{"id":934,"date":"2001-10-31T22:07:45","date_gmt":"2001-11-01T03:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=934"},"modified":"2001-10-31T22:07:45","modified_gmt":"2001-11-01T03:07:45","slug":"worth_the_wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/31\/worth_the_wait.html","title":{"rendered":"Worth the wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victory Blog <\/i>is gone, but Spy Hamlet<\/i>, its replacement, is a worthy successor. The lead story today<\/a> is the government announcing new measures against the “global anxietyist networks” that are “worrying innocent Americans.”<\/p>\n

Experts also point to such fear-producing CNN tactics as frightening photographs of anthrax germs and ominous theme music as further evidence of anxietyist groups’ involvement in the national epidemic of concern.<\/p>\n

“It’s not just CNN,” Kerr said, “but groups like Fox News, CNBC, and even CSPAN that are behind the anxietyist attacks. These are large, well-funded, well-organized groups dedicated to scaring the shit out of innocent men, women, and children.”<\/p>\n

A palpable hit on the Amusementmeter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victory Blog is gone, but Spy Hamlet, its replacement, is a worthy successor. 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