{"id":3206,"date":"2010-10-27T02:10:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2010-10-27T02:10:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T09:10:46","slug":"open-thread-10272010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/27\/open-thread-10272010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/27\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, volunteer work took up a major part of the day and will again today.  I managed to reply to comments and hope to do so again today, but can\u2019t promise.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:44 (average 6:28).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Minneapolis City Pages<\/a>: <\/font>There’s no religious test for being a congressman. But never mind that. Tea Party Nation leader and founder Judson Phillips wants Rep. Keith Ellison thrown out of office because he’s Muslim.<\/p>\n

The Constitution specifically state that there shall ne no religious test to hold office,  making it clear that the founding fathers intended public office to be open to members of all faiths.  Republican Brownshirts dismiss the Constitution whenever it\u2019s conve<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Angle’s closing argument couldn’t be any clearer, could it? This is Brown vs. White. Latinos are coming here to take your money, your jobs, and your kids’ scholarships, and if you don’t vote for Angle, Harry Reid will let them get away with it.<\/p>\n

Republican racism is usually cloaked under sheets and hoods.  This degree of openness about it betrays desperation.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font>The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins tells NPR that gay teens know they are "abnormal," which makes them suicidal.<\/p>\n

Republican Theocons always duck the consequences of their gospel of hate and say, \u201cWho, me?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

This is the last hump day of the cycle.  Don\u2019t be humped.  Vote!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, volunteer work took up a major part of the day and will again today.  I managed to reply to comments and hope to do so again today, but can\u2019t promise. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 4:44 (average 6:28).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From Minneapolis City […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-35-id","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}