memeorandum: An excellent beginning by David Atkins (Thereisnospoon/Hullabaloo)

7:31 PM ET, October 2, 2011

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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered — Paint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family's secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted …

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Rick Perry disputes Washington Post story on slur — The presidential campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) complained Sunday that a front-page Washington Post story contains “incorrect, inconsistent” claims. — The article, headlined “Rick Perry and a word set on stone …

Discussion: Politics, americanthinker.com, Pajamas Media, Pundit & Pundette, Tea Party Brew, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air

Fox News:

Cain: Name of Perry's Hunting Camp ‘Insulting’ to Blacks — Businessman Herman Cain on Sunday called it “insulting” that the family of Rick Perry leased a hunting camp with a racially charged name well into the 1980s and possibly even later. — According to a Washington Post article that appeared Sunday …

Discussion: Erick's blog

Rich Oppel / The Caucus:
Perry Open to Military Intervention in Mexico's Drug War

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo:

An excellent beginning by David Atkins — An excellent beginning — The official list of grievances of the General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street: … There are those who will argue that this list is far too broad and inclusive for a specifically anti-Wall Street protest.

Discussion: CBS News, The Confluence, The Huffington Post, Corrente and LAist

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:

The Bankers and the Revolutionaries — AFTER flying around the world this year to cover street protests from Cairo to Morocco, reporting on the latest “uprising” was easier: I took the subway. — The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has taken over a park in Manhattan's financial district and turned it into a revolutionary camp.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, techPresident, WCSH-TV, Daily Kos, The Reformed Broker, Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather, Seattle Times, Business Insider, Suburban Guerrilla and City Room

NY Daily News:
700 arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest as demonstrators and NYPD shut down Brooklyn Bridge

Discussion: Guardian, JammieWearingFool, Don Surber and NewsBusters.org

New York Post:
Wall St. protesters shut down Brooklyn Bridge

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Outside the Beltway, Firedoglake, The Crawdad Hole, Tim Blair, RedState, Gawker, RoundTree7, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and The Lonely Conservative, more at Mediagazer »

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

Restless House GOP members pointing fingers at one another — House Republicans return to Washington this week a restless bunch in the wake of an embarrassing legislative defeat and months before they face primary voters in the 2012 election. — The stunning downfall of a stopgap spending bill …

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Cheney wants Obama apology for saying Bush administration ‘overreacted to 9/11’ — Former Vice President Dick Cheney applauded the U.S. drone strike that killed American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki but added that President Obama now owed the Bush administration an apology for claiming they “overreacted to 9/11.”

Discussion: The Politico, The Moderate Voice, Firedoglake and CNN

RealClearPolitics Video Log:

Roseanne Barr: Behead Bankers, Rich Who Won't Give Up Wealth — Actress, comedienne and now author Roseanne Barr shares her solution for dealing with the rich and how the banks could repay the money the U.S. government bailed them out with in 2008. “Part of my platform is, of course …

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, The Strata-Sphere, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse and The Lonely Conservative

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Obama HRC Speech 2011: President Talks Gay Rights At Human Rights Campaign Dinner … Barack Obama , Human Rights Campaign , Obama Gay Rights , Dadt , Gay Marriage , Gay Rights , Same-Sex Marriage , Video , Defense Of Marriage Act , Obama Gay Rights Speech , Obama HRC Speech …

Discussion: Power Line, GayPatriot and The Politico

Yahoo! News:
Obama: Commander in chief must support gay troops

Discussion: The Caucus, Weasel Zippers, Towleroad News #gay and Connecting.the.Dots

Mike O'Brien / Daily Mail:

It's Obama Fried Chicken! OFC pops up in China... but can the President also match the secret recipe of Colonel Sanders? — Is Obama abandoning his bid for a second term in the White House and is giving Colonel Sanders a run for his money by opening a chain of fried chicken joints?

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

Washington Examiner:

Barone: Time to raise Cain to contender status — Is Herman Cain a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination? It's a question no one in the pundit world was asking until the past week. — Cain has never held public office. When he ran for the Senate in Georgia in 2004 …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Other McCain, Campaign 2012, American Power and Chicago Boyz

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Figures. White House Tipped Off AP Reporter Ahead of Michelle Obama's Target Photo-Op — Another staged moment in the lives of Barack and Michelle Obama. — Michelle Obama just had to get out to Target to do a little shopping last week. But, before the shopping run …