{"id":13631,"date":"2014-09-08T01:46:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T08:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13631"},"modified":"2014-09-08T01:46:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T08:46:10","slug":"open-thread982014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/open-thread982014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/8\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 140. I rose early to do my research and an am now attending an early meditation, while writing.  The Broncos do not meditate until this evening.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:13 (average 4:14).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>: (including 2nd half heartburn)<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0907-Broncos31-Colts24\"<\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>American hostages have been brutally murdered by terrorists in the Middle East. Other Western captives may suffer the same fate at the hands of the Islamic State. In response, President Obama’s opponents are doing what they always do when the going gets tough for the United States: ask WWRD? In "What Would Reagan Do," CNN Crossfire host Newt Gingrich<\/a> penned an imaginary speech that a mythical version of the Gipper would deliver to the nation about the threat from ISIS. Over at the Washington Times, Gayle Trotter [Murdoch delinked<\/em>] used the same gambit, inventing a Reaganesque address announcing military strikes to make the point that "Americans expect their president to vindicate the victims of terrorism." Meanwhile, Breitbart News [Breitfart delinked<\/em>] even interviewed President Reagan’s former National Security Adviser Robert "Bud" McFarlane to provide a lecture about "peace through strength."<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Gipper’s hagiographers, we know exactly what Reagan would do about terrorists with American blood on their hands. President Reagan would send them a cake, a Bible and American weapons. And the Oval Office address he would deliver to the nation would start something like the one he gave on March 4, 1987 [Saint Ronnie Ray Gun delinked<\/em>]:<\/p>\n