{"id":12619,"date":"2014-04-24T01:35:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T08:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2014-04-24T01:35:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T08:35:36","slug":"open-thread4242014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/24\/open-thread4242014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;4\/24\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow very early in the morning, because I have a busy day, including grocery delivery and preparation for tomorrow\u2019s prison volunteer day.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:28 (average 4:58).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-04-24-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.upworthy.com\/the-photojournalist-who-happened-upon-the-worst-disaster-in-the-history-of-the-clothing-industry\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font><em>A special Upworthy series about work and the economy, made possible by the AFL-CIO. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/about-paid-content\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><em><\/em><em>, then check out more in <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/workonomics\" target=\"_blank\">Workonomics<\/a><em><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just remember some of these people when you go to the mall to get some new pants or whatever. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Fkhzdc4ybw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">American workers, who lost their jobs, are not the only victims of the greedy corporations, who create such working conditions to increase their profit, and the Republican Party, that helps make such tragedies possible by taking funds from US taxpayers to finance corporate offshoring costs.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/04\/21\/1293570\/-Guess-who-skipped-South-Carolina-event-honoring-anti-segregation-judge\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Last Friday, a bronze statue honoring the late U.S. District Judge J. Waties Waring, whose legal opinions helped end segregation and the doctrine of separate but equal, was unveiled outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/article\/20140411\/PC16\/140419803\" target=\"_blank\">According to<\/a> the Charleston Post and Courier, &quot;an integrated crowd of several hundred people gathered to watch&quot; the unveiling. <\/p>\n<p>One dozen speakers spoke at the event, including U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Congressman James Clyburn and South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal, each paying their respects to Waring for having the vision to try to move the country past the era of Jim Crow segregation.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the large crowd and the attendance of top officials like Holder and Clyburn, you won&#8217;t be surprised about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/article\/20140420\/PC1610\/140429953\/1177\/palmetto-politics\" target=\"_blank\">who didn&#8217;t show up<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Republicans from the area&#8217;s congressional delegation were conspicuously absent. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-Charleston, all skipped the dedication ceremony held last Friday at the federal courthouse in Charleston.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Party is the party of segregation and racism.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2014\/04\/supreme-court-calls-lying-by-politicians-an-expression-of-their-religion.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of the United States declared on Tuesday that lying by politicians is protected by the First Amendment because it is an expression of their religion.<\/p>\n<p>By a 5\u20134 majority, the Court struck down an Ohio law that would make it harder to lie in political ads, arguing instead that \u201cany attempt to restrict or punish lying by politicians is an unconstitutional infringement on a religion they have practiced for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Court\u2019s decision won praise from politicians of both parties, with many saying that the Justices\u2019 recognition of lying as a religion was \u201clong overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy had it right, until he made it bipartisan. Democratic politicians have no need to lie, because the truth works for them. On the other hand, &quot;Thou shalt ALWAYS bear false witness,&quot; is one of the commandments of Republican Supply-side Jesus (not the real Jesus).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/0424Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0424Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0424Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/0424Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow very early in the morning, because I have a busy day, including grocery delivery and preparation for tomorrow\u2019s prison volunteer day. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:28 (average 4:58).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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