Fox Doctors Hoffa Speech To Fabricate Call For Violence  —  Right-wing bloggers misled by dishonest Fox News video editing are attacking Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. for supposedly urging violence against Tea Party activists during a Labor Day speech.

Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%  —  Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year.

Rollins to step back from Bachmann role  —  Ed Rollins is going to be stepping back from day-to-day management of the Michele Bachmann campaign, and moving into a senior advisory role, he said in an interview.  —  Rollins said the reason for the change is personal — his health and the rigors of a campaign.

Rebel without a bra: Jane Fonda said her biggest regret was not sleeping with Che Guevara... but that was to please her husband  —  One day, at the height of her fame in the mid-Seventies, Jane Fonda turned up on the doorstep of her ex-husband, Roger Vadim.  She was lugging a bulging sack.

Obama's “Country Before Party” Nonsense  —  News reports suggest that on Thursday night, the president will tell Republicans in the House and Senate that they should put “country before party” and endorse his proposals for job creation.  The “country before party” line has become Obama's …

Obama Signals Next Steps in Jobs Push  —  President Barack Obama signaled Monday he'll propose a major infrastructure program and an extension of a payroll tax break in the jobs speech he planned to deliver Thursday before a joint session of Congress.  —  In an animated Labor Day talk …

The last Labor Day?  —  Let's get it over with and rename the holiday “Capital Day.”  We may still celebrate Labor Day, but our culture has given up on honoring workers as the real creators of wealth and their honest toil — the phrase itself seems antique — as worthy of genuine respect.

You have a right to record the police  —  Tiawanda Moore was vindicated after a jury acquitted her of the “crime” of recording the police.  (AP photo)  —  All over America, police have been arresting people for taking video or making sound recordings of them, even though such arrests are pretty clearly illegal.

Senior Diplomat Asks for Identification of Main Culprits behind 9/11 Attacks  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official and a career diplomat, Mohsen Pakaein, blames the American Neoconservatives for the September 11 attacks on the US, saying that Neocons have victimized thousands …

Bachmann: Why is there a Department of Education?  —  (CNN) - Painting herself as a “constitutional conservative” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Sen. Jim DeMint's forum Monday that if elected president she would look to get rid of the Department of Education, among other things.