{"id":11266,"date":"2013-10-02T00:45:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T07:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11266"},"modified":"2013-10-02T00:45:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T07:45:58","slug":"open-thread1022013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/open-thread1022013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/2\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 110, and it\u2019s a two pounds of you know what<\/em> in a one pound bag day.  When the Monthly Report is the #2 for the day, that say\u2019s it all.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 5:29 (average 5:27).  ARGH! \"Sad To o it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest from our league, Lefty Blog Friends.<\/font><\/p>\n

Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"4Scores\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Good for me!<\/font><\/p>\n

Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"4Standings\"<\/font><\/p>\n

I\u2019m still way too low!!<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Millions of Tea Party loyalists fled the United States in the early morning hours today, seeking what one of them called \u201cthe American dream of liberty from health care.\u201d <\/p>\n

Harland Dorrinson, 47, a tire salesman from Lexington, Kentucky, packed up his family and whatever belongings he could fit into his Chevy Suburban just hours before the health-insurance exchanges opened, joining the Tea Party\u2019s Freedom Caravan with one goal in mind: escape from Obamacare. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy father didn\u2019t have health care and neither did my father\u2019s father before him,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll be damned if I\u2019m going to let my children have it.\u201d <\/p>\n

But after driving over ten hours to the Canadian border, Mr. Dorrinson was dismayed to learn that America\u2019s northern neighbor had been in the iron grip of health care for decades. <\/p>\n

Bubba the Bagger just can’t live without the RepubliCare Death Benefit! \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n

From McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama will deliver remarks from the Rose Garden at 12:25 p.m. today — some 12 hours after a government shutdown went into effect. The remarks will follow Obama’s meeting in the Oval Office with Americans the White House says will benefit from today’s opening of health insurance marketplaces.<\/p>\n

The White House plans a full court press today on the president’s health care law as the health insurance marketplaces open for business.<\/p>\n

Repeated Republican claims that ObamaCare is a bill are lies. It is THE LAW! Delaying it is no longer possible.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Hill<\/a>: <\/font>Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said via Twitter Tuesday that the partial government shutdown isn\u2019t all bad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is some good news out of the shutdown, the EPA can’t issue new regulations,\u201d Blackburn said on the social media site.<\/p>\n

Blackburn, the vice chairwoman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the EPA.<\/p>\n

This the Republican plan to protect the environment.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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