{"id":2728,"date":"2011-04-26T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T18:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2011-04-26T13:52:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T18:52:04","slug":"press-tv-interview-on-idiotic-us-wars-idiot-policymakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/26\/press-tv-interview-on-idiotic-us-wars-idiot-policymakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Press TV Interview on Idiotic US Wars &#038; Idiot Policymakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I worked hard to flatter my high-level contacts inside the Obama administration in an interview on the wisdom of US warring on Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. <\/p>\n<p>The link to the Press TV interview is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.com\/ussection\/3510802.html?id=0\"> <strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.  The noise in the background is the sound of a new roof being put on my neighbor&#8217;s townhouse.  [redacted @#$@#$ redacted  @#@#$]<\/p>\n<p>Press TV identified me as a &#8220;Liberation Author.&#8221;  That&#8217;s a new one &#8211; I suspect it might be an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>They also included a background photo of the Baltimore skyline.  Hmmmm&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worked hard to flatter my high-level contacts inside the Obama administration in an interview on the wisdom of US warring on Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. The link to the Press TV interview is here. The noise in the background is the sound of a new roof being put on my neighbor&#8217;s townhouse. 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