer up a review of Manufacturing Monday: Week of 12.15.08. (Got a Grip)
• arcticshadow looks to the future in a series of brief tidbits on Competitive 2010 House races. (YatPundit)

The regular extras

jotter brings us High Impact Diaries: December 14, 2008.

Eddie C has tonight's Top Comments 12-15-2008 Bill of Rights Birthday Edition.

The reminder

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