{"id":2303,"date":"2010-07-19T02:14:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T09:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2010-07-19T02:14:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T09:14:15","slug":"open-thread-7192010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/19\/open-thread-7192010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/19\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I kept up with replying to comments and returning visits.  That should be no problem today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:15.  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>The top U.S. oil spill official on Sunday directed BP Plc to submit a plan for reopening its capped Macondo well to flow into the ocean after engineers detected seepage on the ocean floor near the well.<\/p>\n

This \u201cseepage\u201d may interfere with plugging the GOP gusher via the relief well.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The heads of the Republican congressional campaign committees \u2014 Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) \u2014 appeared on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press today to discuss their party\u2019s strategy for the November elections. Sessions began by saying that everyone knows exactly \u201cwhat Republicans stand for,\u201d but he quickly proved that even he doesn\u2019t really know. Host David Gregory, visibly frustrated, repeatedly pressed the two campaign chiefs for substance, saying, \u201cthese are not specifics, voters get tired of that.\u201d But all he got in return was vapid talking points, like how Republican candidates are \u201cstanding with the American people back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

We do know what they stand for.  Their only hope is that the general public never learns.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The Nation<\/a>: <\/font>Consider: in 1928 the richest 1 percent of Americans received 23.9 percent of the nation’s total income. After that, the share going to the richest 1 percent steadily declined. New Deal reforms, followed by World War II, the GI Bill and the Great Society expanded the circle of prosperity. By the late 1970s the top 1 percent raked in only 8 to 9 percent of America’s total annual income. But after that, inequality began to widen again, and income reconcentrated at the top. By 2007 the richest 1 percent were back to where they were in 1928\u2014with 23.5 percent of the total.<\/p>\n

Republicans have destroyed fifty years of progress in just thirty years.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>: from Cagle.com<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

\"19bagley\"<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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