{"id":24,"date":"2006-10-01T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2006-10-01T11:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2006\/10\/i-just-keep-getting-surprised.html"},"modified":"2006-10-01T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2006-10-01T11:22:45","slug":"i-just-keep-getting-surprised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2006\/10\/i-just-keep-getting-surprised.html","title":{"rendered":"I Just Keep Getting Surprised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actionpestcontrol.com\/americancockarach.jpg\" width=\"557\" align=\"top\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not only can we not trust current Republican politicians with our Constitution (signing statements, torture, <em>habeus corpus<\/em>), our government (Katrina, suppression of science), our military (Iraq) or our money (Abramoff, Iraq, the deficit, the economy), you can&#8217;t trust Republicans with our kids (Predator Coverup).<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, I am not sure the picture I placed above is even fair &#8211; cockroaches cannot help being cockroaches.<\/p>\n<p>(With thanks to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firedoglake.com\/2006\/09\/30\/see-how-they-run\/#more-4754\"> Firedog Lake<\/a> for the cockroach idea&#8230;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firedoglake.com\/\">FDL<\/a> is one of the best bloggers on the latest Republican scandal of its leadership covering up pedophiles.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong> The other best blog for keeping up with this scandal is Josh Marshall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/\">Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only can we not trust current Republican politicians with our Constitution (signing statements, torture, habeus corpus), our government (Katrina, suppression of science), our military (Iraq) or our money (Abramoff, Iraq, the deficit, the economy), you can&#8217;t trust Republicans with our kids (Predator Coverup). 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