{"id":2254,"date":"2009-01-09T15:45:23","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T20:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2009-01-09T15:45:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T20:45:23","slug":"the-secret-service-theyre-insane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/01\/09\/the-secret-service-theyre-insane\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Secret Service, they&#8217;re insane.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/01\/08\/AR2009010803900.html\">is quote as having said that today<\/a>, about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/graphic\/2008\/12\/04\/GR2008120402930.html\">Fortress DC Lockdown<\/a> the Secret Service seems to be planning.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Closing all of the bridges from Virginia to DC is bad enough, but <a href=\"http:\/\/lifein.mvsna.org\/index.cfm\/2009\/1\/8\/Inaugural-Lock-Down--parking--peds\">making pedestrians prove that they have a right to be in their own neighborhoods<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, I think we might be approaching insane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, Rep. 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