Sunday, August 07, 2011

A note to our readers

Hey --

Another Sunday. And we're late again.


First up, we thank all who participated this edition 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.

We'll see you next weekend.


Cynthia McKinney on the Libyan War.
Angela Keaton on the faux left.


It's 2008 all over again as the whores refuse to speak up yet again. The blood of Iraqis is on their hand. Next week, we'll excerpt a piece by C.I. I (Jim) promised Ruth we would but forgot until right now. Next week, we'll also have a comic book feature. And Ann, Ava and C.I. hope to do a piece on The Diane Rehm Show. There's just so little time.

This was a nightmare for them in one regard: When did Betty White get her first Emmy nomination and when did she win her first Emmy and what for? They thought they knew going in. Then, as they wrote, they realized things didn't add up. They consulted the online archives and it was no help. A friend with KLAS was able to answer the question for them in the middle of the night. Even without that last minute snafu, this piece still took a lot of time to write and they worked on it like crazy. We're thrilled to be able to post it here.

Ava and C.I. don't speak in this. Why? In part because they traded off on note taking so that they could work on the drafts for their TV piece above. Also because we ran out of time. Libya and Barack's veterans proposal were the big issues in the e-mails. Next time we may do more of a grab bag. (Also Dona didn't speak by choice due to time limitations.)

A short entry. A great movie. A great actress.

Rick Perry? Really?

Jane Arraf on Iraq.

Joan Wile's writing. She retains all rights to it.

If Cynthia comes to your area, make a point to hear her speak.

Repost from Great Britian's Socialist Worker.

Repost from Workers World.

Mike and the gang wrote this and we thank them for it.

Now we're going to crash. We are exhausted.


Peace.

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