{"id":3189,"date":"2010-10-25T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2010-10-25T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T10:30:08","slug":"open-thread-10252010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/25\/open-thread-10252010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/25\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I caught up on replying to comments before football.  I spent over an hour in Blog Talk Radio<\/a> with Gwen, Jack, Oso, Beach and a couple other folks.  If you want to listen to the conversation, click the link.  It was both a privilege and a pleasure.  Today, I expect to catch up with returning visits.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:53 (average 4:57).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Extreme Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"DenWeek7\" <\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff suggested Sunday that gays shouldn’t be able to openly serve in the US military because no country with openly serving gays has ever defeated the US.<\/p>\n

Gen. Hugh Shelton told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour that it’s the servicemen in the Army and Marines that should get to decide whether or not the controversial ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy is ended.<\/p>\n

Shelton\u2019s argument is absurd.  To the best of my knowledge, the US has never defeated a country with openly serving gays either.  The general suggests that troops should decide what legal orders to obey.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Blue Oregon<\/a>: <\/font>After less than two years in office, Jeff Merkley has shown himself willing to stand up not just to Republicans, but also members of his own party when they make unacceptable concessions to Big Oil. This week Merkley came out strong for clean energy again by joining at least two other US senators in criticizing Hillary\u2019s Clinton suggestion that as head of the State Department she is \u201cinclined\u201d to approve permits for a dirty cross-border oil pipeline.<\/p>\n

This makes me proud to have helped on his campaign.<\/font><\/p>\n

From News Hounds<\/a>: <\/font>Today, on CBS’ Face The Nation, host Bob Schieffer asked guest Rove if he thinks Palin will run for president in 2012 and, if so, whether she’d be a good president. Rove responded, "I don’t know whether she’s going to run or not and if she runs, she would be a formidable candidate.<\/p>\n

Rove dances around the issue, refusing to admit whether or not he thinks Drill Baby Dingbat could be a good President.  When will the falling out between the Neocon\/Corperacon\/Plutocon segments and the Theocon\/InsamiTEA segments of the Republican Reich bloom?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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