{"id":8333,"date":"2012-07-12T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8333"},"modified":"2012-07-12T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:59:01","slug":"open-thread7122012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/12\/open-thread7122012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/12\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It will be another very hot day, so I am not a happy camper, but I\u2019m current with replies and, barring unforeseen circumstances, will be blogging tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:52 (average 5:30).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-07-12-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\/exposed-mitt-romneys-koch-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>EXPOSED: Mitt Romney&#8217;s Koch Problem<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BlPNLJjCpXc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He is the ultimate Koch Sucker.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/168848\/campaignusa-2012-romney-hits-freeloaders-dark-knight-parodies-bain-much-more#\" target=\"_blank\">The Nation<\/a>: <\/font>Incredible, and <a href=\"http:\/\/leanforward.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2012\/07\/11\/12690460-romney-responds-to-naacp-booing-if-they-want-more-stuff-from-the-government-tell-them-to-go-vote-for-the-other-guy?lite\" target=\"_blank\">revealing statement<\/a>, from Romney last night at a fundraiser in Montana (hosted by Charles Schwab) on getting booed at NAACP confab today for ripping Obamacare:&#160; &quot;Remind them of this: If they want more stuff from government, tell them to go vote for the other guy\u2014more free stuff. But don&#8217;t forget, nothing is really free.&quot; <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We know nothing is free. We&#8217;ve paid for far too much stuff for millionaires, billionaires and corporate criminals for far too long.&#160; Romney is essentially accusing black people of being freeloaders.&#160; I trust that Romney will be using the event to pander to racists.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From Me: <\/font><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#0000ff\">The following worthless pieces of crap betrayed America and goose-stepped with the Republican Regime against Obamacare:<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>David Boren (DINO-OK)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Larry Kissell (DINO-NC)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>James Matheson (DINO-UT)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Michael Ross (DINO-AR)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#0000ff\">For a Democrats, voting to repeal their party&#8217;s signature achievement is the most craven thing they could do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"3\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"12Cartoon\" alt=\"12Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/12Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be another very hot day, so I am not a happy camper, but I\u2019m current with replies and, barring unforeseen circumstances, will be blogging tomorrow. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:52 (average 5:30).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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