Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are vcmvo2, shayera, jlms qkw, dadanation, YatPundit, and joyful with shayera editing.

• As Peacerunner was simply Boiling Water: A Moment of Truth was revealed. A lovely diary! (joyful)
• smokeymonkey points out that the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 has given Obama a head start in implementing important measures for a "green" economy, while A Siegel writes a speech calling for energy discipline, coordination, and new solutions in E2 Solution to a Better Tomorrow. (vcmvo2)
• caldreaming asks an important environmental question, Can we save the Coral Reefs? (Yatpundit)
• dogemperor offers another well-researched diary detailing Rick Warren's Connections to Joel's Army. (joyful)
• Asinus Asinum Fricat reports the latest on Water News & a Word on Middle-East Water Rights. (vcmvo2)
• Dirty D teaches us to read polls and picks apart the WSJ in OVERDETERMINED: Republicans once again demonstrate how not to poll. (jlms qkw)
• drational connects the dots following today's WSJ interview with "disgraced former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales" and concludes Comey Testimony Provoked FISA Battle. (dadanation)
• Shocko from Seattle brings us "News You Can Lose": reflections on the print industry and its pending doom. (joyful)
• StuHunter starts a new series and has a time line telling us Where It All Went "W"rong..Part 1. (shayera)
• MrMichaelMT delves into the psychology of Republicans in Avoiding another "Rocky Horror Show". (jlms qkw)
• teacherken offers a thoughtful answer to an earlier rec'd diary in No one and everyone - an answer to Litho. (Yatpundit)
• willep tells us his business has gone to the dogs in ricky riccardo. (shayera)
• In taking stock of the past and looking towards the future, dedmonds invests even more meaning onto the adage "We Owe A Lot to Our Children." (dadanation)
• HansScholl pens another beguiling installment in his series on The Remembered Times and Forgotten Life of Asiago Cheese: A Legend of the Old West (Ch. V). (vcmvo2)
• Forgiveness and redemption, both personal and communal, are but two of the themes that inform cskendrick's beautiful and somber I Must Forgive You, Somehow. (dadanation)
• Black Leather Rain and other Kossacks have come together to offer some of us a helping hand in KINship: Times that try our souls. (joyful)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: December 30, 2008.

va dare has Top Comments 12.31.08 Best quotes of '08.

On behalf of the entire Rescue Ranger team, I would like to wish you all a Happy and Safe New Year.
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