Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Today's Rescue Rangers are vcmvo2, PaintyKat, Got a Grip, dopper0189, and shayera, with YatPundit at the controls of the streetcar.

• testvet6778 details some of the personal struggles Post-war veterans experience because of PTSD in order to illuminate the monumental need to provide treatments for our soldiers returning from war in After the Battle, Fighting the Bottle at Home. (PaintyKat)
• Melody Townsel shares the joy of having something precious returned long after it was believed forever lost in Talk about your Independence Days! (Got a Grip)
• 4thepeople relates her personal struggle with cancer, betrayal, and forgiveness in What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? (vcmvo2)
• Eric Zencey dissects John Locke's theories of property rights and government in coping with a finite planet: takings law and finds they would only work on an infinite planet. (dopper0189)
• Using their own words, Chris Rodda creates an enlightening and amusing conversation between Thomas Jefferson vs. George W. Bush. (Got a Grip)
• dday explains in this link-rich diary Why Working Americans Are Scared. (vcmvo2)
• hekebolos tells Kossacks that The LA Times attacks a candidate on the economy. Guess who? (shayera)
• TocqueDeville highlights why the FISA capitulation would have been Nixon's Wet Dream. (shayera)
• jimstaro reports on and analyzes various sources in order to define A Just Foreign Policy. (vcmvo2)
• A Timetable Twofer: LithiumCola suggests Maliki's demand for an American troop withdrawal timetable might require additional examination on several points to rule out a hidden agenda in Maliki's Timetable Demand: Things to Watch For (PaintyKat), and dday has Some Context On Iraqi Leaders' Call For A Timetable For Withdrawal. (shayera)
• rontun sees a blue political sky in sunny New Hampshire in Red to Purple to Blue! Who knew? (Poll) (Got a Grip)
• Troutfishing brings us a story of how YouTube caved to pressure on the copywriting of political speech inYouTube Censors Videos Exposing Pro-War Propaganda & Hate Speech. (dopper0189)
• NYBri invites all Netroots Nation attending Kossacks to an event in Calling All Candidates. Netroots Nation Celebration....Again. (shayera)

jotter has High Impact diaries, July 7, 2008.

brillig has Top Comments- 7/08/08 One Week To Go Edition.

As always, feel free to join Diary Rescue by suggesting your own choices in the Open Thread.