{"id":1068,"date":"2008-12-02T14:29:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T19:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2008-12-02T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T19:31:01","slug":"common-sense-fred-thompson-on-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/02\/common-sense-fred-thompson-on-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Sense: Fred Thompson on the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Thompson delivers dose of common sense on the economy and our government&#8217;s &#8220;spend yourself to prosperity plan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/Ad3iNI+MAQ\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Thompson delivers dose of common sense on the economy and our government&#8217;s &#8220;spend yourself to prosperity plan&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[174,1363,115],"class_list":{"0":"post-1068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-bailout-plan","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-fred-thompson","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-he","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1044,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/22\/fred-thompson-drops-rnc-bid-for-return-to-acting\/","url_meta":{"origin":1068,"position":0},"title":"Fred Thompson Drops RNC Bid for Return to Acting","author":"Jeff","date":"November 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Continuing with my catching up on things theme here... It looks like the race for RNC Chair has tightened a little more. I mentioned a few days ago that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's bid for appeared to be losing steam and now comes word that Fred Thompson is dropping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3006,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/19\/fred-thompson-the-war-in-afghanistan-has-been-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":1068,"position":1},"title":"Fred Thompson: The War in Afghanistan Has Been Lost","author":"Jeff","date":"November 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh boy, I wish Fred hadn't gone here but the said truth is someone had to say it out loud... From the Politico: Former Sen. 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