Truest statement of the week
"I'm always interested in hearing about the war and the images were great to see, but I think that the news organizations are in trouble if they don't start covering this war more thoroughly."-- Betty Nordgren, from from Kerry Feltner's "Through 'embedded reporting,' photojournalist gets inside look at Iraq" (The New Hampshire).

Truest statement of the week II
It's really unusual to get a first-hand report of the war. You'd think by now it would be our duty to have major news organizations over there to write about the war . . . that really surprises me. I feel like it's the media's responsibility."-- Gretchen Forbes, from Kerry Feltner's "Through 'embedded reporting,' photojournalist gets inside look at Iraq" (The New Hampshire).

Truest statement of the week III
Obama needs another glossy cover like he needs, well – another Glenn Beck. Does his staff not understand the problem, the appearance of utter narcissism? He’s the president; he easily could have gotten GQ Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson on the phone and said, "Thanks a lot, but no thanks this year. That’s an order."Mr. wOw's "Political Cover Stars? Spare Me!" (wowOwow).

A note to our readers
Hey --One more Sunday. We can't believe we're finally through it. We had six articles that hit the kill pile, they just weren't in any position to be posted online.We plan to discuss David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit's new book next Sunday, by the way. We had special ordered it at a local book store and it did not come in yet.In the meantime, we had 'help' from The Nation in selecting a theme this week. As Ava and C.I. would say, "We'll get to it."First let's talk who helped with this edition:The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, and Ava,Rebecca of

Editorial: It's a power grab
Wednesday Tariq al-Hashemi pissed in a lot of people's Post Toasties. Not ours but a lot of people were enraged by al-Hashemi, one of Iraq's two vice presidents, vetoed the election law.At the time, he explained that he was doing because the efforts to expand the number of members of Parliament did not adequately reflect the number of Iraqi refugees. Speaking to Al Jazeera (link is video), Tariq al-Hashemi explained:Kamahl Santamaria: Wh