Stories to Watch: 10/2/11

Rick Perry's getting some flack today for a Washington Post article that reports his association with a hunting camp. The problem; the camp until fairly recently a big, black rock at the entrance with the word "Niggerhead" painted on it. Here's the thing: I have my doubts that this will bother anyone who was planning on voting for Perry. Expect the familiar "Oh, don't be so PC!" responses from the right if this story gains any steam -- although Herman Cain is already the exception to that rule.


In other Perry news: let's invade Mexico! No, really.


Police arrested more than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday, as the protests spread to other cities.


Dick Cheney wants an apology from Barack Obama for all the mean (and accurate) things he said about the Bush administration's "War on terror."


The Herman Cain campaign begins shedding staffers, which is always a sign that everyone thinks everything's going just super-great.


Brainwash your kids to believe paranoid, rightwing BS the Glenn Beck way! It's only "indoctrination" when lefties do it.


Finally, reason 5,329,405 explaining why I often call Fox & Friends "a show that's such ridiculous bullshit that you wish there was a stronger word for bullshit."

Related articles

• Herman Cain: Gov. Perry's hunting camp sign -- "Niggerhead" -- is 'just plain insensitive' (thehill.com)
• Cain: Perry insensitive over name of hunting camp (sfgate.com)
• More than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge (boingboing.net)
• Total number arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest on Brooklyn Bridge up to 700, AP reports (shortformblog.tumblr.com)