{"id":30952,"date":"2012-10-30T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/30\/romney-changes-his-position-on-fema-and-disaster-recovery.html"},"modified":"2014-11-12T15:49:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T22:49:30","slug":"romney-changes-his-position-on-fema-and-disaster-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/30\/romney-changes-his-position-on-fema-and-disaster-recovery.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney changes his position on FEMA and disaster recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In other news, water is\u00a0wet, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/media.salon.com\/2012\/10\/superstorm-sandy.jpeg58-150x150.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/10\/30\/mitt_flips_on_fema_now_would_keep_it\/'>Mitt flips on FEMA, now would keep it<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRomney said he wanted to eliminate the government agency, but now he&#8217;s having second thoughts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/fxL78thRers' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In other news, water is\u00a0wet, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. 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