{"id":1820,"date":"2015-05-22T10:15:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2015-05-22T10:15:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:15:05","slug":"corruption-and-complacency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"Corruption and Complacency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1821\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.stillmusic.com\/?attachment_id=1821');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/?attachment_id=1821\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1821\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-22-at-10.00.24-AM-1024x571.png\" alt=\"Sen. Diane Warren\" width=\"474\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-22-at-10.00.24-AM-1024x571.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-22-at-10.00.24-AM-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-22-at-10.00.24-AM-1038x576.png 1038w, http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-22-at-10.00.24-AM.png 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Diane Warren<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/242889-gop-blocks-warren-trade-bill-demanding-transparency');\"  href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/242889-gop-blocks-warren-trade-bill-demanding-transparency\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/242889-gop-blocks-warren-trade-bill-demanding-transparency<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/242889-gop-blocks-warren-trade-bill-demanding-transparency');\"  href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/242889-gop-blocks-warren-trade-bill-demanding-transparency\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek.0:$c39ek-0-0\">This should be and probably IS illegal.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"c39ek-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$c39ek\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"79vov-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$79vov\"><span data-offset-key=\"79vov-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$79vov.0:$79vov-0-0\">The blatant lying and hiding from the truth, all the while playing some semantics-based word\u00a0game that distorts the very meanings of the words being used to excuse the machinations is beyond disgusting (Hatch is absolutely grotesque in his abuse of common sense here), yet we have a media pushing this blather down the throats of the American public like squeegee-weilding cleaners pushing shit and swill out of a pigsty and into the apparent gutter of the overall American &#8220;Mind&#8221;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"79vov-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$79vov\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"2hna3-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$2hna3\"><span data-offset-key=\"2hna3-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$2hna3.0:$2hna3-0-0\">Forcing something so overreaching and powerful down the throats of not only the American people, but essentially any and ALL people in the associated nations, if not the entire Western trade system, is an illegality on it&#8217;s face, and should not being tolerated by ANY public ANYWHERE.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"2hna3-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$2hna3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"2hna3-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$2hna3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"fmm8i-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$fmm8i\"><span data-offset-key=\"fmm8i-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$fmm8i.0:$fmm8i-0-0\">The obvious implications of not allowing anyone to even SEE it, much less have a public debate on it, should have ALL peoples affected out in the streets calling for politician&#8217;s heads. Which is the reasonable response to such abuse of a country&#8217;s people for the self-gain of a very few.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"81cbv-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$81cbv\"><span data-offset-key=\"81cbv-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$81cbv.0:$81cbv-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_209g _2vxa\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"3m3ah-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$3m3ah\"><span data-offset-key=\"3m3ah-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6u.0.1.0.2.0.0.1.0.0.$3m3ah.0:$3m3ah-0-0\">The profound corruption of our leaders and our processes is obvious and predictable, <strong>our lack of caring and our acceptance of our own inevitable fate if this succeeds is NOT so understandable.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/242889-gop-blocks-warren-trade-bill-demanding-transparency This should be and probably IS illegal. The blatant lying and hiding from the truth, all the while playing some semantics-based word\u00a0game that distorts the very meanings of the words being used to excuse the machinations is beyond disgusting (Hatch is absolutely grotesque in his abuse of common sense here), yet we have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":1821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,331],"tags":[702,695,575,391,623,351,696,701,769,700,694,697,698,699,693],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}