{"id":833,"date":"2011-03-28T11:29:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/?p=833"},"modified":"2011-03-28T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:29:13","slug":"setting-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/setting-the-stage.html","title":{"rendered":"Setting the stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been taking a vacation of sorts from this blog, for the reasons I already mentioned below.  I\u2019ve been trying to find a way to do more than write \u201caint it awful\u201d every day, along with the occasional spiritual Pagan piece.  Many of you have written insightful comments, which I very much appreciate, including that some of you find my political commentary useful.<\/p>\n<p>I am not entirely sure where the coming weeks will take this blog but I know if it continues I need it to have a greater portion than has been the case of positive articles to exposures about the depraved sociopathy that calls itself \u201cconservatism,\u201d the Sauronic imbecility that masquerades as right wing \u2018Christianity,\u2019 and the less noxious but debilitating cowardice and dishonesty that calls itself Obama Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>I hope my next few posts will be  models for what will happen more often now. If I can keep it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been taking a vacation of sorts from this blog, for the reasons I already mentioned below. I\u2019ve been trying to find a way to do more than write \u201caint it awful\u201d every day, along with the occasional spiritual Pagan piece. 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