A note to our readers

Hey --

Another Sunday. Along with Dallas, the following worked on this edition:

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,
Ann who's filling in for Ruth at Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ
and Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends.

And here's what we came up with:

Truest statement of the Week -- Jeremy Scahill got it.

Editorial: Iraq takes a backseat to state propaganda -- We can't get Iraq but we can get propaganda and they wonder why people don't waste time paying for papers?

TV: Who listens, who hears? -- This is was the planned TV piece by Ava and C.I. We enjoy it but had to ask them for a second one due to the fact that we were short on time and short on material.

TV: State propaganda -- Ava and C.I. cover NBC 'News' and their 'news' special. This will probably be the one readers love best. If so I (Jim) understand why. They truly stand alone in saying "The emperor has no clothes on." Ava and C.I. carve out the space, clear the road for everyone else who travels behind later on.

Roundtable -- This is the piece that took the most time a very lengthy roundtable.

A film classic -- We did this quickly when the roundtable took forever and a piece on comic books just wasn't coming together.

The Dallas Peace Clique -- Yeah, them again.

Who's duping who? -- C.I. brought this over from The Common Ills. The issue was supposed to make it into Friday's snapshot but the snapshot was too long and this topic got pulled at the last minute.

Iraq's LGBT community -- Will the State Dept do the investigation they need to?

House testimony on veternas -- Kat really liked this testimony (prepared statement) and brought it in as a suggestion.

Highlights -- Mike, Elaine, Wally, Betty, Stan, Kat, Cedric, Marcia and Rebecca wrote this and picked all the highlights.

And that's what we ended up with. See you next weekend.

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