{"id":5210,"date":"2008-05-05T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/stephen-king-if-you-cant-read.html"},"modified":"2008-05-05T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T17:47:00","slug":"stephen-king-if-you-cant-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/stephen-king-if-you-cant-read.html","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King: If You Can&#8217;t Read Then, &#8220;You&#8217;ve Got,  the Army, Iraq&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it really is a shame that our military has to hear such elitist crap like this. Millions of people appreciate the job they are doing and know they have sacrificed so much to take such a thankless job and yet what do they hear? Ridicule from a schlocky horror hack writer. I wonder if there were any kids from military families in the audience and how they felt to have their parents equated with illiterates just because they are in the military.<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"390\" height=\"320\" id=\"Redlasso\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/media.redlasso.com\/xdrive\/WEB\/vidplayer_1b\/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"embedId=6c734921-7c74-48df-b487-79d7fd5875bc\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/media.redlasso.com\/xdrive\/WEB\/vidplayer_1b\/redlasso_player_b1b_deploy.swf\" flashvars=\"embedId=6c734921-7c74-48df-b487-79d7fd5875bc\" width=\"390\" height=\"320\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" name=\"Redlasso\"><\/embed><\/object>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.tv\/html\/90023.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it really is a shame that our military has to hear such elitist crap like this. 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