{"id":26408,"date":"2012-02-15T05:51:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/love-letters-from-tyrants.html"},"modified":"2012-02-15T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T17:09:49","slug":"love-letters-from-tyrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/love-letters-from-tyrants.html","title":{"rendered":"Love Letters from Tyrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love letters from Stalin, Mussolini, and Napoleon. Hmmmm. Makes me hope I never get famous and have my<\/i> love letters published. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Victoria Hudgins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wierd and interesting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLove letters reveal tyrants' hearts bleed, too – CNN.com<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStalin was to the point. Napoleon went on and on. Hitler did it as if he were writing an employee's job review.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Love letters from Stalin, Mussolini, and Napoleon. Hmmmm. Makes me hope I never get famous and have my love letters published. #ddtb Reshared post from +Victoria Hudgins Wierd and interesting. Embedded Link Love letters reveal tyrants' hearts bleed, too – CNN.com Stalin was to the point. Napoleon went on and on. 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