Hey --
We thank all who participated this week which includes Dallas and the following:
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,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
And what did we come up with?
Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan scores another one.
WSWS' Patrick Martin.
We thought of doing US service members (2 were announced dead today) but went with an emphasis on the children of Iraq instead. Look at the photo, study it and wonder how this happens. How the puppets and the US government allow it to happen.
We went for a lighter edition in many ways -- except for the editorial and this piece by Ava and C.I. They weave together a number of strands to come up with a series of make overs that just aren't taking.
We were talking, while working on different articles, about some of the stupidest things our side has said in the last few years. We were all tossing out examples. This one was so good we had to include it.
Again, we wanted lighter. We get it. A number of you wrote asking for more humor. It is depressing that we've got another war. So we decided to check in on War Hawk Oprah. Illustration by Betty's kids with some help from Kat.
Again, lighter. Jess has been joking about Dylan and Ghaddafi for some time now.
We frequently note Workers World and Great Britain's Socialist Worker. We didn't note the latter. They're an apologist for the Libyan War.
Mike and the gang did this. Twice. Somehow it didn't save.
Peace.
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.