“…President Obama, whose party is facing a potential midterm disaster under relentless Republican assaults on his economic record, launched an ambitious effort yesterday to cast Democrats as populists who want to end tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans but save them for the middle class….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/09/09/obama_fights_break_for_wealthy?mode=PF

“…Republicans had better start defining themselves. If they don’t, Obama, who labeled them the party of “stagnant growth, eroding competitiveness and a shrinking middle class,” is happy to do it for them. That’s what changed in Milwaukee and Cleveland….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090805421_pf.html

“…The world was a cruel, unjust place and, far from saving it, I felt stuck in it. Then I learned that I should fight to change it anyway…”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/story/148048/how_to_make_the_world_a_better_place_despite_the_roadblocks_and_naysayers/

“…Every provocateur and demagogue in the Muslim world will blame the act not on the unhinged pastor responsible, but on the United States itself….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/09/08/stop_koran_burning_in_florida?mode=PF

:….everywhere, it seems, the fervent wish is that the Dalai Lama might return soon, to help save the Tibetan language and culture that many believe could soon be overwhelmed by the presence of China’s ethnic Han majority….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090703005_pf.html

“…Moore responds to Obama’s chief of staff, quoted as saying he didn’t care that tens of thousands of jobs would be lost if GM and Chrysler collapsed….”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/economy/148106/michael_moore_teaches_rahm_emanuel_a_f**cking_economics_lesson/

“…Like millions of Americans, President Obama has put summer and any carefree moments he might have had behind him now, and is back in the office. Our multi-tasking president faces four Herculean foreign policy efforts, and the chances for success are low to zero….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/07/obamas_mideast_quicksand?mode=PF

“…He has the gall to try to portray Southern Republicans as having been enlightened supporters of the civil rights movement all along. I can’t decide whether this exercise in rewriting history should be described as cynical or sinister. Whichever it is, the record has to be set straight….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/06/AR2010090602959_pf.html

“…For more than 50 years, Washington has subscribed to the absurd notion that America can police the world with military action. All we’ve managed to do is bankrupt our country….”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/world/148094/america’s_empire_and_endless_wars_are_destroying_the_world,_and_ruining_our_great_country/

“…After decades of worrying about smart growth, they’re starting to think about smart shrinking, about how to create cities that are healthier because they are smaller. Losing size, in this line of thought, isn’t just a byproduct of economic malaise, but a strategy…”….BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/09/05/how_to_shrink_a_city?mode=PF

“… Even worse than the falling membership numbers is the extent to which the ethos animating organized labor is increasingly foreign to American culture….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/05/AR2010090502814_pf.html

“…It’s important to have this 24- hour period to honor ordinary Americans. Real folks who don’t think “work ethic” is a dirty word…”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/economy/148089/labor_day:_when_%22work_ethic%22_is_not_a_dirty_word/

“…Created in Norway three decades ago, Olweus (pronounced ol-VEY-us) is one of the few anti-bullying programs with documented results. Its goal is to change the very culture of a school — to convince all students and adults, parents included, that they’re responsible for treating each other well…”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/05/a_school_culture_that_exposes_bullies?mode=PF

“…If Democrats are to hold on in November, they must follow Reagan’s tack, sketching a vision for the future that has the United States leading the globe with the world’s strongest economy — one fueled by private-sector growth and a successful middle class….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090203921_2.html?sid=ST2010090306658

“…Economists refute misconceptions about newcomers “stealing jobs.”…”…BS

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/04/labor-day-immigrants-help-build-our-economy/#

“…The American presence takes the form not just of uniformed personnel — tens of thousands of whom will remain — but also of largely unaccountable private security contractors, whose numbers are likely to grow….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/04/end_of_combat_yields_surge_of_contractors?mode=PF

“…”Iraq will be part of me for the rest of my life,” Odierno said. “As I leave, I’m somewhat proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish. But it’s not ended yet.”…”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302201_pf.html

“…America’s corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they’re doing all they can to create millions more of them. Let’s put a stop to this….”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/economy/148047/hightower:_if_you_don’t_fight_for_the_middle_class,_kiss_it_good-bye/

“…The great teachers are the ones who ignite you with their own passion for a subject. They show you who you are and where you might be going. They’re the ones you remember all your life, long after the test scores have been forgotten….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/03/a_teaching_moment?mode=PF

“…Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that they’re ready to toss them out in favor of the Republicans — for whom, according to those same polls, the nation has even greater contempt. This isn’t an “electoral wave,” it’s a temper tantrum….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090203992_pf.html

“…Only moral leadership backed by actions and effective communication can excite the Obama base once more. Without it, the Democrats will lose big….”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/news/148058/the_dems_need_to_speak_to_progressive_values,_or_else_lose_badly_come_november/

“….Given the weak state of the economy, the White House cannot claim that the stimulus it settled for has sufficed. Unwilling to call for another one, it is left to look on silently and helplessly….”….BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/02/strategists_vs_experts__obama_loses?mode=PF

“…As a successful author, Obama knows that turning a page is not the same as writing the next chapter. Now, he must produce a narrative compelling enough to alter a story line that, on its current trajectory, does not end well for him…..”….BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090102869.html

“…Today, two months out from the big election, voters are ticked off at both parties, and that’s before the fall attack ad season. What’s a Democratic candidate to do in this weird and awful political environment?….”….BS

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/01/4-things-dems-can-do-to-head-off-total-disaster-in-the-midterms/

“…The president, ambitious and complicated as always, wanted the country to hear a few other things he has on his mind. And the mixed messages piled up, even in so brief an address….”…BS

http://www.npr.org/blogs/watchingwashington/2010/09/01/129574353/obama-s-oval-so-what-was-all-that-about