{"id":66,"date":"2003-04-10T13:52:53","date_gmt":"2003-04-10T18:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2005-02-04T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T10:06:23","slug":"new-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/04\/10\/new-world-order\/","title":{"rendered":"new world order"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good news:<\/i><\/b> Saddam may be out of Iraq for good, and not too many
\ncivilians were killed in the short GW-II.
\nThe bad news: <\/i><\/b>welcome to the US new world order! Do you think that
\nSyria or Korea is next? I can’t decide. And what on earth does this mean for France
\nand the UN? Do they even exist<\/i> anymore? If not, I think I might be upset.
\nI guess they never really had much buying power, so they won’t mean much to our
\nWeapons of Mass Consumption. (Sigh.)
\nAt least:<\/i><\/b> the new Artemis
\nFowl<\/a> and Harry
\nPotter<\/a> books are due for release in 2.5 weeks and 2.5 months, respectively.
\nIf only the real world were like that of childrens’ books – it would be so easy
\nto tell who the "good guys" are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The good news: Saddam may be out of Iraq for good, and not too many civilians were killed in the short GW-II. The bad news: welcome to the US new world order! Do you think that Syria or Korea is next? I can’t decide. 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