{"id":8007,"date":"2012-06-10T10:22:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T17:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8007"},"modified":"2012-06-10T10:22:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T17:22:18","slug":"open-thread6102012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/10\/open-thread6102012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/10\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday laundry wore me out, and I still have more to do.&#160; Yuck!&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have to work on planning the meeting for Tuesday\u2019s volunteer work in prison.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:26 (average 5:17).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-06-10-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\/be-a-good-friend-tell-others-what-this-means-so-they-can-fight-it-in-their-state\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>BE A GOOD FRIEND: Tell Others What This Means So They Can Fight It In Their State<\/p>\n<p><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=\"10MLK-RTW\" border=\"0\" alt=\"10MLK-RTW\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10MLK-RTW.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Virtually all Republican initiatives are titled to imply the exact opposite of their actual effect.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/video\/campaign\/231907-obama-tells-activists-change-is-hard-in-video-message-to-netroots-nation-\" target=\"_blank\">The Hill<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama taped a surprise video message for activists attending the progressive Netroots Nation conference, telling them that &quot;change is hard, but we&#8217;ve seen it\u2019s possible.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oPeV5P2sBzM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We need to consider Obama&#8217;s many accomplishments, and the horrific conditions under which he made them.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/defeated-in-walker-recall-democrats-vow-to-fight-on-v35ngeh-158310425.html\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>: <\/font>Despite a stinging defeat days earlier, Wisconsin Democrats pledged at their annual convention to hold fast to their party&#8217;s values, or as U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin put it, to &quot;fight for fairness.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Madison congresswoman has Democrats hoping that Republican Gov. Scott Walker&#8217;s decisive victory in Tuesday&#8217;s recall election can, in some measure, be avenged. Baldwin and four Republicans are seeking to claim the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#8217;m asking you to keep fighting so that people who work hard, play by the rules, can once again get ahead rather than falling behind,&quot; Baldwin said Friday, on the first day of the two-day convention.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the Democrats of Fitzwalker$tan for their courage. The Fartfuhrer&#8217;s multi-billionaire barrage could be disheartening, and they are doing us proud.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"10Cartoon\" alt=\"10Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday laundry wore me out, and I still have more to do.&#160; Yuck!&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have to work on planning the meeting for Tuesday\u2019s volunteer work in prison. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:26 (average 5:17).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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