{"id":13009,"date":"2019-01-03T11:35:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=13009"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:18:00","slug":"other-damn-near-surly-2018-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/03\/other-damn-near-surly-2018-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Damn Near Surly 2018 Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some folks responded to<a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/02\/my-surliest-2018-quotes\/\"> Wednesday&#8217;s blog post<\/a> by caterwauling that I only write surly pieces.\u00a0 So here&#8217;s a half dozen quotes from last year&#8217;s articles that showcase my positive thinking.<\/p>\n<p><a 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150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/If-Twitter-thinks-Americans-are-so-fragile-that-goofy-memes-can-subvert-an-election-then-people-need-sedatives-not-voting-rights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13014\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/If-Twitter-thinks-Americans-are-so-fragile-that-goofy-memes-can-subvert-an-election-then-people-need-sedatives-not-voting-rights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/If-Twitter-thinks-Americans-are-so-fragile-that-goofy-memes-can-subvert-an-election-then-people-need-sedatives-not-voting-rights.jpg 760w, 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https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-latest-jpb-quote-Hill-6-29-2018-survey-on-the-crisis-of-democracy-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/Canva.com\">Canva.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pixabay.com\">Pixabay<\/a> for royalty-free software &amp; images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some folks responded to Wednesday&#8217;s blog post by caterwauling that I only write surly pieces.\u00a0 So here&#8217;s a half dozen quotes from last year&#8217;s articles that showcase my positive thinking. 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