{"id":5867,"date":"2011-09-17T00:04:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T07:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2011-09-17T00:04:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T07:04:54","slug":"open-thread9172011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/17\/open-thread9172011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/17\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a very lazy day.  I slept late in the morning and took a nap in the afternoon.  I\u2019m still a bit groggy, but I needed the sleep.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Tomorrow I have errands to run and paperwork to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:52 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>How much power does the Secretary of the Treasury wield over the President of the United States? Apparently enough to refuse a direct order, according to a forthcoming book.<\/p>\n

In \u201cConfidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President,\u201d by Pulitzer-winning journalist Ron Suskind, a picture of tension is painted between the president and his economic team, with the extreme example of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ignoring an order to have Citigroup dissolved.<\/p>\n

Suskind added that the president has been \u201csystematically undermined or hedged by his seasoned advisers" at nearly every turn, according to an excerpt published by Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obama has nobody but himself to blame for this.  He should have fired Timmy the Tyrant at the first sign of disobedience and still should, especially now that this has come out.<\/font><\/p>\n

From USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>A Tea Party activist seeking to make abortion a key issue says he’ll challenge House Speaker John Boehner in a GOP primary next year.<\/p>\n

David Lewis told the Cincinnati Enquirer<\/a> today that he’s making an issue of Boehner’s support of a federal budget that included funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortions.<\/p>\n

Ha-ha-ha!  I love it.  After all his criminal duplicity, Agent Orange is being Teabuggered.  May the fight be long, vicious, and very,very expensive.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and AFSCME chief Gerald McEntee are now joining the call for the supercommittee, and members of Congress in general, to embrace Merkley\u2019s plan<\/a>. It would require that the supercommittee submit its individual proposals to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office for an evaluation of the impact they would have on unemployment and the labor market. <\/p>\n

Labor is right to get behind Jeff!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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