{"id":7451,"date":"2012-03-24T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T19:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2012-03-24T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T19:37:59","slug":"open-thread3242012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/24\/open-thread3242012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/24\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I had some rest, and although I still feel tired, I was able to dive into catching-up today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have prep work for Tuesday\u2019s volunteer work in prison.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it tool me 4:10 (average 4:55).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-03-24-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.washingtonpost.com\/business\/romney-targets-obama-health-care-law\/2012\/03\/23\/gIQAK0LLWS_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>On the second anniversary of President Barack Obama\u2019s signing of the health-care law, Mitt Romney set out to achieve two goals: renew his vow to repeal it and diminish assertions that his Massachusetts law was a model for it.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!&#160; Multiple Mitt!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/exposed%2Dthe%2Dbillionaire%2Dkoch%2Dbrothers%2Dwho%2Dare%2Dbuying%2Damerican%2Ddemocracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>EXPOSED: The Billionaire Koch Brothers Who Are Buying American Democracy<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zc_3wsLd01s?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It looks like that movie will be worth watching. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kochbrothersexposed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">They want $20<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/entertainment\/post\/2012\/03\/geraldo-rivera-blames-hoodie-for-trayvon-martins-death\/1#.T23v2NXQJ8E\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>Gerald Rivera has added to the outrage over Trayvon Martin&#8217;s death. He&#8217;s blaming the hoodie.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly not to let their children go out wearing hoodies. I think <strong>the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin&#8217;s death as much as George Zimmerman was<\/strong>,&quot; the Fox News host said Friday on Fox and Friends. [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s cartoon is my comment.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"24Cartoon\" alt=\"24Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/24Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I had some rest, and although I still feel tired, I was able to dive into catching-up today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have prep work for Tuesday\u2019s volunteer work in prison. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it tool me 4:10 (average 4:55).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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