{"id":7465,"date":"2016-11-23T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2016-11-23T08:25:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T12:25:39","slug":"the-president-and-the-butterball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2016\/11\/the-president-and-the-butterball.html","title":{"rendered":"The president and the Butterball"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A\u00a0favorite scene from one of my favorite episodes of <em>The West Wing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Bartlet and the Butterball Hotline\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQsvcs9IB8A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving everyone. \u00a0I\u2019m thankful for everyone who visits and throws out their opinions, even if they disagree with me. \u00a0It always gives me food for thought. \u00a0Take care, God\u2019s blessings and have a safe and bountiful holiday, no matter where you\u2019re at in life. \u00a0Remember that life itself is worth giving thanks for.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be gone the rest of the day, with family tomorrow and busy avoiding stores on Friday for some more downhome family fun. \u00a0Saturday is The Game, and Sunday we begin the long journey toward that most wonderful time of the year. \u00a0I\u2019ll see you next week around Tuesday. \u00a0TTFN<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0favorite scene from one of my favorite episodes of The West Wing. 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