Sunday, October 07, 2012

A note to our readers

Hey --

Another Sunday.



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),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
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?

Cindy Sheehan earned another. 
Last time we gave one to Missy Beattie, she was Missey Comley Beattie.  

This was the idea last week.  Elaine, Ava, C.I., Wally, Isaiah and I believe Rebecca were strongly in favor of this as an editorial.  They felt doing it that way would make a point.  As it became clear we needed to try it this week, Dona and Kat began hunting for illustrations we'd used on Iraq before that we could pair with this.
Ava and C.I. wrote this wonderful piece of reporting.  They not only analyze the debates, they also report on a Harvard seminar.  I grabbed the title from what they wrote and Woody Allen's joke in Annie Hall about politicians being a "notch below child molesters."
Ava and C.I. had agreed to do a visual piece of some form just because Dona felt it was needed (last Sunday).  We had no idea what they'd do.  They didn't either until the debate started.
Our never ending roundtables thrill so many but are a pain for us.
CNN should be highlighting Labott's questioning every hour on the hour.
Ava and C.I. did three original articles this edition.
A repost from Thursday morning. 
A repost from Workers World.
A repost from Senator Patty Murray's office.


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

See you next week.
Peace.


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