{"id":782,"date":"2011-06-15T05:14:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T09:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=782"},"modified":"2011-08-07T13:15:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T17:15:28","slug":"how-to-destroy-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/06\/how-to-destroy-the-united-states.html","title":{"rendered":"Of course we don&#8217;t want to destroy the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-783\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/06\/O29-Network-Harvey-Photos-Paul.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-783\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/06\/O29-Network-Harvey-Photos-Paul.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Harvey (September 4, 1918 to February 28, 2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wanted to share this with you yesterday, but we had a computer error at Beliefnet &#8212; and I apologize if you were frustrated when you tried to watch the video.<\/p>\n<p>The late Paul Harvey, a devoted Christian,\u00a0gives pungent advice on how Satan would go about it if he were to try to destroy the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The late newsman was a tad conservative in his views. No matter your political stance, his comments will give you food for thought.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think of this video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Harvey - If I Were The Devil (original recording)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSFaLUZ2rf4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share this with you yesterday, but we had a computer error at Beliefnet &#8212; and I apologize if you were frustrated when you tried to watch the video. 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