Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.



"Heckle & Jeckle" --Betinna continues to campaigning for Ralph Nader and attracts some crazies.



"Garlic Soup in the Kitchen" -- Trina continues providing economically inexpensive recipes and also tackels the economy.



"Martha tells VIBE to f**k the hell off" -- Community member Martha sounds off about the sexist, lying VIBE magazine . . .



"nader, womencount pac and idiot at vibe" -- as does Rebecca.



"I Hate The War" -- The most requested highlight. Read it and see why.



"Tina, Cher, Carole Burnett" -- Kat dicusses variety shows.



"Gutter Trash you can smell" & "THIS JUST IN! BARACK HAS NO COMMENT!" -- Cedric and Wally tackle the gutter campaign passed off as hope. They also tackle it in "Gutter Trash you can smell" and "THIS JUST IN! THE LEADER TRIES TO CONTROL THE CULT!"



"Vacation talk" -- Marcia discusses some of the week.



"how lollie burkeman, katty & others ruin barack" and "Barack's 'helpful' fans" -- Rebecca and Elaine explain one of the walls that prevents Barack from getting support.



"No Sale, Michelle!" -- Marcia explains to Michelle, "It's not that easy."



"Cindy McCain and Rwanda" -- Elaine notes Cindy McCain on Rwanda.



"Sister Barack's cool reception" & "THIS JUST IN! SISTER BARACK BOMBS!" -- Cedric and Wally, with a nod to C.I. ("Iraq snapshot"), note what happens when Kim Gandy tries to promote "You Go Girl! Barack.



"Ralph Nader on the move" -- Ruth does a talking post noting Nader and public radio.



"Voice mail, etc." -- Elaine writes about voice mail.



"Barack, Ed O'Reilly, Ralph" and "Ralph Nader, Ed O'Reilly" -- If you missed it, Mike's supporting Democratic candidate Ed O'Reilly in his run for the Senate in the primary against incumbent John Kerry ("because incumbent can translate as 'fool'").



"Really quick post!" -- Mike provides the 411 on last week's editon.