{"id":221,"date":"2009-11-06T02:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2009-11-06T02:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T10:34:00","slug":"open-thread-1162009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/open-thread-1162009\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/6\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

I managed to stay caught up on replying to comments yesterday and even visited a few blogs.  Today, I\u2019ll see how I feel.  It\u2019s touch and go.<\/p>\n

Since there will be articles on the Fort Hood incident everywhere, I won\u2019t dedicate an article to it today in order to wait until more is known.  In case you have not heard, Maj. Hassan was not killed after all.  He is alive and in stable condition.  Despite the many rants from the extreme right that this was motivated by Islamo-fascist terrorism, there is no evidence to date to support that.  My one thought is that our military is altogether worn out if our troops\u2019 stories are so horrific that a psychiatrist, whose job was counseling thousands of them went off the deep end.  But that\u2019s only speculation on my part, a gut feeling.  I cannot support that was the basis for his motivation and I make no such claim.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Jig Zone puzzle took me 6:08.  To do it, Click Here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s your cartoon:<\/p>\n

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

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

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