{"id":7606,"date":"2012-04-21T11:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2012-04-21T11:45:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T18:45:14","slug":"open-thread4212011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/21\/open-thread4212011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;4\/21\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">My COPD is still pretty severe, and I had to run a few errands this morning, but I have enough gas left in the tank to post today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have volunteer paperwork to do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:01 (average 4:32).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-04-21-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:\/\/front.moveon.org\/shocking%2Dbarack%2Dobama%2Dreveals%2Dthe%2Damerican%2Dvalues%2Dthat%2Dhe%2Dreally%2Dbelieves%2Din\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Shocking! Barack Obama Reveals The American Values That He REALLY Believes In<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/21values.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"21values\" alt=\"21values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/21values_thumb.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The difference between his values and Republican values is that his are valuable.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From MSNBC: <\/font>Romney blames Obama for factory closed under Bush<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc72b0c9\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=47123805^0^403637&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc72b0c9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=47123805^0^403637&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is to ne expected. Republicans are blaming Obama for everything they and Bush did.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-fix\/post\/democratic-senator-joe-manchin-not-sure-hell-back-obama\/2012\/04\/20\/gIQAP7bNWT_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) isn\u2019t sure whether he&#8217;ll support President Obama over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. In a statement, Manchin said he had \u201csome real differences\u201d with both candidates. He told National Journal [wing nuts delinked] that the last three ears have \u201cmade it pretty rough\u201d in his state, where Obama has never been popular. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I recognize that Manchin has to be right-wing, because of who he represents, but for a Democratic Senator not to support a Democratic President is the political equivalent of treason.&#160; His name should be changed to <em>Nelson Lieberman<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/tina-dupuy\/tea-party-report-mitt-v-obama\" target=\"_blank\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Here is the latest installment of tea party reporter Susie Sampson asking regular folks on the street about how they feel about Mitt Romney and POTUS.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dGX3WjMy20?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Thou shalt not commit Teabuggery!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"21Cartoon\" alt=\"21Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/21Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">When distributing links to today\u2019s articles, I have to skip Care2 as their login server is down,&#160; I hope they weren\u2019t hacked again.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My COPD is still pretty severe, and I had to run a few errands this morning, but I have enough gas left in the tank to post today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have volunteer paperwork to do. 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