{"id":1441,"date":"2002-01-05T00:55:11","date_gmt":"2002-01-05T05:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2002-01-05T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2002-01-05T05:55:11","slug":"folks_who_need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/05\/folks_who_need.html","title":{"rendered":"Folks Who Need to Get A Life Dept."},"content":{"rendered":"

Somehow I expect that there are more critical social needs to be met out there than tracking down Possibly Offensive License Plates. Nonetheless, that’s what someone evidently did. Now Dale Atkeson, a former player for the Washington Redskins, has to turn in his 1REDSKIN vanity plate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Via Ken Layne<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somehow I expect that there are more critical social needs to be met out there than tracking down Possibly Offensive License Plates. Nonetheless, that’s what someone evidently did. 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