{"id":1099,"date":"2009-12-17T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T19:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2009-12-17T17:56:21","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T00:56:21","slug":"it-makes-a-body-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1099","title":{"rendered":"It Makes A Body Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOT!  <\/p>\n<p>With thanks and a H\/T to Mike at <a href=\"http:\/\/thelastbestplace.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/baucus-not-even-majority-of-us.html\">Last Best Place<\/a> for the video.  He uses it to underscore the basic problem with the healthcare bill.  I don&#8217;t for a second dismiss his point, but I would like to use the same clip to illustrate a completely different point:<\/p>\n<p>Max Baucus is dumber than a box of hair.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, listen to the exchange between Senator Coburn and Max.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Mz4sWdFxlmg&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, can any of you &#8211; with a straight face &#8211; say that you would trust Max to make an informed and intelligent decision on even the least important choice in your life?  <\/p>\n<p>No wonder so many in Washington DC think we voters are dumb.  Look at who we elect to represent us.  It&#8217;s not even a matter of principles or ethics. Or even that elusive concept of common sense.   It&#8217;s about basic IQ. <\/p>\n<p>Max, Stanford called, they want their diplomas back. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOT! With thanks and a H\/T to Mike at Last Best Place for the video. He uses it to underscore the basic problem with the healthcare bill. I don&#8217;t for a second dismiss his point, but I would like to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1099\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xq4i-hJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}