{"id":4127,"date":"2011-02-22T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2011-02-22T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T14:39:00","slug":"open-thread2222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/open-thread2222011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/22\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I hung on by the skin of my teeth.&#160; It\u2019s been one week since I quit and there has been no letup in the constant craving.&#160; I\u2019m up to date on comments.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:03 (average 4:36).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-02-22-CE2504A965A9\">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:\/\/www.examiner.com\/democrat-in-las-vegas\/senator-reid-to-address-nevada-legislature-brothel-industry-worried\">Las Vegas Examiner<\/a>: <\/font>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will be addressing the full body of the Nevada Legislature today at 11:00am, and rumors of his speech have Nevada\u2019s Brothel industry worried. <\/p>\n<p>Apparently the brothel industry believes that Reid will call on the legislature to end the legal sex trade industry in all counties because it makes Nevada look sleazy to outside business\u2019s [sic].<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This could be a shrewd move on Reid\u2019s part.&#160; What better way could there be to keep Republicans away than causing a shortage of hookers?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/02\/22\/wiscon-polls-oppose-walker_n_826359.html\">Huffington Post<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"22Poll\" border=\"0\" alt=\"22Poll\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/22Poll.png\" width=\"547\" height=\"330\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Wisconsin supports the unions.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2011\/02\/21\/mark-williams-infiltrate-seiu\/\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>National tea party groups like Americans for Prosperity have been bussing conservative activists to Madison, WI to confront protesters there standing up to Gov. Scott Walker\u2019s (R) union busting. But Tea Party Nation and Mark Williams, the disgraced former chairman of Tea Party Express, who was forced to resign after making offensive racial comments, are calling for a more radical approach. In an email alert to supporters sent last night, Tea Party Nation promotes Williams\u2019 \u201cgreat idea\u201d to impersonate SEIU organizers at upcoming labor rallies in an attempt to embarrass and discredit the union<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Why can\u2019t Republicans be honest?&#160; If they were only 2% would vote for them.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a title=\"Nick Anderson\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/nick_anderson\/2011-02-20\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Nick Anderson\" src=\"http:\/\/c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/355936.full.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">OGIT!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I hung on by the skin of my teeth.&#160; It\u2019s been one week since I quit and there has been no letup in the constant craving.&#160; I\u2019m up to date on comments. 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