Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub. and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.



"Iraq snapshot," "Wonderful Carly Simon, Creepy Chris Hill" and "Iraq snapshot" -- Thursday, US Ambassador to Iraq, Chris Hill, appeared before Congress. C.I. and Kat report on it.





"I Hate The War" -- The most requested highlight by readers of this site.





"Dam Alito" -- Isaiah dips into the archives for Alito.





"Salsa in the Kitchen" -- Trina offers a recipe and talks the economy.





"David Corn, crazy ass David Corn?" & "Todd Chretien, sit your ass down" -- Betty gets shocked and she gets offended.



"Next up, the Double Date""New Carly Simon CD""school problems""carly simon, dean powers health care recommendation""Sam Ritchie and marrigae equality""Someone tell Mr. Clyburn and Mr. Hoyer to cool down""McGovern scores, Levy whores""Wonderful Carly Simon, Creepy Chris Hill"



"ACORN falls far from the tree" -- Marcia covers the latest on ACORN.





"WTF????????????" & "The Offensive Todd Chretien" -- Stan gets shocked and he gets offended. (Yes, these are companion pieces to Betty's.)



"Kat's Korner: Cass Elliot's buried classic surfaces" -- Kat's review of a Cass Elliot reissue.



"Labor Day post" -- Mike posted on Labor Day.



Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Barack Prepares To Talk To The Kids" -- Isaiah's latest comic.



"Music" -- Elaine goes for a music and memories post.



"Health care fines" -- Ruth on Barack's penalty phase of 'helping.'



"The non-news," "As usual, Michelle looked dreadful," "Cass Elliot," "the clues," "TV worth watching," "The dumb speech," "Yes, I watched," "Barack's bad plan," "Barack's contradiction," "Dems launch smear campaign on Charles Boustany!," "Barry O . . . vacuous" & "THIS JUST IN! HE'S A DUMB ASS!" -- community reaction to the bad, bad speech.



"But, but Joe Wilson was wrong, right?" -- Mike on the redrafting by the Senate.



"They had nothing else to do" & "THIS JUST IN! DEMS IN CONGRESS GOT NOTHING!" -- Cedric and Wally note the absence of any real ideas or proposals.





"school problems" -- Rebecca writes about the problems some students face.



"Next up, the Double Date" -- How much are you paying for Barack and Michelle's 'date nights'?