{"id":4,"date":"2009-04-29T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/04\/empty-words-on-arlen-specter.html"},"modified":"2009-04-29T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T13:00:00","slug":"empty-words-on-arlen-specter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/04\/empty-words-on-arlen-specter.html","title":{"rendered":"Empty Words on Arlen Specter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is pretty great and hilarious:<\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"368\" width=\"448\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.dailykostv.com\/flv\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"config=http:\/\/www.dailykostv.com\/w\/001239\/vxml.php?448\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.dailykostv.com\/flv\/player.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"config=http:\/\/www.dailykostv.com\/w\/001239\/vxml.php?448\" height=\"368\" width=\"448\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->What the hell is a Tent of Freedom? Can I pitch one? More importantly,do words mean anything to what&#8217;s now left of the GOP? Is Jim Demint agreat Buddhist for demonstrating that words do not necessarily point toany meaning? 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