{"id":778,"date":"2010-03-06T02:30:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=778"},"modified":"2010-03-06T02:30:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T10:30:11","slug":"open-thread-362010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/06\/open-thread-362010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 3\/6\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I kept up with comments, but fell behind on returning visits, because I was working on the blog and on the volunteer website.&#160; Today, I should at least stay abreast of comments.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It took me 3:35.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-03-06-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\">If we did not already know that <em>Faux Noise<\/em> is the GOP Reichsministry of Propaganda, Sean Hannity just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newshounds.us\/2010\/03\/05\/fox_news_an_arm_of_the_gop_hannity_asks_bunning_how_many_votes_short_are_we.php\" target=\"_blank\">proved it<\/a>.&#160; In an arse kissing interview with Jim Bunning, Hannity inquired, \u201c<strong>How many votes do <font color=\"#ff0000\">we<\/font> have<\/strong>?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Boys at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstateupdate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red State Update<\/a> are getting ready for the Oscars.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/quGT2I4U_cI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/quGT2I4U_cI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline\"><a title=\"Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/PCcartoons\/PCbest2.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 550px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100304\/chappatte.jpg\" \/><\/a>     <br \/><a title=\"See Cartoons by Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/pccartoons\/archives\/chappatte.asp\" target=\"_blank\">See Cartoons by Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Politicalcartoons.com Cartoon\" href=\"http:\/\/politicalcartoons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Cagle.com\" href=\"http:\/\/cagle.com\/caglecards\/main.asp?image=http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/100304\/chappatte.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How\u2019s your weekend?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I kept up with comments, but fell behind on returning visits, because I was working on the blog and on the volunteer website.&#160; Today, I should at least stay abreast of comments. 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