{"id":2222,"date":"2010-07-13T03:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T10:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2010-07-13T03:20:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T10:20:27","slug":"open-thread-7132010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/13\/open-thread-7132010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 7\/13\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday was cooler, but I still felt exhausted from several days of oppressive heat.&#160; I did keep up with replying to comments and returning visits.&#160; Today, I hope to do at least as well, but have some errands to do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:52.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-07-13-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">To join our fantasy football league,<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=1647\">click here<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/07\/12\/naacp-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>At the organization\u2019s national convention this week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will propose a resolution \u201ccondemning racism within the tea party movement.\u201d The resolution calls upon \u201call people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties, and to stand in opposition to its drive to push our country back to the pre-civil rights era.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I fully support this resolution.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/chris-forbes\/reengineering-americas-fu_b_643565.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Out of 4 million students who entered high school in 2001, fewer that 200,000 will graduate with a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) degree\u2026 For every new Ph.D. in physical sciences, the US graduates 50 new MBA&#8217;s, and 18 lawyers.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The imbalance exists, because government has been subsidizing paper-only profits for the last thirty years rather that enterprises that produce real value.&#160; And wouldn\u2019t we be better off if we had 18 scientists for every lawyer?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/07\/vitter-i-support-birther-lawsuits-video.php?ref=fpi\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) has made his views known on the Birther controversy: He supports lawsuits to force President Obama to produce his birth certificate.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Maybe Obama hid it under Dave\u2019s pampers.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>: from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/13beeler.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"13beeler\" border=\"0\" alt=\"13beeler\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/13beeler_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What\u2019s up this week?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was cooler, but I still felt exhausted from several days of oppressive heat.&#160; I did keep up with replying to comments and returning visits.&#160; Today, I hope to do at least as well, but have some errands to do. 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