{"id":9730,"date":"2012-12-13T04:05:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2012-12-13T04:05:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T12:05:49","slug":"open-thread12132012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/open-thread12132012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;12\/13\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m no better.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Let\u2019s see what tomorrow brings.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:00 (average 5:02).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-12-13-CE2504A965A9\">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\/hollywood-legend-ed-asner-has-outraged-republicans-over-this-animated-short\/\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Hollywood Legend Ed Asner Has Outraged Republicans Over This Animated Short<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6ZsXrzF8Cc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yes we can do something. We can tax the 1%, close loopholes that benefit only the rich, outlaw offshore tax shelters, and end corporate welfare.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/12\/13\/how-republicans-are-duping-members-of-their-own-party.html\">The Daily Beast<\/a>: <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2012\/12\/10\/176975\/voters-want-soft-fiscal-cliff.html\" target=\"_blank\">The poll<\/a> comes from the McClatchy News Service and was conducted by Marist. It asked respondents what they would and would not support as part of a grand fiscal bargain. The top-line results are typical: People first and foremost want to see taxes go up on the high end.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the good stuff. Breaking down results to <strong>Republican respondents only<\/strong>, their positions are as follows. By 47-37, they oppose letting the current payroll tax cut expire (an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/12\/11\/president-obama-s-foolish-willingness-to-screw-liberals-over-medicare.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama position<\/a>). By 68-26, they\u2019re against cutting Medicare spending. By 61-33, they oppose cutting Medicaid spending (yes, Medicaid spending!). By 66-28, they\u2019re against eliminating the home-mortgage interest deduction. By 72-25, they oppose eliminating the charitable contribution deduction. And by 56-44, less overwhelming but still very much a landslide in political terms, they just say no to raising the Medicare eligibility age. [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican party fools rank and file Republicans into voting for them, while not representing their voters. Republicans govern exclusively for the benefit of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#50183197\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republican Bullshitology on Taxes and Lincoln<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc84ba99\" 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=50183197^0^359526&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc84ba99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=50183197^0^359526&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\">Since the Federal income tax was originally created by Republicans, raised for the first time by Republicans, and reestablished by Republicans, despite Republican lies to the contrary, perhaps we should rename the Federal income tax. Call it the Republican tax.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"13Cartoon\" alt=\"13Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/13Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m no better.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Let\u2019s see what tomorrow brings. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:00 (average 5:02).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? Short Takes: From MoveOn: Hollywood Legend Ed Asner Has Outraged Republicans Over This Animated Short &#160; Yes we can do something. 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