{"id":136089,"date":"2018-04-11T16:13:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T22:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136089"},"modified":"2018-04-12T08:27:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:27:44","slug":"well-didnt-see-that-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/11\/well-didnt-see-that-coming.html","title":{"rendered":"Well, didn&#8217;t see that coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Boehner becoming part of the pot industry?<\/p>\n<p>And, amusingly, still using his @SpeakerBoehner Twitter account to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerBoehner\/status\/984022770752290818\">announce it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His tweet, for what it&#8217;s worth, is spot on. It&#8217;s just kind of &#8230; odd.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23marijuana\" rel=\"nofollow\">#marijuana<\/a> <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23warondrugs\" rel=\"nofollow\">#warondrugs<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6543317493114048321\/6543317494621034066\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Ouww-AhGGTw\/Ws6Il-d8VlI\/AAAAAAAEySk\/fFjgnep1hoEyTnS9zHWuexA9eYuo4Zu3wCJoC\/Boehner%2BPot.PNG?imgmax=660\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/hHaAYw9wECM\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Boehner becoming part of the pot industry? And, amusingly, still using his @SpeakerBoehner Twitter account to announce it. His tweet, for what it&#8217;s worth, is spot on. It&#8217;s just kind of &#8230; odd. #marijuana #warondrugs View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,371],"tags":[1495,1174,1288],"class_list":["post-136089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-war-on-drugs","tag-boehner","tag-marijuana","tag-warondrugs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Boehner+Pot.PNGimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128166,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/26\/some-more-articles-on-the-boehner-resignation.html","url_meta":{"origin":136089,"position":0},"title":"Some more articles on the Boehner resignation","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 26-Sep-15 4:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"The irony is that Boehner is, in fact, deeply conservative -- but interested in government that works. He wasn't faking it in wanting to trash Obamacare or pursue any of a dozen other right-wing causes. But he also wanted to keep the government running and keep the GOP from being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135197,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/27\/just-say-no-silly-drug-epidemic-stunts.html","url_meta":{"origin":136089,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;Just Say No&#8221; to silly drug epidemic stunts","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Oct-17 7:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"We'll leave aside that when there have been opioid \/ heroin epidemics in the past which have only impacted poor populations and People of Color, that the outcry from the White House has not been \"We must do something to cure these poor beknighted souls\" but \"We must declare a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/unnamed-13.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":128155,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/25\/boehner-announces-his-resignation-from-congress.html","url_meta":{"origin":136089,"position":2},"title":"Boehner announces his resignation from Congress","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Sep-15 10:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"Not just stepping down as Speaker, but actually leaving office at the end of October.I am no fan of Boehner. He's represented an institutional side of the GOP that has cynically set out not only to advance its own agenda, but to foil any achievement that the current Administration might\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38944,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/john-boehner-hoist-on-his-own-petard.html","url_meta":{"origin":136089,"position":3},"title":"John Boehner, hoist on his own petard","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 1-Oct-13 9:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, if you listen to BusinessWeek (that bastion of crazy liberals), Boehner is not a hapless victim here, but an intentional co-conspirator in his own party's meltdown.I'd give a shiny nickel to jump forward in time 50 years and get that perspective on what's going on right now. Yes, It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39993,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/boehner-gets-cranky-at-fiscal-conservative-groups.html","url_meta":{"origin":136089,"position":4},"title":"Boehner gets cranky at fiscal conservative groups","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Dec-13 9:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"He's miffed about groups like\u00a0Club For Growth, Heritage Action, FreedomWorks, and Americans For Prosperity that were criticizing the Ryan \/ Murray budget deal before it came out.Yeah, yeah, own petard and all that, but it's nice to see him actually say something about the folks who have been jerking his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39788,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/22\/john-boehner-magically-signs-up-for-obamacare.html","url_meta":{"origin":136089,"position":5},"title":"John Boehner magically signs up for Obamacare","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Nov-13 10:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Congratulations, Mr. Speaker. And good health to you.Reshared post from +Luke MulveyEmail from BarackObama.com:Yesterday, House Speaker\u00a0+John Boehner\u00a0went online and signed up for Obamacare. (Yes, really.)Maybe it was a publicity stunt that backfired -- all we know is John Boehner is now another Affordable Care Act success story. 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