{"id":8652,"date":"2012-08-22T07:10:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T14:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2012-08-22T07:10:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T14:10:40","slug":"open-thread8222012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/22\/open-thread8222012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/22\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I returned home late from my echocardiogram.&#160; They could not get the resolution they wanted normally, so they injected me with a solution that better reflect the sound waves.&#160; Today is my stress test.&#160; This is today\u2019s only article.&#160; If I am able to catch up on replies before I leave, I will.&#160; Tomorrow I have several hours of computer and blog maintenance planned.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 5:36 (average 6:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-08-22-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\/the-one-reagan-quote-that-republicans-dont-talk-about\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>The One Reagan Quote That Republicans DON&#8217;T Talk About<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cgbJ-Fs1ikA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He may be the GOP&#8217;s St. Ronnie, but that <em>librul<\/em> couldn&#8217;t be a dog catcher in today&#8217;s Republican Party.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/21\/g-o-p-approves-strict-anti-abortion-language-in-party-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Even as the Republican establishment <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/21\/us\/politics\/republicans-decry-todd-akins-rape-remarks.html\" target=\"_blank\">continued to call<\/a> for Representative <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/21\/akin-asks-for-forgiveness-in-new-ad\/?hp\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Akin<\/a> of Missouri to drop out of his Senate race because of his comments on rape and abortion, Republicans approved platform language on Tuesday calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion with no explicit exceptions for cases of rape or incest.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-abortion plank, approved by the Republican platform committee Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla., was similar to the planks Republicans have included in their recent party platforms, which also called for a constitutional ban on abortions. The full convention is set to vote on the party\u2019s platform on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Romney recently claimed to support rape and incest exceptions. He lied.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#48746553\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>GOP Adds War on Voting to Party Platform<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc82d7b8\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=48746553^0^376410&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc82d7b8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=48746553^0^376410&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 NBCNews.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.nbcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">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\" target=\"_blank\">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\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The fastest route to totalitarian rule is to allow one party to decide who can vote and who can&#8217;t. 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