memeorandum: America's Enduring Ideal (Paul Ryan/Wall Street Journal)

8:35 AM ET, October 3, 2011

Top Items:

Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales — In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world's largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Post, Firedoglake, Prairie Weather, The Huffington Post, Big Journalism, The Raw Story, Business Insider, Teamster Nation, ThinkProgress, The Agonist and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Patrick / Politicalgates:

In new bombshell story, “Bloomberg Markets” reveals that Koch Industries sold petrochemical equipment to Iran and paid bribes in six countries — Thanks to our excellent contacts, we got hold of a copy of the still unpublished November issue of “Bloomberg Markets” magazine, because the cover story sounds more than just promising:

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Teamster Nation and Booman Tribune

Washington Post:

At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered — “Ever since, any time I ever saw the rock it was painted over,” Perry said. — Perry's version of events differs in many respects from the recollections of seven people, interviewed by The Washington Post …

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Crawdad Hole, Crooks and Liars, Runnin' Scared, Jesus' General, ThinkProgress and Rumproast

Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:

Rick Perry works in New Hampshire to regain ground — The issue of illegal immigration continues to dog the Republican presidential contender. A new question arises concerning a racial epithet in the name of a property he leased. — Reporting from Hampton, N.H.— As he fought to right …

Discussion: New York Times, Gawker and The Page

Fox News:
Cain: Name of Perry's Hunting Camp ‘Insulting’ to Blacks

Discussion: The Politico, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Caucus, RedState, Washington Post, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Outside the Beltway

Washington Examiner:
Barone: Time to raise Cain to contender status

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

Michael Cooper / New York Times:

New State Laws Are Limiting Access for Voters — Since Republicans won control of many statehouses last November, more than a dozen states have passed laws requiring voters to show photo identification at polls, cutting back early voting periods or imposing new restrictions on voter registration drives.

Discussion: Brennan Center for Justice and Prairie Weather

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Holding China to Account — The dire state of the world economy reflects destructive actions on the part of many players. Still, the fact that so many have behaved badly shouldn't stop us from holding individual bad actors to account. — And that's what Senate leaders will be doing this week …

Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog and Paul Krugman

Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:

Michele Bachmann's campaign is sputtering in Iowa — Representatives say her campaign is unfolding as planned. But Bachmann has dropped in the polls and asked supporters for ‘emergency’ funding. Some top Republicans say she's squandered opportunities. — Reporting from Des Moines …

Discussion: The Politico and GOP 12

Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:

Warren, Brown in dead heat: UMass Lowell/Herald poll — Joe K, Deval would do better — Democrat Elizabeth Warren's meteoric ascent in Massachusetts politics has landed her in a virtual dead heat with Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, while two Democrats who passed on the race …

Discussion: The Politico and The Page

Fran Tarkenton / Wall Street Journal:

What if the NFL Played by Teachers' Rules? — Imagine a league where players who make it through three seasons could never be cut from the roster. — Imagine the National Football League in an alternate reality. Each player's salary is based on how long he's been in the league.

Discussion: The Politico, Betsy's Page and The Lonely Conservative

Nick Greene / Runnin' Scared:

Why Did the New York Times Change Their Brooklyn Bridge Arrests Story? — The above photo of juxtaposed screenshots from the New York Times website has been making the rounds on Facebook, and it shows two very different takes for the same story on yesterday's Brooklyn Bridge arrests.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Citizens for Legitimate …, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Agonist, Gothamist and Boing Boing, more at Mediagazer »

Mort Zuckerman / Financial Times:

Why business despairs of Obama — Take a deep breath. The industrialised world, America included, seems stuck in one of those horror movies, where the monster, thought to be slain, morphs into something even more scary. The fear is that a double-dip, or worse, is now upon us.

Discussion: The Politico

Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:

Steve Beshear widens lead in governor's poll: Other Democrats may ride coattails — ABOUT THE POLL — THE COURIER-JOURNAL/WHAS11 BLUEGRASS POLL® is based on telephone interviews conducted Sept. 22-27 with 569 likely Kentucky voters by SurveyUSA. Twenty-five percent of the adult respondents …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Reuters:

Greece to miss deficit targets despite austerity — (Reuters) - Greece will miss a deficit target set just months ago in a massive bailout package, according to government draft budget figures released on Sunday, showing that drastic steps taken to avert bankruptcy may not be enough.

Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE, americanthinker.com, Via Meadia and Business Insider

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: American Power, Runnin' Scared, ABCNEWS, Wonkette, Firedoglake and Corrente

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Bankers and the Revolutionaries

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

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, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, The Strata-Sphere, Althouse and The Lonely Conservative

Breitbart.tv:
ROSEANNE: RICH SHOULD BE BEHEADED IF THEY DON'T GIVE UP WEALTH

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Moonbattery and The Right Scoop

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: GayPatriot, Power Line, American Spectator and The Politico