{"id":1240,"date":"2010-04-23T02:11:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2010-04-23T02:11:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T09:11:36","slug":"open-thread-4232010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/23\/open-thread-4232010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 4\/23\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dawg, even a low down dirty Bush loving blue dawg, shouldn\u2019t feel as crappy as I have this week.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

I couldn\u2019t focus.  To do it, click here<\/a>. How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From CNN<\/a>: <\/font>A 1-by-5-mile sheen of crude oil mix has spread across the Gulf of Mexico’s surface around the area where an oil rig exploded and sank, a Coast Guard lieutenant said Thursday.<\/p>\n

"This is a rainbow sheen with a dark center," Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry told reporters.<\/p>\n

An Earth Day gift from Big Oil.  It\u2019s time to rethink \u201cDrill, Obama, Drill\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Given the long build-up to Monday’s Second Amendment March on Washington, the result was a bit anti-climactic: a couple of thousand gun-owners assembled in front of a stage facing the Washington Monument. If only the National Rifle Association had given organizers a little support, said march founder Skip Coryell, there would have been at least 10 times the number of people assembled. "They let us down on this one," he said.<\/p>\n

Even 1\/10 as many gun-crazed Republicans would have been too many.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by Pat Bagley<\/a> – Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> – Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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