{"id":295,"date":"2007-05-13T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T21:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/13\/what-would-martial-law-look-like\/"},"modified":"2007-05-13T23:17:09","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T04:17:09","slug":"what-would-martial-law-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/13\/what-would-martial-law-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What Would Martial Law Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=495662818&amp;size=l\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/196\/495662818_99ffd4e610.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If they put a sign saying &#8220;Rule of Law&#8221; on the front of the howitzer, people might not notice any difference between this and other post 9\/11 ornaments in DC.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/195\/495676211_4b0a69eca6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing to see here, folks &#8211; move along&#8230;.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full size photo for the above is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=495676211&amp;size=l\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=495676211&amp;size=l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new Patriot System in DC:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/230\/495662822_3ecebaf504.jpg\" height=\"500\" style=\"width: 374px; height: 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just another harmless decoration on the Smithsonian Mall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Full size version of the above photo is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=495662822&amp;size=l\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=495662822&amp;size=l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking at these photos, some people might think about how easily the howitzer (and the other weaponry on the Mall) could be turned at Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Folks don&#8217;t recognize that the barrels are already pointing in their direction.<\/p>\n<p>(I took these photos at the &#8220;Celebrate Public Service Exhibition&#8221; on the Mall yesterday.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If they put a sign saying &#8220;Rule of Law&#8221; on the front of the howitzer, people might not notice any difference between this and other post 9\/11 ornaments in DC. &#8220;Nothing to see here, folks &#8211; move along&#8230;.&#8221;\u00a0 The full size photo for the above is at http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=495676211&amp;size=l The new Patriot System in DC: Just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22,659,6,10,658,656,7,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-attention-deficit-democracy","8":"tag-bovard","9":"tag-bush","10":"tag-congress","11":"tag-dictatorship","13":"tag-lese-majeste"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Would Martial Law Look Like? 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