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I would be more skeptical of a FOX News take<\/a>, if I hadn\u2019t heard it on CNN. \u00a0Yeah, it\u2019s that bad. \u00a0And when Jay Carney was asked on CNN if the deceit and lies that Gruber lauds were deliberate, it\u2019s noteworthy that he didn\u2019t deny they were on purpose. Of course expect no outrage. \u00a0If we are\u00a0 a nation of scaredy-cats on one side,<\/a>\u00a0that is balanced by the fact that on the other side is a segment of the population that confuses laziness and apathy with virtue. \u00a0We have our apps. \u00a0We have Netflix. \u00a0It probably won\u2019t impact me anyway. \u00a0America sucks. \u00a0Evil happens. \u00a0Move on. \u00a0Nothing to see here. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"