Oratory or Rhetoric??

I spent way too much time looking up the difference between the words "oratory" and "rhetoric" today. Tina had expressed an interest in looking up some info on sites that I've been telling her about lately.

While inventorying the sites (which are part of my del.icio.us collection), I looked up the word "rhetoric" to confirm that I was using it properly... and (as I sometimes do) I decided to read the discussion page at wikipedia about this word... and saw a banter discussing the difference between this word and the word "oratory." Well, the good news is that I learned something new... :)

And here is a list of sites which I narrowed down as a "civic survival guide"...

• Beyond Delay (a report by CREW)
• The Memory Hole (and its affiliate, The Memory Blog)
• National Whistleblower Center
• Annenberg Political Fact Check
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• TomPaine.Com(mon sense)
• Roll Call Newspaper
• Portal to U.S. Government Official Sites

Anyone who has others to offer to this list, please let me know... I like good information opposed to the pundits from broadcast news and the print media...