Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are taylormattd, PaintyKat, Avila, dadanation, shayera, Grog, and joyful, with vcmvo2 as editor.

I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength, but for its civilization as well. And I look forward to a world which will be safe not only for democracy and diversity, but also for personal distinction. ~JFK~10/26/63~

The diaries up for rescue tonight are:

Look Forward America

• First-time diarist redcreek highlights the efforts of Mississippi Governor Barbour's effort to drain the Pascagoula and Leaf Rivers in the name of drilling for oil in Water for Oil. This chilling companion diary by Asinus Asinum Fricat fleshes out global efforts to stave off the looming world-wide water crisis in Water News, Sans Obama. (dadanation)
• Naturegal urges action to stop Bush's Fish and Wildlife Service from permitting the Doyon corporation to drill for oil and gas in an undeveloped wilderness: Protect Yukon Flats Wildlife Refuge. (taylormattd)
• ClimateLurker provides this easy to follow primer that offers a complete analysis of recent temperature fluctuations in Global Warming, the Winter Wiggle, and Short-term Climate Variation. (grog)

America & the World

• tribe34 has some news from Canada about Guantanamo in The Supreme Court (of Canada) agrees to rule on Gitmo's legality. (shayera)
• The struggles of working class Irish-Americans against British imperialism are eloquently described by markin in an essay on liberation and ethnic heritage, March 17th or Easter, 1916. (Avila)

NOLA: Commanding Respect?

• YatPundit describes how many classic, old New Orleans restaurants, formerly located in the West End on Lake Pontchartrain, were unable to obtain insurance and rebuild after the 1998 Hurricane Georges, and he wonders about the fate of those homes and establishments destroyed by Katrina, in New Orleans: Good Friday and Insurance Companies. (taylormattd)
• quaoar brings us another sterling example of the institutional insanity of the government's efforts to rebuild the devastated Gulf Coast, in FEMA puts a price tag on the truth - $209,099, while Crashing Vor gives a human face to the day-to-day reality of how people in the area are trying to get their lives back in Welcome Home Neighbor (NOLA). (dadanation)

America's Civilization?

• joetalarico tells us that The 21st Century Welfare Queens now wear a big Corporate Smile as they ease the wallets out of the taxpayer's pockets. (joyful)
• Gemina13 lovingly cares for her mother in spite of the added burdens caused by the deficiencies of Medicare I'm So Tired, I Can't Step Running. (PaintyKat)

sardonyx has Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 2.

Please promote your own favorite diaries in this Open Thread.

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