{"id":5792,"date":"2011-09-06T01:03:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2011-09-06T01:03:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T08:03:50","slug":"open-thread962011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/open-thread962011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/6\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a lazy day.  I was so tired out, I slept until noon and remained groggy for the rest of the day.  It was a very slow day for news.  I still HATE laundry.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Tomorrow I have to write a book.  I see a doctor for the first time about some routine testing on Wednesday, and the packet of paperwork is an inch thick.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:06 (average 4:42).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Teamsters union president James Hoffa would say it all again if he could, he told TPM Monday.<\/p>\n

Hoffa riled up Fox News and the right wing [Lies delinked] Monday with a Labor Day speech in Detroit in which he called Republican members of Congress "sons of bitches<\/a>" and said union workers are ready to "go to war" with the tea party next year and "take out" Republicans at the ballot box.<\/p>\n

Hoffa said he’d say the exact same words all over again.<\/p>\n

When Faux Noise<\/em> covered this, they edited out the part about the ballot box to make it seem like Hoffa was fomenting hate, like Republicans do.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Boston Globe<\/a>: <\/font>Elizabeth Warren has yet to declare officially that she is running for US Senate, but the former presidential aide took another step today toward fortifying her position as the choice of the Democratic establishment, something that is beginning to wear on the Democrats who have already entered the race.<\/p>\n

Introducing Warren at the annual Labor Day breakfast this morning, the president of the Greater Boston Labor Council compared her to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, while the state\u2019s top union and Democratic political leaders stood and applauded her fiery keynote address at the event.<\/p>\n

We desperately need her clear voice of truth in the Senate.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Democrats are preparing to wage a major Capitol Hill battle over highway funding this week \u2014 a fight that even they admit might not be necessary.<\/p>\n

They launched a series of preemptive strikes last week intended to deter House Republicans from the same sort of political maneuvering that resulted in a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

Highway funding has been bipartisan and non-controversial, since Eisenhower.  I would not be at all surprised to see Republicans make it the next target for their terrorism of blackmail.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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