Monday, August 28, 2013   Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. The Dream Revisited Martin Luther King: The 'I have a dream' speech The March on Washington, in the media, from 1963 Organizer of 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin, Finally Gets His Due How Martin Luther King Improvised 'I Have A Dream' On anniversary of March For Jobs & Freedom, voting rights still an issue On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, a New Civil Rights Movement Emerges 50 years after March on Washington, economic gap between blacks, whites persists Harold Meyerson: The link between civil and economic rights Civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis, still fighting for civil rights & voting reforms GOP's Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner vows to repair Voting Rights Act Jon Favreau : The 1963 March on Washington Still Vividly Inspires Those Fighting for Change Donna Brazille: A dream from the mountain; Toward a more perfect Union The Lasting Power of Dr. King's Dream Speech Martin Luther King III: Fifty years later, work still to do War In Syria U.S., allies prepare for probable military strike on Syria Pentagon Sees Syrian Military, Not Chemical Sites, as Target Britain to Press U.N. Members to Authorize Action in Syria Analysis: China has much at risk but no power to change things in Middle East Arab League Rejects Potential Attack Against Syria Punitive strikes against Assad in Syria would be ineffective, even counterproductive, analysts say Architect of Syrian War Plan Doubts Surgical Strikes Will Work Syria Vows To Fight Off Raids With 'Surprise' Defenses Max Fisher: Why Obama is giving up the element of surprise in Syria White House: We're not seeking 'regime change' as goal in Syria Andrew Bacevich: Questions for President Obama, Before He Pulls the Trigger on Syria Hans Blix: Whether Obama in Syria or Bush in Iraq, The U.S. Is Not the World Police Shutdown Showdown Kevin Drum: This Time Around, Obama Really Won't Negotiate Over the Debt Ceiling Jack Lew's Debt Ceiling Offer to the GOP: "Nothing" Alex Seitz-Wald: Speaker John Boehner's escape hatch is closing The debt ceiling battle: Is Boehner just blustering? Energy, Climate & Environment Oil jumps to above $108 a barrel on Syrian crisis Rim Fire pushes deeper into Yosemite, threatens Bay Area water source Die-off of bottlenose dolphins, linked to virus, is worst in a quarter-century Nations In Turmoil In Egypt's Sinai, rising militancy threatens multinational peacekeeping force New Egyptian constitution may clamp down on political parties Bomb attacks kill 71 in Baghdad and suburbs The War Over There Attack under way on Polish military base in east Afghanistan Afghan suicide bomber targets NATO convoy International News Bubonic plague outbreak feared in central Asia India's rupee sinks to a record low National Politics Federal Reserve Employees Afraid To Speak Put Financial System At Risk Janet Napolitano bids farewell to Obama Admin. & DHS Midwest Roundup At least 10 treated at Omaha hospitals due to heat; number expected to rise Other Heat Effects: Nebraska State Fair attendance is down from last year Extreme heat causes Iowa electric companies to institute conservation measures Abortions drop 30 percent in Iowa in 5-year span Dream Anyway It seems there is never enough time. Not enough time in the day to do all the things we should do. Not enough time to be with the people who mean the most to us. Not enough time to cover all the stories we want to either. Sometimes, it seems there's barely enough time to sleep, let alone dream. That said, we're purposely taking the time today - a bit more than last Friday - to focus one more time upon the significance of today, and the incredible event that happened fifty years ago. August 28, 1963 was the day when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most important speeches in American history from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. That we're taking a solemn break today won't matter to the neo-cons and chickenhawks, who will still be screaming for President Obama to go to war in Syria. The debt ceiling disaster will still loom, as will a potentially catastrophic nomination for Fed Chairman by the President. Massive problems like the relatively new Republican-backed voter suppression laws will still be snapping at our nation's heels, too. Today, every American should be taking the time to look at where we were fifty years ago, and where we are today. As President Obama said yesterday to nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner and co-host Sybil Wilkes, Dr. King would likely be amazed at all the progress America has made in the last fifty years. To start with, our President is now an African American man - technically of mixed race - an idea that was unfathomable fifty years ago... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for August 28, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy Fast Food Strikes Go Viral: Workers Expected to Protest Sub-Living Wage Standard in 35 Cities Thursday Truck drivers at the Port of Los Angles go on strike, push to unionize Where middle-class jobs are vanishing the fastest Explaining Labor Force Participation Rate: Americans Are Not Working The Fight For The Fed Janet Yellen, the economists' choice for next chair of the Federal Reserve Sources: White House not yet vetting Yellen for Fed chair CNBC: Obama Poised to Name Summers as Next Fed Chairman Obama will desperately need Republican help if he picks Summers for Fed Wall Street Watch Merrill Lynch in Big Payout for Bias Case | U.S. seeking $6 billion from JPMorgan to settle mortgage claims The Right To Vote Jamelle Bouie: Republicans Finally Admit Voter ID Laws Are Aimed at Democratic Voters The Fight for Voting Rights, 50 Years Later The Spying Game Intercepted Calls Prove Syrian Army Used Nerve Gas, U.S. Spies Say Lookback - The Dark Side of "I Have a Dream": The FBI's War on Martin Luther King Tolerance & Equality Wal-Mart changes its position; Will offer health coverage to workers' domestic partners starting in 2014 | Steve Benen: A 'monumental' win for marriage rights in New Mexico Health Care Checkup Cillizza & Sullivan: People don't like Obamacare. They like defunding it even less Education In America Evan Soltas: Why measuring quality in education will be harder than you - or the President - thinks Communications Breakdown New York Times, Twitter, Huffington Post UK hacked by Syrian Electronic Army The New York Times Web site was taken down by DNS hijacking. Here's what that means. Media Matters MSNBC Tops CNN In Primetime In August; Fox News Demo Ratings Plunge David Sirota: The right-wing's bigoted crusade against Al Jazeera America Here It Is! Your HuskerNutz Preview for August 28, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update President Obama meets new five-member panel reviewing surveillance programs Perry Bacon Jr: On race, a second-term Obama emerges News From Capitol Hill House Democrats urge improved humanitarian aid in Syrian conflict Corporate tax breaks on table in plans to cut tax rates heading to Congress On The Left Guilt By Association? Retired Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Says Edward Snowden is a Hero Katrina vanden Heuvel: Boycott The Sochi Olympics? Think Again On The Right Four Big Lessons The GOP Learned From The Clinton Era Tomasky: Impeach Obama? Absurd! But That Won't Stop the Right Wing Fringe From Trying States Of Confusion Michigan Medicaid Expansion, Surprisingly Backed By GOP Governor, Passes In Key Vote Expensive Welfare Drug Testing Catches Only 12 Users In Utah | Sick Oregon Man 'Robs' Bank For One Dollar - Just So He Can Get Health Care In Jail In Tennessee, schools to heighten emphasis on civil rights curriculum We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.