{"id":7485,"date":"2012-03-28T12:43:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T19:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2012-03-28T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T19:43:49","slug":"open-thread3282012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/28\/open-thread3282012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/28\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I had a COPD flare-up so severe, that I had to cancel my work in prison and return to bed.&#160; Spring is usually the worst time of year for this.&#160; Today I\u2019m trying to get the blog up, and it looks like I\u2019ve made it.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies, albeit tersely.&#160; Tomorrow is yet to be determined.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzles<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday\u2019s took me 3:08 (average 4:44).&#160; To do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-03-27-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; Today\u2019s took me 3:43 (average 4:40).&#160; To do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-03-28-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.youtube.com\/embed\/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0\" target=\"_blank\">You Tube<\/a>: We cannot allow Republicans to destroy this.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Stunningly Beautiful!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/the%2Dreality%2Dcheck%2Dwe%2Dcant%2Dwait%2Dto%2Dsee%2Din%2Dnovember\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><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=\"27fury480\" border=\"0\" alt=\"27fury480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/27fury480.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I could not have said it better!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/27\/world\/asia\/support-for-afghan-war-falls-in-us-poll-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>After a series of violent episodes and setbacks, support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply among both Republicans and Democrats, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2012\/03\/27\/us\/03272012_polling_doc.html\" target=\"_blank\">the latest New York Times\/CBS News poll<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The survey found that more than two-thirds of those polled \u2014 69 percent \u2014 thought that the United States should not be at war in Afghanistan. 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