{"id":3164,"date":"2011-10-30T20:45:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T01:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:22:18","slug":"obamas-white-house-of-horrors-execution-without-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/30\/obamas-white-house-of-horrors-execution-without-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s White House of Horrors: Execution Without Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times had a perky cartoon today by Brian McFadden today on the pervasive fears across the ideological spectrum of Obama&#8217;s White House horrors. My hunch was that the cartoonist thought the fears were a laughing matter (here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2011\/10\/29\/opinion\/sunday\/20111030_McFadden_Cartoon.htmL\"><strong>link <\/strong><\/a>to the full-size cartoon in the Times).<\/p>\n<p>And people wonder why cartoonists in alternative media have thrived in recent years&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>If there was only a way to haunt the Obama policymakers with the specter of drones&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>James Bovard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The New York Times had a perky cartoon today by Brian McFadden today on the pervasive fears across the ideological spectrum of Obama&#8217;s White House horrors. My hunch was that the cartoonist thought the fears were a laughing matter (here&#8217;s a link to the full-size cartoon in the Times). 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