{"id":1798,"date":"2011-01-18T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T00:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:59:26","slug":"1798","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":">:-("},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following email with the subject above. It&#8217;s a political critique of Governor Christie by my 13 year-old nephew, Mathew. I&#8217;ve posted it here verbatim.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">That&#8217;s it Christie! I&#8217;m moving to <a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nauru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nauru!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\"><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/cheat-sheet\/item\/christie-stops-nj-ny-tunnel\/dead-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He  stopped the tunnel.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\"><a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2011\/01\/18\/nj-governor-to-visit-charter-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He&#8217;s  building too many charter schools.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\">Read Mathew&#8217;s <a title=\"One Proud Uncle\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9TfoRi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent critique of public school policy<\/a> in New Jersey, posted in September.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end sanitized html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following email with the subject above. 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