Open Thread and Diary Rescue 0
Jul9
Today, Louisiana1976, grog, dopper0189, jennyjem, taylormattd, and ItsJessMe, who also edited, worked together to find the following diaries to rescue for you.
The breadth and depth of knowledge displayed by today’s diarists is a worthy reminder of how much this community has to offer.
Goddesses (or those who just pretend to be…)
- Plain Speaking fears that words Sarah Palin used in her resignation speech have broader and more frightening implications, in Palin, please don’t let it be this… (ItsJessMe)
- Tara the Antisocial Social Worker continues her Wednesday series on goddess spirituality, feminism, and politics: How a Woman Becomes a Goddess: Kali. (dopper0189)
Health and Health Care
- UnaSpenser undertakes Educating Urban Dwellers About Lyme. (taylormattd)
- Spekkio takes us inside the Church of the Invisible Hand – Sermon on Health Care “Reform”. (ItsJessMe)
- What can health care for people and cats be like when one has limited funds and no insurance, if one is lucky? sophically tells a story of the kindness of strangers in Just Another Health Care Story (with a moderately happy ending). (Louisiana 1976)
- Physician cmhmd responds eloquently to Fear mongering on Rationing health care. (ItsJessMe)
Signs of Hope
- skywaker9 explains how two concepts working together make an effective use of resources in Mass Transit and Smart Growth Save Time, $ and the Environment. (jennyjem)
- NLinStPaul offers hope in the story of James and the stimulus package. (ItsJessMe)
Presidential Responses
- Avenging Angel compares the Republican response to the coup in Honduras to the brief coup in Venezuela in Honduras Crisis Recalls Bush Support for Chavez Coup. (jennyjem)
- Upper West discusses how in time of great crisis, an American president never forgot the fundamental values of this country in Lincoln and Torture: Necessity Does Not Admit of Cruelty. (grog)
Other Great Stuff
- Are millions of otherwise reasonable Americans living in a strange parallel universe? Benjamin Phillips argues in Fantasy Town that this is so. (Louisiana 1976)
- Mister Gloom offers tips on Finding Work – The Job Interview… (ItsJessMe)
- How are we like Sponge Bob? people power granny tell us in You and I are both Sponge Kids! We can thank our parents! how we “soak up” things that can wound us, or help us grow. (Louisiana 1976)
jotter has High Impact Diaries: July 7, 2009 and va dare has Top Comments 7.8.09 – Coal Lobby Doesn’t Want You To See This Film.
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