{"id":2462,"date":"2011-01-29T08:55:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2011-01-29T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T13:55:31","slug":"brian-wilson-thumps-the-toledo-blade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/29\/brian-wilson-thumps-the-toledo-blade\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Wilson Thumps the Toledo Blade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The great libertarian talk show host <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianwilson.net\">Brian Wilson<\/a><\/strong> has written the definitive rebuttal of the Toledo Blade&#8217;s attacks on his earlier this month.  You can read his demolition of the Blade<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toledofreepress.com\/2011\/01\/28\/brian-wilson-yellow-in-black-and-white\/\"><strong> here<\/strong><\/a>, at the Toledo Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>Brian has done damn fine hell-raising ever since he arrived in at WSPD in Toledo, and this latest brawl is one more V along the way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great libertarian talk show host Brian Wilson has written the definitive rebuttal of the Toledo Blade&#8217;s attacks on his earlier this month. You can read his demolition of the Blade here, at the Toledo Free Press. 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