Open Thread–2/2/2011

Today I’m up to date on comments and hope to do a little visiting.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 4:21 (average 4:46).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From USA Today: The Republican effort to repeal the nation’s health care law moves to the U.S. Senate today, where a vote to overturn President Obama’s signature domestic achievement is likely to fail.

A day after a federal judge ruled the law unconstitutional, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced the House-passed bill on repeal as an amendment to a pending measure on aviation issues.

If Republicans are successful in attacking this amendment, it will serve as a poison pill, killing the FAA bill, and costing thousands of jobs.

From TPM: GOP Sens Admit: Goal Of Changing Health Care Law Is To Kill It.

Of course it is.  Hundreds dying daily due to lack of health care is the Republican plan.

From Think Progress: This morning, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) — fresh from joining a ceremony for a newly built illegal Israeli settlement — called in to Fox & Friends and discussed the situation in Egypt. He complained about the Obama administration’s response to the protests, saying that it showed that the United States has “abandoned a 30-year ally” and said that there are concerns that the protests “could have cascading effects across the Middle East.”

And so it begins.  Most Republicans have reacted responsibly on this issue, but I knew it wouldn’t last.

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