{"id":27,"date":"2006-04-17T22:17:39","date_gmt":"2006-04-18T03:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/04\/17\/dear-leader\/"},"modified":"2006-04-17T22:17:39","modified_gmt":"2006-04-18T03:17:39","slug":"dear-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/04\/17\/dear-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just may have changed my position on the immigration issue &#8211; clearly, we are letting too many North Korean speech writers into this country.  Think Progress shares this gem from the Easter Egg Roll at the White House:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nToday at the White House Easter Egg Roll, dozens of children \u00e2\u20ac\u0153from the stricken Gulf Coast region serenaded First Lady Laura Bush with a song praising the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d To the tune of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey Look Me Over,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the kids from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama sang:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stood beside us<br \/>\nPeople have sent us aid.<br \/>\nKatrina could not stop us, our hopes will never fade.<br \/>\nCongress, Bush and FEMA<br \/>\nPeople across our land<br \/>\nTogether have come to rebuild us and we join them hand-in-hand!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More <a href-\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2006\/04\/17\/katrina-song\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just may have changed my position on the immigration issue &#8211; clearly, we are letting too many North Korean speech writers into this country. 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