{"id":887,"date":"2009-06-21T18:29:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T01:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T01:28:50","slug":"you-have-to-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/","title":{"rendered":"You have to read this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/print\/?q=MDlhMmZmY2I1MjI0MTZlNDBhZmI3N2Y3ZDk2ZGZlYjA=\">Neutrality Isn&#8217;t an Option by Mark Steyn<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You always have a dog in the fight, whether you know it or not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I refuse to summarize this, because every paragraph is worth your time to read.  But here&#8217;s the money line (don&#8217;t use this an excuse not to read it all).  Regarding Obama&#8217;s attempt to cut the Islamist government some multi-cultural slack, by making presidential comments of &#8220;concern&#8221; without any tinge of real criticism of the treatment of peaceful protesters, Steyn characterizes the response of the &#8220;Supreme Leader&#8221; of Iran this way:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Offered the world&#8217;s biggest carrot, Khamenei took it and used it as a stick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now go read it all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-887\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-887\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-887\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/21\/you-have-to-read-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neutrality Isn&#8217;t an Option by Mark Steyn You always have a dog in the fight, whether you know it or not. 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