{"id":4564,"date":"2011-04-13T02:51:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T09:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2011-04-13T03:42:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T10:42:38","slug":"a-meeting-of-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/a-meeting-of-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"A Meeting of Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"13MaddowMaher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/13MaddowMaher.jpg\" alt=\"13MaddowMaher\" width=\"360\" height=\"404\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Anyone who follows me knows that I like to run off at the mouth, or in this case keyboard, from time to time.\u00a0 However, when two people as witty and well informed as Rachel Maddow and Bill Maher discuss <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Republican faith in voodoo economics and Democratic capitulation to Republican demands<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">, wisdom dictates that I shut up and get out of the way.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><object id=\"msnbc7aa26\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\" target=\"_blank\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=42562705^0^504972&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" name=\"msnbc7aa26\" flashvars=\"launch=42562705^0^504972&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here\u2019s the second segment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><object id=\"msnbc3c6acf\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\" target=\"_blank\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=42562839^0^444178&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" name=\"msnbc3c6acf\" flashvars=\"launch=42562839^0^444178&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; 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