{"id":103,"date":"2008-02-17T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:05:53","slug":"happy-independence-day-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day Kosovo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/uploaded_images\/IMG_0409-711355.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\/IMG_0409-711337.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>I was exiting the subway at Rockefeller Center when I heard horns blaring and sirens wailing up 6th Avenue. Hundreds of (luxury) cars and SUVs full of exuberant flag-waving Kosovoans were jamming traffic and ear drums in all directions.<\/p>\n<p>My first thought was that Kosovo won a soccer match, but then I noticed all of the American flags.<br class=\"webkit-block-placeholder\"><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/uploaded_images\/IMG_0405-794064.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\/IMG_0405-794050.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>This was no celebration of a sporting victory. Kosovo, with the help of the Clinton Administration and NATO, had earned their independence from Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Kosovo and Americans from Kosovo!<br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\"><br \/>I love NY!!<\/span><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/uploaded_images\/collage-731462.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\/collage-731304.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Sent from my iPhone<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was exiting the subway at Rockefeller Center when I heard horns blaring and sirens wailing up 6th Avenue. 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