{"id":4119,"date":"2003-02-03T13:26:34","date_gmt":"2003-02-03T18:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2003-02-03T13:26:34","modified_gmt":"2003-02-03T18:26:34","slug":"tell_me_its_jus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/03\/tell_me_its_jus.html","title":{"rendered":"Tell me it’s just a nightmare, please"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe that people are wasting all their time protesting trivialities like a possible war on Iraq when there are crimes against humanity like this<\/a> being seriously contemplated.<\/p>\n

Just shoot me now, and set me on a funeral pyre of my collection.<\/p>\n

(A bit more, not reassuring, news here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

(via Scott<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe that people are wasting all their time protesting trivialities like a possible war on Iraq when there are crimes against humanity like this being seriously contemplated. 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