{"id":11731,"date":"2008-02-13T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/02\/13\/the-more-things-change-7.html"},"modified":"2008-02-13T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T02:29:18","slug":"the_more_things_change_7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/13\/the_more_things_change_7.html","title":{"rendered":"The More Things Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foreignpolicy.com\/node\/8129\" target=\"_blank\">Ten things that <em>won&#8217;t<\/em> change<\/a>, regardless of who&#8217;s elected president.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly (in most cases), I can&#8217;t argue with any of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten things that won&#8217;t change, regardless of who&#8217;s elected president. 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