Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are ybruti, Unitary Moonbat, HansScholl, ItsJessMe, Elise, drbcladd, with Got a Grip editing.

Please enjoy reading these outstanding diaries, gently plucked from the continuing Palin tsunami by today's intrepid rescue team:

First Amendment Rights, or Lack Thereof

• In RNC Deal With St. Paul - They Buy Insurance to Cover Damage, Lawsuits, your neighbor explains how this undercuts First Amendment rights. (ybruti)
• annie em's first diary is all about Saving free speech, rescuing our children, and the loss of First Amendment rights experienced by America's teachers. (Unitary Moonbat)
• arielle, with an addendum from her son, gives a deeply personal update on the troubling arrests taking place in St. Paul during the RNC, in Repost with new info on RNC Arrestees with Update from my son. (ItsJessMe)

Education for the Masses

• fake consultant gives the details On How The State Gave Me MRSA (Part III), Or, The "Let's Fix It" Edition. (ybruti)
• Fellow ranger YatPundit, in an installment of the Katrina third anniversary Blog-a-thon, analyzes the history and status of educational institutions in New Orleans, in The ABCs of Post-K NOLA Schools. (ItsJessMe)
• davefromqueens' list of GOP Veep vileness just keeps on growing: 77+ Things To Know About Sarah Palin is like having two-and-a-half clips full of ammo at the ready. (Unitary Moonbat)
• The stock market dove today because of bad economic news. bonddad summarizes the bad news that caused the stock market to dive today, with the charts and numbers in The Federal Reserve Says the Economy Stinks. What Whiners. (HansScholl)

Republican Cynicism and Hypocrisy

• casiopea vents that It's OK if you're a Republican; the diarist doesn't mean you should be a Repub, just that anything goes if you are. (drbcladd)
• NowAndZen proves Godwin's Law with Manipulation Politics - here we go again; not to say the Goebbel's comparison is inapt, just that the law applies. (drbcladd)
• Visualarts101 says, "Governor Palin, you're no Norma Rae." A post-Labor Day analysis. (drbcladd)

jotter has High Impact Diaries for September 3, 2008.

Light Emitting Pickle has Top Comments 9/4 - Republican Mindset Edition.

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