{"id":2516,"date":"2010-08-10T01:34:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T08:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2010-08-10T01:34:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T08:34:57","slug":"open-thread-8102010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/10\/open-thread-8102010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 8\/10\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I replied to outstanding comments, but did not get to return visits, because I got tied up in household chores that took longer than anticipated, because I had a bad air day. I hope to catch up today.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 5:30.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-08-10-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:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/08\/how-tancredo-ruins-everything-for-gopers-in-co-gov.php\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>It&#8217;s not like Republicans needed any help screwing up in Colorado. They were doing just fine on their own. But Tom Tancredo&#8217;s third-party gubernatorial bid has pretty much sealed the deal. Polls &#8212; and even some Colorado Republicans &#8212; suggest that barring some highly unforeseen circumstance, Tancredo&#8217;s presence in the race will all but hand victory to Democrat John Hickenlooper.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Every conservative should consider third parties.&#160; The sooner the Republican Party goes the way of the Whigs, the sooner we can replace it with a progressive party.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2010\/08\/09\/98883\/gates-proposal-would-cut-thousands.html\" target=\"_blank\">McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>In an effort to deter potential budget cuts by Congress and streamline a burgeoning Defense Department, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Monday proposed to cut spending on contracting, to close a command stationed in Norfolk, Va., and to reduce the number of flag officers and civilian leaders. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed changes would lead to the elimination of thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As much as I hate to lose the jobs, we need to stop spending more on war that all the other countries in the world combined.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/rss\/breaking_news\/257315\/cheney_leaves_hospital_after_six-week_stay\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Former US vice president Dick Cheney left the hospital Monday, some six weeks after being admitted for his latest heart problems, and is now recovering at home, his spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m shocked that the bastard is not at an undisclosed location.<\/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\"><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=\"10parker\" border=\"0\" alt=\"10parker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/10parker.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"471\" \/> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What matters most to you today?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I replied to outstanding comments, but did not get to return visits, because I got tied up in household chores that took longer than anticipated, because I had a bad air day. 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