This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man, Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills), Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, and Wally of The Daily Jot and all highlights selected by us unless otherwise noted.
"Ruth's Report" -- Ruth's tackling the issue of WalkOn and doing it as only Ruth can -- outspoken and to the point. A must read.
"A little bit of reality from Nicky K" -- Betty hates this chapter. Hates it so much we asked, "Are you trying to sound like Ava and C.I.?" (They hate everything they write.) The reasons she hates it are explained in the roundtable. Kat, who heard all the drafts, agrees Betty had to sacrifice tone and a great deal more to work in something but still says it's a strong chapter. We agree. But Betty wants it noted, "After that bit of information from Nicky K, Betinna would not feel chipper."
"Kugel in the Kitchen" -- Trina wasn't sure what she was writing and actually posted this Saturday morning. She and Rebecca were both working on posts Friday night. Trina changed it a bit on Saturday before posting but thought, "Screw it, I agree with every thing I've said." We do as well.
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Baby War Hawks Dominate Horse Race" -- Isaiah has no idea what he's drawing today. He participated in the roundtable for this edition and had no idea. What we do know is that this was a hilarious comic last Sunday. Check it out.
"Law and Disorder, Jason Leopold, Media Lens" -- Mike's covering a number of topics. Regarding Law and Disorder, Mike says, "If I didn't like it, I wouldn't listen. But I'm not going to say ___ is a great guest if I think he was a sucky guest. If anyone has a problem with that, I'll just stop mentioning the show."
"Pistol slapping of WalkOn.org & Boxer takes a dive" -- Kat's not pleased with her Senator (as she points out, she only has one). We're not either.
"The term is 'bi-racial'"& "THIS JUST IN! JESSE JACKSON IS WRONG!" -- Cedric and Wally's joint-post. They say they never got so much e-mail from people who didn't get the point. Cedric: "This wasn't an attack Jesse Jackson post. We haven't attacked him. He made a comment that Barack Obama was acting White and our point was, 'Big surprise, he's as White as he is African-American because he's bi-racial.' We agree that he emphasizes his White side."
"Hiding the dead" -- We have to bite our tongue here because we know why this was written and where the tip-off came from. C.I.'s noting that Multi-National Forces is discontinuing their death announcements. C.I.'s noting it for a reason (and it had almost immediate effect as the person in the military who asked C.I. to cover the issue knew it would). We think that's all we can say about the backstory. We can note that when it's time to hit hard and hit hard for a reason, no one can top C.I. We think we can note this was one of the most read pieces by M-NF.
"thoughts on/from d.c." -- Rebecca sharing her thoughts on the DC protest from two Saturdays ago.
"It's only a slaughter if the US says so apparently..." & "THIS JUST IN! IT'S THE U.S.' PUPPET GOVERNMENT" -- Cedric and Wally taking on the issue of the Blackwater slaughter last Sunday.
"Silly Phyllis Bennis, facts are facts" & "THIS JUST IN! THE 'PREPOSTEROUS' PHYLLIS BENNIS!" -- Cedric and Wally get three citations because we had a real hard time narrowing them down this week due to the incredibly strong week we had. We were nodding and smiling when we read this originally, then we got Trader Vic's and were laughing out loud. We won't spoil it for you but it is hilarious.
"Isaiah, Free Sami Al-Haj and more" -- We had two things we wanted to note from Elaine. She only allows one to be highlighted. It was close, but this is our pick for her best last week.