{"id":175,"date":"2008-07-04T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=175"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:01:01","slug":"happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3022\/2636433025_cf42caf62f.jpg?v=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3022\/2636433025_cf42caf62f.jpg?v=0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Australian friend just emailed the following question.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>4th of July<br \/>If you asked, no matter HOW politely, do think that Britain would let the US back in?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Photo from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arindam_soma\/2636433025\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arindam_soma\/2636433025<\/a>\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian friend just emailed the following question. 4th of JulyIf you asked, no matter HOW politely, do think that Britain would let the US &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unfiled"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Independence Day! 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