{"id":11998,"date":"2014-01-09T01:07:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T09:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11998"},"modified":"2014-01-09T01:07:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T09:07:19","slug":"open-thread192013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/open-thread192013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/9\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow.&#160; I feel like crap.&#160; Here\u2019s something unusual.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:42 (average 4:47).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-01-09-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eL7Lw04HlCU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>The Republicans&#8217; Poverty Agenda: To Make More People Poor<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eL7Lw04HlCU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans love poverty almost as much as they hate Obama.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oPTtTeXb1y4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Oops? Tax Increases &amp; the Economy SOARED! <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oPTtTeXb1y4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As long as most media parrot Republican lies, without documenting t<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">he proof they are lies, far too many voters are deceived.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lwMzXnBBjBQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Senate Democrats Push For Help To Unemployed<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lwMzXnBBjBQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The war on poverty was an overwhelming success, decreasing poverty 43%, until Republicans defunded the programs and made increasing poverty a key part of their national agenda. You won&#8217;t find a better explanation of this issue than this video. Kudos to Jeff Merkley. Oregon leads the way.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0109Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0109Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/0109Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow.&#160; I feel like crap.&#160; Here\u2019s something unusual. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:42 (average 4:47).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? Short Takes: From YouTube: The Republicans&#8217; Poverty Agenda: To Make More People Poor &#160; Republicans love poverty almost as much as they hate Obama. 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