Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are jlms qkw, watercarrier4diogenes, ezdidit,  vcmvo2 and srkp23 with claude spinning around in the Editor's Chair.

• DeanDemocrat reports that there's A FAIR amount of interest in getting Democrats elected in red zones! (ezdidit)
• I love feet-on-the-ground reporting, and sasatlanta's report from "Vote For Change", My First Voter Registration Drive is not only inspiring, but has a really timely "GREAT IDEA" that we can all take with us to the streets. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Stranded Wind brings us a double-dip of lovely photo essays. Let's be Genuine Rucksack Wanderers and tag along on a visit to Saxtons River, Vermont! (watercarrier4diogenes and joyful)
• dancewater describes several instances of individuals speaking out about injustice, without regard to the cost or danger to themselves, and then lists several upcoming events where we can all protest in Voices of Conscience. (vcmvo2)
• LithiumCola, with characteristic style and incisiveness, presents A State Dept. Powerpoint on How to Rule the World. (srkp23)
• Deep Harm sees a danger with the sunset of the Bush regime, and urges us to support our brave guardians of accountability: Whistleblowers in peril (and what to do about it). (srkp23)
• jimstaro honors those who have lost loved ones to war service, in Final Salute. (srkp23)
• stillonline writes a poignant, powerful diary about an extraordinary woman: Canning Tomatoes with Mom. (srkp23)
• Yosef 52 offers up poetry for our consideration in Some Poems for the Saturday Night Club. (Got a Grip & jlms qkw)
• Naranjadia discusses some of the roadblocks and ethical considerations that were overcome to allow her the joy of motherhood in Surrogacy: It Gave Me Mother's Day. (Got a Grip & jlms qkw)
• webbranding brings us news of conflict-free exchange from a surprising source in North Korea, NY Philharmonic & Cultural Exchange(Got a Grip & jlms qkw)
• paradox expresses righteous rage against corporations' dehumanizing policies, in American Workers Are Not Parts. (srkp23)

jotter has High Impact Diaries - May 10, 2008.

BeninSC has tonight's Top Comments - Goodheartedness And Paw Paw.

This is an Open Thread, kids. Play Nice!