A note to our readers

Hey --
Working on this week's edition were:

The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
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,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ
and Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends.


and Dallas. We thank them all.

Truest statement of the week -- We didn't have time to cover Ehren this week. He was on our list. When there was no time at all, it was thought we could cover the latest quickly and it was pointed out that the FSRN report actually got the facts correct, one of the few to do so. Well done FSRN. And we've corrected it to show that this was from Thursday's broadcast.

Truest statement of the week II -- Trina. Readers had requested her and we agreed. C.I. was the only objection. Dona asked, "Do you really want to deny Trina a truest just because you're mentioned?"

Editorial: Justice for Abeer? -- This was our editorial after three others (on the same topic) flopped, flopped and flopped. We spent forever on the editorial(s) this weekend. Is this one any good? Who knows? By this point, we just wanted to be done.

TV: Smart drama and the real fringe -- We knew we could breathe easy around the time I read paragraph four of this. Ava and C.I. had saved the day. This is a really strong piece and since we waited until late Sunday night to do this note, we have an idea of the immediate reaction from readers. Ava and C.I. may pick up on one aspect next week or we may if they don't want to. But there's a relief over this article, over one topic, and a feeling that it really needs to be addressed even more. Fringe, Ava and C.I. remind me (Jim) right now, wraps up the season Tuesday night. It's a good time to check it out.

One Sings The Other Doesn't -- MAD Magazine really did do a strong 500th issue. Pick it up at the stores and check it out. The Progressive? What an embarrassment.

Magazine throws bash -- This should have been a one-two, quick write. And our plan was to do this while Ava and C.I. did their TV commentary. We did get other things done during that but we only had two lines when they rejoined us. At some point, it became them taking over because it had been another half-hour with no ideas we could stand. "Taking over," should be "leading." Wally, Mike, Cedric, Betty, Ava and C.I. were the real writers of this. Or at least of the parts that made it up here and of those parts that work. When outlining the edition, we honestly thought this would be a very easy write.

The Progressive Celebrates 100 Years of Racism -- Calling out the nonsense.

Passing a historical problem off as something 'new... -- Ibid. And we have repeatedly maintained here that the left hurts itself by forever treating the media system as a new problem. The problems are not new. They are historical and people need to start talking about the history.

The woman who should sit on the Court -- Judge Anna Diggs Taylor was a left hero for a few months in 2006 and we're really shocked that no one's insisted she be put on the list considered for the Supreme Court. She is the only one who stood up to the illegal spying.

Diane Rehm censors Abeer -- While Ava and C.I. were working on their TV commentary, we pulled this together.

Community reactions to the verdict -- While Ava and C.I. were working on their TV commentary, we pulled this together. It's some of the reactions to the trial and verdict.

She sounds like an idiot -- People who don't live in the US (and who are not seen as Americans due to people not grasping that they have dual citizenship) should be careful when discussing an economic meltdown to avoid sounding gleeful. It doesn't play well when people are losing their jobs, their homes and their way of life.

Highlights -- Mike, Elaine, Kat, Rebecca, Betty, Ruth, Cedric, Marica, Stan and Wally wrote this and we thank them for it.

And that's it. See you next Sunday.


-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.