{"id":3809,"date":"2003-03-26T15:04:26","date_gmt":"2003-03-26T20:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2003-03-26T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2003-03-26T20:04:26","slug":"distractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/26\/distractions.html","title":{"rendered":"Distractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think prayer is good.  I think fasting is good.  I could probably stand to do more of both of them.  (Certainly, given the visual evidence, the latter would be helpful.)<\/p>\n<p>But a House Resolution calling on the President to <a title=\"The Volokh Conspiracy\" href=\"http:\/\/volokh.blogspot.com\/2003_03_23_volokh_archive.html#200050622\">declare a national day of prayer and fasting<\/a> for the war effort?<\/p>\n<p>Yeesh.  Not good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">H. 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