Daily Kos: Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Open Thread and Diary Rescue

by Diary Rescue

Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 08:29:44 PM PDT

This evening's Rescue Rangers are jlms qkw, PaintyKat, Patriot Daily, YatPundit, smokeymonkey and srkp23 with dadanation as the editor with Patriot Daily maintaining order in the classroom.

So, ignore the man behind the curtain, here are tonight's offerings:

mlharges presents a beautifully simple story on what it means To Love Completely. (jlms qkw)

jimstaro honors the casualties from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as well as the Iraqis killed and those who now are refugees in HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq/Afghanistan – March 2008. (Patriot Daily)

Barry C aka Casey describes Waves of Change moving through his family. (jlms qkw)

Nancy in Berkeley shares her relationship with a remarkable man in Remembering My Stepfather Joe on the 40th Anniversary of MLK's Assassination. (jlms qkw)

Take a quick history lesson on one episode in the history of democracies by gjohnsit: The Cradle of the Popular Revolt. (smokeymonkey)

Winter Rabbit addresses our government's taking of Native American sacred sites that are essential to preservation of religion in Black Hills & "The (Real) Supreme Law of the Land". (Patriot Daily)

Avila presents an outstanding compendium of human rights news from this week along with ideas for action and reminds us of our moral duty to speak out for those who cannot be heard, in Never In Our Names. (srkp23)

futurebird reports on the need to Show me your papers! to US Border patrol when riding a train inside the US. (Patriot Daily)

Do you remember Harry Taylor: The Norman Rockwell Moment when he challenged Bush to be ashamed of his policies and actions? cskendrick reminds us that he is now campaigning to be Rep for North Carolina. (Patriot Daily)

Brahman Colorado continues the retelling of tales heard while growing up in Oral Histories of the Clans of the Mountain West II. (YatPundit)

In From the Irony File: Mount Misery, srkp23 calls out Donald Rumsfeld twice: first, for being one of the men most responsible for the current U.S. policy on torture; and second, for being the "proud" owner of the notorious, slave-breaking plantation where Frederick Douglass was held and tortured! (PaintyKat)

DowneastDem highlights the harrowing story of one man's torture, abuse, and deprivation of rights while being detained at Guantanamo, in Review: "Five Years of My Life" by Murat Kurnaz. (srkp23)