{"id":1169,"date":"2008-12-08T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2008-12-08T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T17:40:17","slug":"change-did-i-say-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1169","title":{"rendered":"Change? Did I Say &quot;Change?&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few links covering much of the non-change the Obama administration is giving us.<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.redstate.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/03\/the-audacity-of-patience\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Audacity of Patience<\/a> on RedState, noting status quo in cabinet appointments, the Bush tax cuts, but mostly the closing (or not) of Gitmo.<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/nov\/21\/obama-to-delay-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Times<\/a>:&#160; &quot;Don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&quot;?&#160; Don&#8217;t hold your breath.<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/04\/us\/politics\/04military.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a> (yes, <em>that<\/em> New York Times):&#160; Reality rears its ugly head regarding Iraqi forces.&#160; I like this line:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI said that I would remove our combat troops from Iraq in 16 months, with the understanding that it might be necessary \u2014 likely to be necessary \u2014 to maintain a residual force to provide potential training, logistical support, to protect our civilians in Iraq,\u201d Mr. Obama said this week as he introduced his national security team.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s the catchy way he said it in all his speeches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few links covering much of the non-change the Obama administration is giving us. * The Audacity of Patience on RedState, noting status quo in cabinet appointments, the Bush tax cuts, but mostly the closing (or not) of Gitmo. * The Washington Times:&#160; &quot;Don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&quot;?&#160; Don&#8217;t hold your breath. * The New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,18,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-economics-taxes","category-government","category-military"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}