{"id":9855,"date":"2013-01-17T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9855"},"modified":"2013-01-17T04:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T12:12:00","slug":"open-thread1172013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/open-thread1172013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/17\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a new day, and I still feel like burying myself in the deep corner of my cat box.&#160; I am not covering Obama\u2019s gun safety proposal, because it is too big for a short take.&#160; However, I would like to say that, although it is not exactly what I have done, it is far broader than anyone expected, long overdue, and worthy of support.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I will probably still be down.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:22 (average 5:13).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-01-17-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\/hilarious-stephen-colbert-hails-ted-nugent-as-civil-rights-crusader\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>HILARIOUS: Stephen Colbert Hails Ted Nugent As Civil Rights Crusader<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:422857\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe>      <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 4px\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/422857\/january-14-2013\/stephen-colbert-s-double-barrel-blam-o-rama---guns-as-civil-rights-victims\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/b>         <br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\" target=\"_blank\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It appears that InsaniTEA has no depth limit, and the Republican Party has no hate limit.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/17\/us\/politics\/salazar-to-leave-interior-department.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Ken Salazar, the blunt-spoken lawyer and rancher who took over the scandal-ridden Interior Department at the outset of the Obama administration, said Wednesday that he would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doi.gov\/news\/pressreleases\/secretary-salazar-to-return-home-to-colorado.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">step down<\/a> in March to return to his home in Colorado. <\/p>\n<p>He did not say what he intended to do after leaving Washington, and the White House gave no hint of who might succeed him. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Salazar\u2019s exit, along with the announced resignation of Lisa P. Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the anticipated departure of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will leave vacant the critical cabinet posts dealing with climate change and energy, which are among the most pressing challenges facing the nation. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Frankly, I\u2019m glad to see Salazar go, because he has been far too focused on the production of energy from fossil fuels, and not focused enough on the development and production of green energy.&#160; I hope Obama\u2019s appointment brings screams of agony from BP, the Koch Brothers, and other criminal polluters.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#50489570\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel Maddow discussed the tactics of and dealing with Republican extremists and their pundits.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc784d66\" 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=50489570^0^793327&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc784d66\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=50489570^0^793327&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><\/font><\/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\">Amen Rachel! How many times have you folks seen me say, &quot;Do not feed the trolls&quot;?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"TrollsCartoon\" alt=\"TrollsCartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TrollsCartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"17Cartoon\" alt=\"17Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/17Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If only we had listened.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a new day, and I still feel like burying myself in the deep corner of my cat box.&#160; I am not covering Obama\u2019s gun safety proposal, because it is too big for a short take.&#160; However, I would like to say that, although it is not exactly what I have done, it is far <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/open-thread1172013\/' 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-9855","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\/9855","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=9855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}