Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's rescue brought to you by aloha and maholo, dopper0189, jennyjem, Louisiana 1976, YatPundit, and ybruti, with srkp23 editing.

• BOHICA remembers the original intent of November 11, and the best way to honor those who would fight for our country in On the 11th hour: Armistice Day. (jennyjem)
• freedapeople shares a remembrance of a Veteran in The Naked Guy. (jennyjem)
• Homeless vets remains one our nation's greatest shames. Yet Kaid at NRDC sees hope in a Seattle program that's emerging as a model for other cities: Village Green: A glimmer of hope for homeless veterans, others. (dopper0189)
• dreaminonempty provides some surprising analysis on voters who self described their ancestry as "American": 2008 Electorate: "Americans" - You Might Be Surprised. (dopper0189)
• rperks details the search by veterans for renewable sources of energy in Veterans, Clean Energy and Common Sense. (Louisiana 1976)
• Dale Husband tackles climate change denial data points, particularly the interplay between water vapor and CO2, in Those terrible twins of climate change, CO2 and H2O". (aloha and mahalo)
• In a thoroughly researched and footnoted diary, FreeStateDem reviews the history of restrictions on federally funded abortion access from Hyde to Stupak in Consequences. (aloha and mahalo)
• zwerlst encourages President Obama, Mr. President, Go to Afghanistan. (YatPundit)
• spike64 offers an interesting analysis of Armistice Day, The Berlin Wall, and Afghanistan. (YatPundit)
• Rian Fike continues an essay for a Teacher of the Year award in Why I love teaching. (Part Two.) (YatPundit)
• What role might nuclear power play? In an informative diary Mark Louis tells us about The American Energy Future. (Louisiana 1976)

jotter serves up High Impact Diaries: November 10, 2009.

emeraldmaiden brings Top Comments 11/11/09 - Veterans Day.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.