{"id":4775,"date":"2011-05-08T01:59:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T08:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4775"},"modified":"2011-05-08T01:59:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T08:59:01","slug":"open-thread582011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/08\/open-thread582011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/8\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I only made a small dent in my chores, because I was still tired and sore.  I hope to catch up today.  Here I am current on replies.  It was a slow day for news, because Osama\u2019s death still dominates, but I found a couple items of interest.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:18 (4:24 average).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>When George W. Bush took office in Jan 2001 there were 111,634,000 private sector jobs. When he left office in Jan 2009 there were 110,981,000 private sector jobs. <\/p>\n

When Bush took office in Jan 2001 there were 20,835,000 government sector jobs. When he left office in Jan 2009 there were 22,582,000 government sector jobs.<\/p>\n

That means during Bush’s eight years in office, we lost 653,000 private sector jobs and gained 1,747,000 government sector jobs.<\/p>\n

I guess that explains why Republicans want to return to the Bush\/GOP policies that got us here.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama has ‘pounded his chest’ too much and taken too much pride in the success of the mission to take out Osama bin Laden, according to, of all people, George W. Bush’s former Chief of Staff, Andrew Card.<\/p>\n

The irony here is that Card is the fool that orchestrated the Crawford ChickenHawk\u2019s Mission Accomplished strutting in his flight suit.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Republican Rick Santorum got credit for showing up and won a 2012 presidential straw poll of party activists in the crucial early voting state of South Carolina, organizers said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Of course that \u201cMan on Dog\u201d was the only potential candidate that showed up for the event had nothing to do with his selection. \ud83d\ude44<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

On this special day, call a Republican a mother \u2026 never mind.  (That was not intended to be a factual statement.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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