{"id":1702,"date":"2009-03-19T11:40:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T15:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2009-03-19T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T15:57:52","slug":"yeah-what-he-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/yeah-what-he-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, What He Said… Sort of."},"content":{"rendered":"

This video needs no introduction or explanation:<\/p>\n

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Tea party anyone?<\/p>\n

I disagree vehemently on a several points not the least of which is the repeal of the Electoral College… Look at this map of county by county election results from 2000 and you’ll\u00a0 understand why.<\/p>\n

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The Electoral College is the buffer that prevents less densely populated rural areas from being run over at the ballot box by the more denesly populated urban centers… Which is exacly what the Framers intented it to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This video needs no introduction or explanation: Tea party anyone? I disagree vehemently on a several points not the least of which is the repeal of the Electoral College… Look at this map of county by county election results from 2000 and you’ll\u00a0 understand why. The Electoral College is the buffer that prevents less densely […]<\/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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[160,59,522,44],"class_list":["post-1702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-culture","category-politics","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-liberty","tag-republicans","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-rs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4314,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/08\/mythbusters-experiment-goes-awry-sends-cannonball-through-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":1702,"position":0},"title":"Mythbusters Experiment Goes Awry; Sends Cannonball Through Home","author":"Jeff","date":"December 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BJY45bADSqQ&feature=player_embedded Let me preface is this by saying I'm a big fan of Mythbusters, but like many of you I've been expecting something like this would happen for quite some time... 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