Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are claude, Yashua, ezdidit, smokeymonkey, Got a Grip, and srkp23 with vcmvo2 as editor.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing ~Macbeth by Shakespeare~

The diaries up for rescue this evening are:

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

• In A Project: Putting a Human Face on the Issues, Lovo reports on how Senator Bernie Sanders asked his constituents for their stories on how the economic policies of the last eight years have adversely affected them. Now it's time for all of us to "tell" our stories to our Senators, Representatives and Obama, about how most people have not thrived under Bush's policies. Let the change begin now!
• With facts and stats that are not well-known, Morus asks, Are UK Catholics abandoning the Left? (ezdidit)
• Deep Harm examines the ramifications of BushCo's vast invasion of personal information that many people don't seem to grasp in How domestic surveillance affects you and me. (Got a Grip)

All our yesterdays

• For an issue you really won't hear about from the TradMed, check out this concise history lesson from Lrios as she reports about Puerto Rico taking dispute to the United Nations. (claude)
• kavips brings us a laundry list of Bush policies and puts them in a historical context in Bush/Cheney as Seen by Thomas Jefferson. (Yashua)

Full of sound and fury

• With a personal report from the trench warfare of extended-family holiday-gathering politics, a Caringthinkingperson exclaims Whew Laudy, What a Fourth! (claude)

Tales (of Hope)

• I love (and Hope thrives on) anecdotal reports from intrepid Kossacks like second-time diarist mcronan who is Deep in the Heart of Texas. (claude)
• First time diarist sonrisa shares personal insight and experience and presents The Merits of Pre-college International Service Trips. (claude)
• janis shares great news about the Obama campaign in her county and tells of The Trials of Registering Voters in Red, Red VA on July 4th. (srkp23)
• iampunha celebrates Althea Gibson, two-time Wimbledon champion, in July 6, 1957: holding court. (srkp23)

Tales (of idiots)

• In a story that scares the heck out of me, Chris Rodda provides an update on one battle against the takeover of our military by right-wing religious revisionists: The DoD's Entirely Unsatisfactory Response to MRFF's Letter Regarding TBN 4th of July Special. (smokeymonkey)
• Avenging Angel illustrates for us why George W. Bush has sunk so low in the public's esteem, and why that is unlikely to change in Bush's Future Civics Lesson: "Replenish the Ol' Coffers". (smokeymonkey)

jotter has High Impact Diaries - July 5, 2008.

jotter also has the Week's High Impact Diaries: June 28 - July 4, 2008.

sardonyx has Top Comments: Meteor Blades on Daily Kos, part 1.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this Open Thread.

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