{"id":5085,"date":"2011-06-13T01:29:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T08:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2011-06-13T01:29:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T08:29:30","slug":"open-thread-6132011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/13\/open-thread-6132011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread-6\/13\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I worked around the apartment and rested.&#160; I could not sleep during the evening and have to get up earl this morning for grocery delivery, so it\u2019s going to be a rough day.&#160; I am current with comments.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:42 (average 4:38).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-06-13-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">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.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-new-maps-congress-20110613,0,6396122.story\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>In California, where congressional elections have been as predictable as traffic gridlock, new political maps are likely to set the stage for more competitive races and give the state a higher profile in the battle for Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Political analysts predict that Democrats \u2014 who hold a 33-19 advantage in the state&#8217;s House delegation, with one vacancy in a seat previously held by a Democrat \u2014 could pick up three to five more.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Competitive districts means Republicans did not Gerrymander them.&#160; Fair favors Democrats.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/13\/opinion\/13krugman.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Every once in a while a politician comes up with an idea that\u2019s so bad, so wrongheaded, that you\u2019re almost grateful. For really bad ideas can help illustrate the extent to which policy discourse has gone off the rails.<\/p>\n<p>And so it was with Senator Joseph Lieberman\u2019s proposal, released last week, to raise the age for Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Giving LIEberscum Homeland Security is one of Reid\u2019s worst blunders.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newshounds.us\/2011\/06\/12\/foxs_charles_payne_likens_paul_ryan_to_paul_revere.php\" target=\"_blank\">News Hounds<\/a>: <\/font>Last Saturday (6\/4\/11), Cavuto on Business focused on the debt crisis. Charles Payne said, \u201cOne thing I wonder is, where&#8217;s the next greatest generation? Who\u2019s gonna step up and answer the call? Because right now, Paul Ryan is like Paul Revere. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now, try to tell me that Faux Noise isn\u2019t the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"13Cartoon\" border=\"0\" alt=\"13Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/13Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I worked around the apartment and rested.&#160; I could not sleep during the evening and have to get up earl this morning for grocery delivery, so it\u2019s going to be a rough day.&#160; I am current with comments. 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