{"id":55,"date":"2007-12-02T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=55"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:06:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:06:19","slug":"a-holiday-gift-for-thomas-friedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"A Holiday Gift for Thomas Friedman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What could you possibly buy Thomas Friedman, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWorld-Flat-History-Twenty-first-Century%2Fdp%2F0312425074%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dgeneric%26qid%3D1194505623%26sr%3D1-2&#038;tag=resourcesforprog&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\">The World is Flat<\/a>, after he sold truckloads of books and aroused so much concern in countless school leaders?<\/p>\n<p>I found the perfect gift during today&#8217;s trip to the local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.costco.com\/\">Costco<\/a> warehouse store.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/uploaded_images\/photo-3-790706.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/uploaded_images\/photo-3-790700.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Are the Chinese or Indians enjoying such technological innovation? <\/p>\n<p>Only American ingenuity is capable of producing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.batterblaster.com\/\">Batter Blaster<\/a> &#8211; pancakes and waffles in an aerosol can. 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