{"id":7759,"date":"2012-05-13T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2012-05-13T09:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T16:09:46","slug":"open-thread5132012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/13\/open-thread5132012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/13\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know what set off my COPD, now.  We have our first mini heat wave of the year, and that brings out tree pollen en masse.  It reached 83\u00b0 outside, but in the enclosed breezeway, where I get my fresh air, it reached 109\u00b0.  I pulled my little A\/C out of storage and held the inside temperature down to 88\u00b0.  Today will be hotter.  Because of the COPD I need to limit myself, so this and my mothers day post will be it for the day.  I\u2019m current with replies.  We\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:01 (average 5:02).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>One Bumper Sticker Sure To Give The GOP Nightmares<\/p>\n

\"12Obamacxare\"<\/p>\n

As much as everyone seems to hate Obamacare, almost all love the individual benefits they derive from it.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Mitt Romney traveled to Liberty University, the spiritual heart of the conservative movement, on Saturday, seeking to quell concerns about him among evangelical voters by offering a forceful defense of faith and Christian values in public life<\/p>\n

At a graduation speech at the college, founded by the evangelical leader Jerry Falwell, Mr. Romney made the case that he is bound theologically and politically to the same belief and value system as Christian conservatives, though he never explicitly mentioned his Mormon faith. <\/p>\n

Ironically, the founder of Liberty University led the charge to declare Mormonism a cult.  Because of \u201cburrowing in\u201d during the Bush regime, this third rate Republican supply-side pseudo-Christian propaganda mill has more bureaucrats in government service than any other college in the US.<\/font><\/p>\n

From WTOP<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class security.<\/p>\n

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said Saturday that all the initiatives have bipartisan support. He says only Congress can take such actions as ending tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas or helping small business owners by giving them a tax break for hiring more workers.<\/p>\n

Penalizing companies that ship jobs overseas and rewarding companies that create jobs here is such a no-brainer that it should be a nonpartisan issue.  That’s why Republicans oppose this.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"13Cartroon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know what set off my COPD, now.  We have our first mini heat wave of the year, and that brings out tree pollen en masse.  It reached 83\u00b0 outside, but in the enclosed breezeway, where I get my fresh air, it reached 109\u00b0.  I pulled my little A\/C out of storage and held the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}