{"id":7674,"date":"2005-01-19T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2005-01-19T17:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/01\/19\/second-term.html"},"modified":"2005-01-19T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2005-01-19T17:50:49","slug":"second_term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/19\/second_term.html","title":{"rendered":"Second Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/movies\/feature\/jibjabinaugural.html\">latest drollery<\/a> from Jib-Jab (the &#8220;This Land Is Your Land&#8221; folk).  Now sponsored\/hosted by Yahoo (which may explain why it&#8217;s so frelling slow to download).<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it&#8217;s not (IMO) nearly as entertaining as the past efforts &#8212; the rhymes are a <em>lot <\/em>more labored (largely because of a dearth of words that really go with &#8220;term&#8221;), the humor is spotty (though still directed pretty multi-directionally), and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be a decent &#8220;theme&#8221; to pull it together.  But it&#8217;s still better than a good 90% of the satire out there &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/j-walkblog.com\/blog\/index\/P18582\/\">J-Walk<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest drollery from Jib-Jab (the &#8220;This Land Is Your Land&#8221; folk). Now sponsored\/hosted by Yahoo (which may explain why it&#8217;s so frelling slow to download). 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