{"id":7494,"date":"2012-03-29T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T20:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7494"},"modified":"2012-03-29T13:32:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T20:32:54","slug":"open-thread3292012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/29\/open-thread3292012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/29\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I got the blog up and that\u2019s about all.&#160; I\u2019m feeling slightly better today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have lots of volunteer paperwork to do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:58 (average 5:33).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-03-29-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.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/411209\/march-27-2012\/barack-obama-gun-control-conspiracy\" target=\"_blank\">Colbert Nation<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Barack Obama-Gun Control Conspiracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fear of not being able to buy guns during a second Obama term leads to Americans buying so many guns that now they can&#8217;t buy any guns, just like they feared. <\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:411209\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe>      <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 4px\"><b>The Colbert Report<\/b>         <br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\" target=\"_blank\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Loved it!&#160; Hat-Tip: CaityJ<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/breaking%2Drep%2Dbobby%2Drush%2Dsilenced%2Dand%2Dkicked%2Doff%2Dhouse%2Dfloor%2Dwhen%2Dhe%2Draises%2Dhoodie%2Dfor%2Dtrayvon\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Rep. Bobby Rush Silenced And Kicked Off House Floor When He Raises Hoodie For Trayvon<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ougHdwR8PhI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans break their own House Rules with high-fiber regularity.&#160; This comes down to love of violence and racism.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/29\/judge-in-oklahoma-blocks-law-that-forces-ultrasound-law-for-women-who-wish-to-get-an-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Post<\/a>: <\/font>An Oklahoma judge has rejected as unconstitutional a state law that would have required women seeking an abortion to first view an ultrasound image and listen to a doctor\u2019s description of the fetus.<\/p>\n<p>The Ultrasound Act was approved in 2010 when the Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate overrode a veto issued by then-Gov. 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