Syrian troops open fire at thousands of protesters rallying against regime, activists say; at least 7 wounded - @AP http://ping.fm/clMbQ

Asked if New York City will let the Wall Street protesters stay as long as they want, Mayor Michael Bloomberg repli... http://ping.fm/1ldXp

JetBlue CEO to Washington: FAA shutdown "criminal" http://ping.fm/NSmmV

Occupy Wall Street Protest Spreads To San Francisco (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) http://ping.fm/r6fgG

Income Falls In August For First Time In Nearly Two Years As Labor Market Stalls http://ping.fm/XKpGC

90 percent of Americans say economy stinks http://ping.fm/BmGMF

US: Cyber attacks on utilities, industries rise
(AP) http://ping.fm/q2Qushttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110930/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cyber_defense

Judge allows United changes opposed by pilots http://ping.fm/vjKjv

President Morales asks for forgiveness after attacks on indigenous groups http://ping.fm/yChyp

Meet Dave Carney, Rick Perry's Karl Rove-like political guru http://ping.fm/1bit0

Ohio bill would undermine public safety workers’ collective bargaining rights http://ping.fm/G1aqV

House GOP Unveils Plan To Cut NPR, Job Training and Education Programs http://ping.fm/jZGxR

Hispanic Children Make Up Largest Share Of Poor Children In U.S. http://ping.fm/kVS4S

China 'shadow-boxing' US at sea: Philippines' Ramos http://ping.fm/8dhel

Bill O'Reilly: Herman Cain Has 'No Clue About Foreign Affairs' (VIDEO) http://ping.fm/xUCp5

Chris Christie: Too Overweight to Win? http://ping.fm/iOjTK

SOLARGATE II? Obama Gives $737 Million Dollar Loan To Solar Company Connected To Nancy Pelosi’s B… http://ping.fm/doPnv

Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers http://ping.fm/F3Wuv

Herman Cain: 'Today, I Could Not Support Rick Perry As The Nominee' (VIDEO) http://ping.fm/mS58T

TRENDING: Cain: Black community 'brainwashed' into voting for Dems http://ping.fm/gMUrN

Daily Kos: Tom Tancredo accuses Rick Perry of secret Sharia conspiracy to turn Texas schools into madrasas http://ping.fm/IVtD5

Obama’s uneasy relationship with black voters http://ping.fm/8Wssn

Two-thirds of Thailand cabinet are millionaires http://ping.fm/HLQN3

Al-Jazeera accuses Israel over detention of bureau chief http://ping.fm/lkU62

Iranian Pastor Faces Death For Being a Christian http://ping.fm/vgCfK

Immigration and poison use in cities http://ping.fm/GMbGz

Why Nader, Cornel West, Jonathan Kozol Seek Primary Challenges to Obama - The Nation. (blog) http://ping.fm/73KQM

Republican Virgina Governor Wants to Secede From the United States--Over Healthcare http://ping.fm/cOGnP

Feds Foil Remote-Controlled Terror Attack http://ping.fm/aaJOv

Rand Paul places hold on pipeline safety bill despite its strong support http://ping.fm/YJ8mP

Reebok to pay $25M over toning shoe claims http://ping.fm/ihbIF

Study: Education About Civil Rights Movement Is 'Dismal' In U.S. Schools http://ping.fm/Oy7eS

Health insurance premiums skyrocket http://ping.fm/QFnta

Sens. Lieberman, Coburn press for big cuts to Medicare http://ping.fm/EpfFE

Cuba legalizes general purchase and sale of cars http://ping.fm/v31Om

US 'threat' unites Pakistan http://ping.fm/K6Z5n

Aid agency withdrew Pakistan staff after CIA fake vaccination scheme http://ping.fm/TU46v

Video: CNN's Report on "Occupy Wall Street" is an Insult: http://bit.ly/phQCnB

Perry Gets Gov Support, Romney Leads in Congress http://ping.fm/vXm0e

$1 billion in solar loans OK'd by US http://ping.fm/ECNCm

Fighting poverty pays off, report says: http://bit.ly/nvHQU2

Alaska Rep. Young wants regulations rolled back to 1991 levels: http://bit.ly/rmBbdm

North Carolina Governor Suggests Suspending Elections to Spur Economic Solutions

Sounds like a good idea to me:

The solution to the nation's jobs crisis: suspend congressional elections?

That was the proposal put forward by North Carolina's governor, who was trying to make a point at a Rotary Club event that political considerations are hindering efforts in Washington to tackle unemployment and economic stagnation.

Rep. Ron Paul: The country is ripe for revolution: http://bit.ly/q42SHf

Obama tells his African-American Supporters to Shut up and Stop Complaining: http://bit.ly/odJwQZ

1,000 march against Hershey’s corporate greed, for good jobs: http://bit.ly/pTJgOi

Why does Obama and Congress want to pass a free trade agreement with Columbia where workers are oppressed: http://bit.ly/pajMBd

One in Five New York City Residents Living in Poverty: http://bit.ly/o39HdJ

UK Cabinet Secretary: Executive Pay should be curbed by shareholders: http://bbc.in/prUy3V Great idea! OccupyWallStreet

LIVE Streaming "Occupy Wall St." Protest Rally

LIVE Streaming "Occupy Wall St." Protest Rally

- If you can't be there in person you can watch the revolution as it happens online.

