{"id":8955,"date":"2012-09-28T08:31:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T15:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2012-09-28T08:31:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T15:31:47","slug":"open-thread9282012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/open-thread9282012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;9\/28\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday my volunteer meeting in prison was a mostly social event, as speakers from outside colleges and churches came in to read essays.&#160; I love it, when visitors come to a meeting for the first time, because they are always amazed at how my guys are nothing like their expectations.&#160; Critter agrees with Critter.&#160; I\u2019m so worn out, that I feel like I should bury myself in the deepest corner of my kitty box., so this is today\u2019s only article.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; I expect to be back full time and normal tomorrow.<\/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 4:36).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-09-28-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\/why-romneys-let-detroit-go-bankrupt-would-have-been-exactly-the-wrong-move-4-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Why Romney&#8217;s &#8221;Let Detroit Go Bankrupt&#8221; Would Have Been Exactly The Wrong Move 4 Years Ago<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9OACGoyOCSc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">4 years ago, Lord Willard&#8217;s policies would have been disastrous. That has not changed, and continuing Obama&#8217;s leadership is imperative.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#49205834\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>The service of Lord Willard<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc70a45d\" 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=49205834^0^463197&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc70a45d\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=49205834^0^463197&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\">I was ready to go to prison to protest that war, and attacked because of my activism, I left blood on the streets of several US cities. For that, I receive no benefits, but in my protest, I did far more to serve this nation than Lord Willard. Soldiers who put their ass on the line fighting that war and activists who put their ass on the line opposing that war all served. Chickenhawks like GW Bush, Cheney and Lord Willard did not!&#160; WE gave.&#160; THEY take.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/rosiegray\/george-w-bush-to-keynote-cayman-islands-investmen\" target=\"_blank\">Buzzfeed<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#49204966\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Former President George W. Bush is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JECarter4\/status\/250769286400970753\" target=\"_blank\">deliver<\/a> the keynote address at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit on Grand Cayman just a few days before the election. <\/p>\n<p>The conference will feature Bush as the keynote speaker on the first night, and British billionaire Sir Richard Branson on the second night. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc624470\" 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=49204966^0^222289&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc624470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=49204966^0^222289&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\">Lord Willard may not want Crawford Caligula visiting him personally, but he must be OK with Bush visiting his money.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"28Cartoon\" alt=\"28Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/28Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday my volunteer meeting in prison was a mostly social event, as speakers from outside colleges and churches came in to read essays.&#160; I love it, when visitors come to a meeting for the first time, because they are always amazed at how my guys are nothing like their expectations.&#160; Critter agrees with Critter.&#160; I\u2019m <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/open-thread9282012\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}