{"id":5884,"date":"2011-09-19T00:23:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T07:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2011-09-19T00:23:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T07:23:51","slug":"open-thread9192011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/19\/open-thread9192011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/19\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I spent observing the holy day of the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, and I did some housework.  I\u2019m current with replies.  Tomorrow I have an appointment that will keep me busy most of the day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 4:44 (average 6:01).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0918-Broncos24-Bengals22\"<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

From LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>Top congressional Republicans on Sunday accused President Obama of trying to incite class warfare with his proposal for a new tax on millionaires and said they would not support the measure because it would hurt economic growth.<\/p>\n

Sure it\u2019s class warfare, and our class has been the one under attack.<\/font><\/p>\n

From News Hounds<\/a>: <\/font>Since the dawn of affirmative action, the right wing has been whining about how these policies are discriminatory to more deserving whites. Given that Fox "News" loves to promote the meme of victimized conservatives and that Fox’s Bill O’Reilly is a proponent of the white, male power structure, it came as no surprise that he would use part of his Fox show to promote a study by a right wing group with the misleading title of "Center for Equal Opportunity." Not surprisingly, the study says that the University of Wisconsin’s admission policies hurt those nice white people while advantaging those nasty blacks and Hispanics. And not surprisingly, the head of this very small right wing think tank is Fox contributor and long time GOP functionary, Linda Chavez whom Bush nominated for Secretary of Labor but whose nomination got deep sixed after she admitted that she knowingly employed of those "illegals<\/a>" that Fox News loves to hate.<\/p>\n

Bill O\u2019Lielly is a racist pig.  That\u2019s why Republicans love him.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Rather than take a moment to condemn GOP debate audiences that cheered for executions<\/a> and to leave a man to die<\/a>, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he didn\u2019t have \u201cany particular reaction.\u201d When host David Gregory asked McConnell on Meet The Press if the cheers troubled him as a Republican, McConnell deferred, saying there would be lots of debates and audience reactions during the campaign.<\/p>\n

To get a concerned reaction from Bought Bitch Mitch, cut off his bribes.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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