Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are ybruti, Larsstephens (ably mentored by Patriot Daily), ezdidit, grog, and Avila, with watercarrier4diogenes scrounging around in the pockets of the Robes of Objectivity, looking for the Wand of 'Seriousness' (tm) Glennzilla.

Tonight's diaries cover a variety of interesting issues not covered by the 'traditional media' (tm Kos), and definitely show that not all our 'best writers' are offline and partyin' hardy at Netroots Nation this weekend:

• If you're feeling a little letdown tonight because you missed Netroots Nation, dopper0189 will make you laugh again with the snarkalicious The Liberal Democratic rapture is coming! BEWARE! (Avila)
• Blissing opens our eyes to the heartbreaking realities of native women and their struggles for justice at the NN Panel: Pretty Bird Woman House W/Video. (Larsstephens)
• The Field details the Obama campaign's plan to take the convention to the unregistered voters and beyond in Hildebrand: 3-Day "Massive" Voter Registration Drive for Labor Day Weekend. (Avila)
• mataliandy finds sustenance and chews the fat with other NN food writers in the Future of Food Panel at Netroots Nation. (Larsstephens)
• With a worthy retrospective and an outline of exhibits, lampwicke proposes the founding of The George W. Bush Presidential Disaster Museum. (ezdidit)
• dancewater has some new information on the condition of a seriously injured Iraqi girl receiving medical treatment here in the U.S. in Update on Rusul and her surgery. (Avila)
• DrSteveB prescribes remedies for a one-sided debate on health care legislation with the Single Payer to HCAN: We Will Not Not Be Listened To. (Larsstephens)
• Political theory junkies will love Cassiodorus's ongoing series Bad Pragmatism in Theory (pt.4): Gramsci vs. the Republicans. (grog)
• MadScientist muses on better days and the present day in The General Decline of Just About Everything. (Avila)
• In 1795, Thomas Paine wrote that "To take away this right [to vote] is to reduce a man to slavery." Karen Hedwig Backman reports more than two decades later that our votes are still vulnerable in Fixing Elections. (Avila)
• jimstaro wants Obama & McCain to come to a Fort Hood Town Hall Presidential Forum, with a challenge to the putative Democratic nominee: Yes or No, Up or Down, Barack. (ezdidit)
• Discussing Al Gore's recent proposal to end our reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation in ten years, throughaglassdarkly presents Gore's Speech; Obama's Challenge. (ybruti)
• desmoinesdem has a point and makes it well: To fight global warming, we also need to rethink transportation. (ezdidit)
• Second-time diarist luvsathoroughbred describes Trolling for Votes: A Womano a Mano Debate with a colleague who despises Obama. After you read this, you'll find some comic relief in her first diary (about a dog for the next president): The K-9 Conundrum: An Open Letter of Advice to Sen. Obama. (ybruti)

jotter has High Impact Diaries - July 18, 2008 and carolita has Top Comments 7-19-08 -- Kaizen Edition.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread (even if you're the author! Here's where that's actually appreciated). And, of course, since it's an open thread, PLAY NICE, OK? 8^)