New Book Shows Obama to be a Weak Leader: http://bit.ly/oQQ2Cl

Charities Struggle to Cope With Rising US Poverty: http://bit.ly/pWL3N7

Top Ten Poorest States - Most are Republican: http://bit.ly/mTxWbF

Boston Globe: Protesters descend on Wall Street: http://bo.st/oKVljG

Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires: http://nyti.ms/mWhH6d

The Nation Magazne: OccupyWallStreet: Searching for Hope in America: http://bit.ly/o2NH2k

Support the struggle to restore America back to We The People. Support the "Occupy Wall Street" protest: http://on.fb.me/oHSi8t

Thousands of protesters to 'Occupy Wall Street' on Saturday: http://cnnmon.ie/pLqQjM

10 Years Of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves: Rich Win, You Lose: http://bit.ly/p2Rejn

Europe, U.S. face 10 years of slow growth - Gordon Brown: http://bit.ly/nRRkO9

Top Dem: Obama Plans to Run Against Bush Again in 2012: http://bit.ly/r0zXM9 He certainly can't on his record.

Head of the IMF: weak growth, high debt threatens global economy and has been worsened by dysfunctional politics: http://reut.rs/oiC36S

Ron Paul Wasn't Joking About Letting Uninsured People Die -- His Uninsured Staffer Died of Pneumonia: http://bit.ly/qoCLcI

Chevron confirms fresh oil leak in Gulf of Mexico: http://bit.ly/oqVypn

Sarah Palin: Claims Tea Party Politician Took Cocaine And Cheated On Husband In Joe McGinniss Book

Sarah Palin: Claims Tea Party Politician Took Cocaine And Cheated On Husband In Joe McGinniss Book | World News | Sky News

In 2009, Perry mandated meningitis vaccines for all college students after getting donation from Novartis: http://bit.ly/n4JS5P

Zbigniew Brzezinski (on Morning Joe): We talk peace but we don't promote peace: http://bit.ly/oQvFPS

Bloomberg poll: By more than 2 to 1 ratio Independents will "definitely" not vote to re-elect Obama (46-21)

DeMint is over on FOX calling Obama a "socialist." No "disrespect." Then Big business must love socialism because profits are booming.

The top 400 Americans own more than the bottom 150 million: http://bit.ly/mPxToT

After last night's fiasco time to challenge Obama in the primaries: http://n.pr/nxhETv

In 2001 speech, Perry praised Medicaid, urged study on providing health insurance to Mexicans: http://bit.ly/qogev2

Rick Perry Under Fire by Republican Rivals for Requiring HPV Vaccine for Girls

Rick Perry Under Fire by Republican Rivals for Requiring HPV Vaccine for Girls - NYTimes.com

Poverty in America at record 46 million. And even more (50 million) still do not have healthcare.

The poverty rate is the highest since 1983. Why does Obama have trouble mentioning the word 'poverty'?: http://bit.ly/nlp840

CNN/Tea Party Republican Presidential Debate Transcript (9-12-11)

Complete CNN/Tea Party Republican Debate Transcript (Part One)

How Banks Got Too Big to Fail

How Banks Got Too Big to Fail | Mother Jones

A half-trillion-dollar Medicare cut? Not exactly

A half-trillion-dollar Medicare cut? Not exactly - CNN.com

Bill Adair, Politicheck: Rick Perry debate comment on stimulus creating "zero" jobs is "ridiculously false"

Capital Gains Tax Cuts Massively Transfer Wealth to the Top: http://bit.ly/nv3mid

Travis Smiley is right. The Bush administration "lied" us into the Iraq war.

Study: U.S. Must Bolster Security Against Cyberattacks: http://bit.ly/p9HVGM

Pawlenty endorses Romney for president

Pawlenty endorses Romney for president

Threatening messages posted on White House Facebook page

Threatening messages posted on White House Facebook page - NBCNewYork

Rich Tax Breaks Bolster Makers of Video Games: http://nyti.ms/nqs5Au

The real life James Bond who could have stopped 9/11... TWICE: http://bit.ly/qi253o

Al Jazeera: Taliban offered to give up Bin Laden for trial before 9/11: http://bit.ly/qhkTGe

Governor Paul LePage: not enough skilled workers. Me: Even less skilled politicians: http://bit.ly/o78tzW

Survey: 3M more U.S. pot smokers in last decade

Survey: 3M more U.S. pot smokers in last decade - CBS News

It worked for Eisenhower: Create jobs by Investing in Infrastructure: http://bit.ly/p88NAf

Unions are Falling for the Phony Obama Jobs Program: http://bit.ly/nVLXOV

The false promise of Obama's trade deals: http://bit.ly/ndp9X0

Obama jobs plan includes Trade Agreement that would cost thousands of Jobs: http://bit.ly/qaz89H

