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, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.
"I Hate The War" -- Most requested highlight this week. C.I. discusses Thomas E. Ricks' new book The Gamble, the peace movement, the 'leaders,' the illegal war and more.
"Easy pasta salad in the Kitchen" and "Pretty Poison" -- Trina returns with an easy recipe that's inexpensive and also discusses the economy and how imitation isn't a form of flattery, a point Stan echoes (they've both been ripped off by the same site) as he also does his Friday movie post.
"Get yourself right with your daughter, Alice" and "Get yourself right with your daughter, Alice" -- Betty and Marcia offer some advice to Alice Walker between snickers and belly laughs.
Alice Walker, you're sad and tired. Apologize to your daughter, meet your grandchild (finally) and then take a long vacation.
"Natalie Wood, Isaiah" -- there's a new boxed set of DVDs out -- the focus is Natalie Wood and very few actresses get boxed sets. Of living actresses, we're aware of Barbra Streisand and . . . Uh, that may be it. Of actresses who have passed away, the small list has included Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Judy Garland -- who did the bulk of her films at MGM -- has no boxed set. So Elaine shares some thoughts on Natalie Wood.
"Interview with Isaiah" -- Mike interviews the community cartoonist Isaiah about his decision to start a website.
"Swingin' John Bolton eyes the U.N.," "Bully is . . ." and "Condi Rice, Dangerous Fashion Plate" -- Isaiah's three posts last week. He reposts his comics and adds some thoughts on them.
"Barack has a senior moment" & "THIS JUST IN! DAZED AND CONFUSED BARRY!" -- No, Barry, Canada is not Iowa.
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "The Rose Ceremony" -- Isaiah's comic, hugely popular. Barack's been rejected by his bachelorettes.
"Kat's Korner: Download The Good Stuff" -- Kat (who does another review today) reviews Schuyler Fisk's The Good Stuff. Great album, we highly recommend you download it.
"New Adventures of Old Christine (and Old Ruth)" and "Hillary goes to Japan, I say "Me next!"" -- Ruth isn't joking. She's planning a trip to Japan and that was inspired by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to the region last week.
"The Gamble," "no 1 ever believed you, ari," "war is big business," "iraq," "iraq and nbc's heroes" and "Iraq, Afghanistan" -- Iraq coverage from Ruth and Rebecca and Kat.
"Music including indie.arie" -- Betty raves over india.arie (no, Betty honestly thought it was "indie") and the new CD.
"We're saving Big Auto why?" -- As Big Auto attacks labor, Trina asks the important question.
"Naomi Klein: The Revolution By Way of the Wet Panties" -- Marcia offers some criticism of Democratic Party cheerleader Naomi Klein.
"Avoid the book Welcome To The Revolution" and "A book and, Al, sit down already" -- Books! Why don't you ever talk books anymore! That's a non-stop theme Ty and Dona see in the e-mails to this site (thirdestatesundayreview@yahoo.com) so they asked us to be sure to note Stan warning you of a book to avoid and Marcia recommending one for you to pick up. We may also have a book feature of sorts here this edition. That depends on how tired everyone is. We're writing this, Dona, Ty, Jim and Jess are typing and editing already written pieces and Ava and C.I. are writing their TV commentary. We're wiped out right now (those of us working on this), but if others are up for it, we can catch a 40th wind.
"His wars" and "Barack the continual disappointment" -- Elaine and Mike express their disgust over Barry's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
"Dropping Campbell Robertson off at school" -- Ty said this feature had 47 requests for a highlight. In this entry, C.I. takes NYT's Campbell Robertson to school.
"He spends, he buys" and "THIS JUST IN! SPENDING SPREE AND BUYING SPREE!" -- Cedric and Wally on the new owner of the Afghanistan War.