Weekend Update - September 13th

• Who's the true elitist? And just what the heck is an elitist? Here's 18 ways to tell if you're one, from Mark Morford.


• Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US "empire" is close to collapse.


• Robert Parry writes, "Despite all the chatter about how 'historic' Campaign 2008 has been, it is the McCain-Palin ticket that it is truly testing the limits, not of race or gender politics, but whether the United States is ready to enter into a new dimension of political lying."


• The New York Times editorial board wonders just what John McCain is thinking.


• Here's an interesting little story about Governor Palin acting like a silly high schooler on a radio talk show.


• And will someone please tell this woman that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11? Good grief.


• And forgive me if it looks like I'm piling on, but I couldn't pass this one up: "Top Ten Dumbest Sarah Palin Quotes."


• Has the Bush administration maxed out the military? "Weakened Warriors."