{"id":3440,"date":"2012-03-24T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T21:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2012-03-24T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T21:22:36","slug":"new-york-times-op-ed-taps-advisor-to-murderous-bahrain-regime-to-criticize-fla-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/24\/new-york-times-op-ed-taps-advisor-to-murderous-bahrain-regime-to-criticize-fla-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Op-ed Taps Advisor to Murderous Bahrain Regime to Criticize FLA Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPLE HOOT! New York Times<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/24\/opinion\/floridas-disastrous-self-defense-law.html\"><strong> Op-Ed page <\/strong><\/a>has an advisor to murderous Bahrain Interior Ministry criticize Florida laws on use of force. <\/p>\n<p>Reasonable folks can disagree on the &#8220;stand your ground&#8221; law &#8211; but&#8230;&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.cnn.com\/2011-11-23\/middleeast\/world_meast_bahrain-unrest_1_human-rights-bahraini-abuses?_s=PM:MIDDLEEAST\"><strong>Bahrain<\/strong><\/a>?????<\/p>\n<p>This is like having a Taliban spokesman comment on Rick Santorum&#8217;s views on contraception. <\/p>\n<p>twitter @jimbovard<br \/>\nJames Bovard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPLE HOOT! New York Times Op-Ed page has an advisor to murderous Bahrain Interior Ministry criticize Florida laws on use of force. Reasonable folks can disagree on the &#8220;stand your ground&#8221; law &#8211; but&#8230;&#8230; Bahrain????? This is like having a Taliban spokesman comment on Rick Santorum&#8217;s views on contraception. twitter @jimbovard James Bovard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Times Op-ed Taps Advisor to Murderous Bahrain Regime to Criticize FLA Law - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/24\/new-york-times-op-ed-taps-advisor-to-murderous-bahrain-regime-to-criticize-fla-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York Times Op-ed Taps Advisor to Murderous Bahrain Regime to Criticize FLA Law - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TRIPLE HOOT! 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