Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Astute observations about activism...

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.
--Susan B. Anthony

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
--Robert F. Kennedy

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
--Margaret Mead

Today's Rescue Rangers are Got a Grip, grog, joyful, Louisiana 1976, Painty Kat, vcmvo2, and YatPundit with Cordelia Lear driving the Editmobile.

About Healthcare

• JDWolverton examines another aspect of the breakdown of our healthcare system and how it affects the care of patients in The Death of Primary Care. (Got a Grip)
• Mark Wallace discusses health mandates from an everyman's perspective and muses on the idea that voters will need to be well-armed with ideas in order to "lead" the next president toward universal care in Health Insurance Mandates. (grog)
• Spud1 reports on the status of the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007. (vcmvo2)

On the Campaign Trail

• wclathe tells the lovely tale of the Clinton/Obama "division" in his household in Our Family's very "Personal Primary" (YatPundit)
• Bcgntn provides this detailed essay about Caucasian understanding of the Black experience and how it colors the presidential race in Are African-Americans Black Enough or Anglo Americans Too White? (grog)
• Kossack quaoar reminds us that this isn't the first time political campaigns have tried Playing the Race Card. (joyful)
• Red Wind pulls a wheel off the "Straight Talk Express" in John McCain on net neutrality: splunge! and then Reading on Walden Pond puts it up for bodywork in John McCain - A straight talking, flip-flopping kinda guy. (vcmvo2)
• fbihop examines the "good" side of a family with a long and rich political history in Outside Magazine Profiles the Udalls. (Got a Grip)

Foreign Affairs Desk

• blueness reports on the disgraceful use of an extradition warrant in the case of Lofti Raissi, a British resident, later found innocent in "A Device To Circumvent The Rule Of English Law". (vcmvo2)
• Land of Enchantment discusses the controversial border fence in south Texas and the residents that are taking a stand against it in South Texas Hornet's Nest. (Got a Grip)
• jokertim777 gives us something to think about regarding the democratic processes in Pakistan and here at home in Only 18 Killed in Orderly Election. (Louisiana 1976)

Social Studies Aisle

• SocProf ponders our social and cultural Identity Woes in the Global Age. (PaintyKat)
• DemandSide predicts a banking crisis brought on by a meltdown in financial markets, complicated by Americans who aren't ready for painful solutions in Democrats may have to lead BEFORE inauguration. (PaintyKat)

Science Report

• Milos Janus Outlook reports heartening news in Darwin and Evolution Go to Church. (vcmvo2)

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