{"id":3623,"date":"2010-12-15T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3623"},"modified":"2010-12-15T14:38:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T22:38:14","slug":"open-thread-12152010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/15\/open-thread-12152010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 12\/15\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I felt mostly under the weather, because I was up coughing most of the night.  That drenching I got yesterday didn\u2019t sit well with my system.  I have not caught up on comments yet.  If not later, I shall tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:02 (average 4:48).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Las Vegas Examiner<\/a>: <\/font>Former candidate for US Senate Sue Lowden who earlier this year made national headlines with her comments of using a barter system to pay for doctors visits after telling a story about her grandparents, today was named to the State Board of Medical Examiners by Governor Jim Gibbons.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s insane.  But if the Republican Party in Nevada were not, Ms. Chickens-for-Checkups would have beaten the Nevada leg Hound and be Nevada\u2019s Senator elect.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>: <\/font>Americans\u2019 satisfaction with Congress has hit an all-time low in a Gallup Poll released Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Just 13 percent said they approve of the job Congress is doing, while 83 percent said they disapprove. <\/p>\n

In the light of recent doings, I\u2019m shocked that it\u2019s so high!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Yesterday, the Senate unveiled an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government. Senate Republicans immediately attacked the bill en masse for containing billions in earmarks, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling the spending provisions \u201ccompletely and totally inappropriate\u201d and saying he is \u201cactively working to defeat\u201d the bill. \u201cThis nearly 2,000-page omnibus filled with thousands of earmarks,\u201d Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said, shows that \u201cPresident Obama and Democrats have apparently learned nothing from this November\u2019s election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet, the same may be said about congressional Republicans, who themselves requested over $2 billion in the earmarks attached the omnibus, including millions from McConnell himself.<\/p>\n

Republican hypocrisy reminds me of the universe since the big bang: constantly expanding.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

Since Congress is in session, we get to be on the receiving end this hump day.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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