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, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.
"I Hate The War" -- Most requested highlight of the week.
Isaiah's The World today Just Nuts "The Dorks of Summer" -- Isaiah returned with an insta-classic.
"Iraq snapshot," "It's about respect and self-respect," "Dr. Robert Jesse," "House Veterans Affairs suicide hearing," and "Senate Veterans Affairs Committee"-- C.I., Trina, Ann, Marica and Mike report on Congressional hearings.
"Diana Ross" and "Roberta Flack" -- Betty and Stan on two of their favorites.
"Katha Pollitt: Forever Fat Ass" and "ugly katha pollitt spews more stupidity" -- Betty and Rebecca take on Katha.
"Amy Winehouse" and "Joni and Laura" -- Kat does light musical posts.
"Murders' Row" -- Stan's Friday movie blogging.
"The fall of Cockburn" -- Elaine calls out and parodies Cockburn.
"THIS JUST IN! NO LIMELIGHT SHARED!" & "All About Barry" -- There's something so backstabbing and backbiting about Barack he's like Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls. Go, Nomi, go!!!
"Quality Time" -- Isaiah dips into the archives for this one about Bully Boy massaging Bully Mama's corns.
"Soup and Slurp -- not in my Kitchen" -- That's a truly ghastly recipe for soup.
"The Divorce Ranch" -- Our favorite post by Ann of the week.
"Lynne" and "No justice" -- Marica and Ruth on the verdict. And you can also see Ruth's "Lynne Stewart Rally Tom Paine Park Wednesday" and "Lynne Stewart" and Trina's "Silences on Lynne Stewart" for more on Lynne.
"Reality of today" -- Mike breaks it down.
"THIS JUST IN! AGED IN WOOD!" & "Gramps, sit down already damn!" -- Wally and Cedric take on the Hopium sniffer.