{"id":8735,"date":"2012-09-02T11:06:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2012-09-02T11:06:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T18:06:09","slug":"open-thread922012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/02\/open-thread922012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;9\/2\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I spent a lot of time collecting the data for today\u2019s monthly report.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies, and tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:46 (average 5:06).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-09-02-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-best-darn-display-of-real-journalism-on-a-major-network-weve-seen-in-a-really-long-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>The Best Darn Display Of Real Journalism On A Major Network We&#8217;ve Seen In A Really Long Time<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_BK28v_BZU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is the ONLY time I have seen a mainstream reporter really butt heads with a Republican over GOP lies.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/02\/opinion\/sunday\/dowd-cruel-conservatives-throw-a-masquerade-ball.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Republicans care deeply. They really do. <\/p>\n<p>They care deeply about making us think that they care deeply. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why they knocked themselves out producing a convention that was a colossal hoax. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I recommend that you click through for this superior editorial by Maureen Dowd.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2012\/09\/01\/787441\/romney-to-homeless-hurricane-victim-go-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Yesterday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Louisiana, where much of the state was flooded due to Hurricane Issac. While visiting the Pelican State, however, Romney had some odd advice for one victim of the hurricane who had lost her home due to the flooding. According to Jodie Chiarello, a suddenly homeless resident of the state, Romney advised her to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/09\/01\/mitt-romney-211_n_1848432.html\" target=\"_blank\">go home and call 211<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The GOP plan for the homeless is to have them send Willard a help request with an stamped envelope to their home addresses.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"2Cartoon\" alt=\"2Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I spent a lot of time collecting the data for today\u2019s monthly report.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies, and tomorrow appears routine. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:46 (average 5:06).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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