{"id":3926,"date":"2010-05-04T00:32:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T04:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2010-05-04T00:32:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T04:32:58","slug":"so-how-does-this-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2010\/05\/04\/so-how-does-this-work\/","title":{"rendered":"So How Does This Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do they hold something over you, and call the favor in when needed?\u00c2\u00a0 Or are you just this gobsmackingly, unbelievably, and appallingly <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/05\/michael-brown-obama-wanted-the-oil-spill-to-happen.php?ref=fpblg\">craven and stupid<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ex-FEMA director Michael Brown today claimed that President Obama  waited to respond to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico because he  wanted an excuse to shut down offshore drilling.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who directed FEMA under George W. Bush, is famous for his own  botched response to Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n<p>So what does he have to say about this latest environmental disaster?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The delay was this,&#8221; Brown said on Fox News today. &#8220;It&#8217;s pure  politics.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, one of the advantages that Republicans have over Democrats is that they&#8217;ve plenty of people willing to demonstrate this kind of stupefying ignorance of reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do they hold something over you, and call the favor in when needed?\u00c2\u00a0 Or are you just this gobsmackingly, unbelievably, and appallingly craven and stupid? 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