{"id":3663,"date":"2010-01-07T22:50:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T02:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2010-01-07T22:50:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T02:50:55","slug":"seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2010\/01\/07\/seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Days!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes wonder about the brains and talent that are wasted simply because they were born into <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2010\/01\/bradley_byrne_says_every_word.html\">a population of idiots<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HUNTSVILLE, AL -\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;I believe the Bible is true,&#8221; Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne said here Wednesday. &#8220;Every word of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Byrne&#8217;s testimony came as he tried to clarify an earlier statement seized on by his opponents for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Byrne had been quoted in the <em>Mobile Press-Register <\/em>in November as saying, &#8220;I believe there are parts of the Bible that are meant to be literally true and parts that are not.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next up: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+2%3A1-11&amp;version=NIV\">water is not actually wine<\/a>, and no <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Judges+21%3A10-24&amp;version=NLT\">I won&#8217;t give you my daughter to rape<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes wonder about the brains and talent that are wasted simply because they were born into a population of idiots: HUNTSVILLE, AL -\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;I believe the Bible is true,&#8221; Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne said here Wednesday. &#8220;Every word of it.&#8221; Byrne&#8217;s testimony came as he tried to clarify an earlier statement seized on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I sometimes wonder about the brains and talent that are wasted simply because they were born into a population of idiots: HUNTSVILLE, AL -\u00c2 &quot;I believe the Bible is true,&quot; Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne said here Wednesday. &quot;Every word of it.&quot; Byrne&#039;s testimony came as he tried to clarify an earlier statement seized on\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"society\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2010\/01\/07\/seven-days\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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