{"id":1176,"date":"2008-08-27T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2008-08-27T19:27:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T23:27:46","slug":"us-support-of-chinese-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/27\/us-support-of-chinese-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"US Support of Chinese Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I should point out now that this almost certainly isn&#8217;t what you were expecting.\u00c2\u00a0 See, this is a highlighting of the fact that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/rockdaily\/index.php\/2008\/06\/24\/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy-leaker-gets-fbi-visit\/\">your taxpayer dollars are being spent to protect <em>Chinese Democracy<\/em><\/a>, and <em>not<\/em> democracy in China:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week, the Internet was rocked when California blogger Kevin Skwerl <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/rockdaily\/index.php\/2008\/06\/18\/the-real-chinese-democracy-may-have-leaked\/\" target=\"blank\">posted nine newly leaked <em>Chinese Democracy<\/em> tracks<\/a>, including three previously unheard songs allegedly from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstones.com\/artists\/gunsnroses\" target=\"_blank\">Guns n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Roses<\/a> long-awaited album. 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