Double Standard? Romney, Perry Grew State Payrolls as Governor: http://bit.ly/ok267w

U.S. fiscal gap is $211-trillion, economist argues: http://bit.ly/nuAfK3

Al Gore accuses Barack Obama of bowing 'to pressure from polluters': http://bit.ly/px9HnD

'People Are Close to Revolt': http://bit.ly/pqu4kV

Rumsfeld: Obama embraced 'Bush Doctrine': http://bit.ly/nCAbK3

Ron Paul Ties Rick Perry To Al Gore In 2012 Campaign Ad (video): http://bit.ly/ni1mNO

The real Ronald Reagan may not meet today's GOP standards: http://bit.ly/nG65qD

Working-age poor population highest since '60s: http://ping.fm/VMack

Stiglitz: "President wasn’t willing to fight... for the kind of stimulus that the economy really needed": http://bit.ly/oNLqKU

Murdoch knew phone hacking went wider: lawyer

Murdoch knew phone hacking went wider: lawyer (Reuters)

Time Magazine: Is Obama Bad for the Environment?: http://bit.ly/poTcgX

Obama ratings sink to new lows as hope fades: http://wapo.st/oIXdSA

I keep hearing this nonsense about Obama's plans being blocked by the Republicans in Congress. How come Clinton didn't have that problem?

President Obama's Detroit Labor Day Speech Transcript: http://bit.ly/pIBBkl

Solidarity March held at the the New York Sate Fair by the Greater Syracuse Labor Council. http://ping.fm/He69E

The American Middle Class Was Built By Unions And It Will Decline Without Them: http://bit.ly/oEiZd8

31 people shot in NYC in 48 hours: http://nyp.st/oHB1VO

Unemployment Highest for Blacks in 27 Years: http://bit.ly/osM32h

"Labor Day, a Union Holiday": http://bit.ly/nSYNEg

Does Ella May Wiggins deserve a memorial championing workers' rights?: http://bit.ly/nH3KBB

You still don't believe in Global Warming, Rick: "Fierce Texas wildfire destroys 300 homes": http://bit.ly/oHW8W2

“Class warfare is being waged by politicians protecting the super rich — and they’re winning.”: http://bit.ly/rrV30N

"Mass layoffs" in U.S. up 3 percent:: http://bit.ly/riA3iV

Labor unions adjust to new reality under Obama: http://bit.ly/oQ73St

Fareed Zakaria: U.S. ranks near bottom in number of paid vacation days (13). The Europeans and other countries get 3 times as many.

"...for the first time since 1945, the net change in the number of new jobs created in August was exactly ... zero.": http://bit.ly/rd6ZKv

Faced With An Angry Public, Lawmakers Abandon Town Halls: http://bit.ly/pY789e

David Stockman: “Crony Capitalism” Has Killed the Free Market and Democracy: http://bit.ly/qBRPTV

Keith Olbermann Denounces Obama's Reversal On Smog Regulation: http://bit.ly/qLiBT8

Republican group amasses $25 million for 2012 election: http://reut.rs/quImIH

Obama's job program: Giving a speech on jobs. The President's approach to governing is to run for re-election.

Libyan intel docs show ties to CIA renditions

Libyan intel docs show ties to CIA renditions - Americans for Political Change

This is what the American people are up against. Right-wing commentator: Poor people voting is ‘un-American’ http://bit.ly/r1J8cZ

Since 2001, the U.S. has lost 5 million manufacturing jobs due to free trade policies: http://bit.ly/qdImVY

Key warning sign of global financial stress now above extreme levels seen at height of Lehman crisis in 2008: http://bit.ly/pt9cIh

Job growth stalls, fuels recession fears: http://bit.ly/osus6s

Obama has sold out again. This time he's preserved Bush's anti-Environment policies in order to appease big business: http://bit.ly/mVI0u8

Now they are comparing Bachmann to Ronald Reagan. This time its Lesley Stahl on Morning Joe. Mindless media hype.

9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk: study

9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk: study (Reuters)

POLL: 8 in 10 think we're in a recession: http://bit.ly/n0WmCb

Buddy Roemer Denounces Free Trade in front of Chinese Embassy: http://bit.ly/n9ptYI

Showdown: pro-labor coalition vows to ‘push back” against Tea Party, GOP: http://bit.ly/ov31mW

U.S. money is Taliban's No. 2 revenue source: http://bit.ly/rpzneo

White House sharply cuts growth forecast: http://reut.rs/nR8VkN

We went from 25th to 41st in infant mortality in just 5 years. Doesn't sound like healthcare reform has had a positive result in America.

Jon Huntsman: Tax system is full of loopholes because those people can afford lobbyists and accountants.

Al Jazeera: Gaddafi had extensive links to US officials: http://bit.ly/qIVgKg

Adult Industry Prepares For 2012 GOP Convention

Adult Industry Prepares For 2012 GOP Convention