Jim Hightower:  It's Labor Day weekend.  Do you know where your middle class is?

Your Right Hand Thief: The real hypocrisy of Idaho's conservatives is not in Larry Craig's complicated sexuality, but in some appalling comments made by the man who may succeed him.

Shakesville: Bush: "I have no memory of anything at all"

Angry Bear: Lawrence Kudlow has probably written even more pathetic op-eds over at the National Review, but I'm at a lost to remember anything as low as this.

The Pump Handle:  Low grades for 'voluntary' chemical reporting

Healing Power of Laughter Dept.: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says critics are sending "negative messages that encourage terrorism"...Condescending Rice is pondering her "legacy", which will be a lot like the Gonzales legacy...d r i f t g l a s s campaigns for truth in labeling..."Straight Man", Tucker Fay Carlson keeping men's rooms safe to poop in...why can't you homos use the ladies room?... get your war on