{"id":2432,"date":"2009-06-24T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2009-06-24T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T19:56:08","slug":"her-name-was-neda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/her-name-was-neda\/","title":{"rendered":"Her Name was Neda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) lays a smackdown on the Mullahs and President Obama:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Neda Agha Soltan was 26, and to those new she was ‘a beam of light<\/a>‘… Contrast the statements and actions of this administration with those of Ronald Reagan. Reagan was unequivocal in his support of the of the Polish Solidarity movement, this administration inviting Iranian diplomats to the White House<\/a> to celebrate… wait for it… Independence Day<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I’m betting the irony of that is lost on them.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neda_(Iranian_protester)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) lays a smackdown on the Mullahs and President Obama: Neda Agha Soltan was 26, and to those new she was ‘a beam of light‘… Contrast the statements and actions of this administration with those of Ronald Reagan. Reagan was unequivocal in his support of the of the Polish Solidarity movement, this […]<\/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":[73,7],"tags":[153,741,182],"class_list":{"0":"post-2432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-international-affairs","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-neda-agha-soltan","10":"tag-thaddeus-mccotter","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-De","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":562,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/01\/flamethrower-thaddeus-mccotter\/","url_meta":{"origin":2432,"position":0},"title":"Flamethrower: Thaddeus McCotter","author":"Jeff","date":"October 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It's pure unadulterated demagoguery but it's still a hell of speech! 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