{"id":3978,"date":"2011-05-02T16:25:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T21:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nedandkathyswift.com\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2011-05-02T16:25:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T21:25:51","slug":"pleasing-no-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nedandkathyswift.com\/?p=3978","title":{"rendered":"Pleasing No One."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Quran burning minister from Florida wanted to have a peaceful demonstration in Dearborn, Mi.\u00a0 Since Dearborn holds the largest Muslim population of any city in the US, the local officials would only allow it if he posted a large sum of money for stepped up police protection. The minister, of course, didn’t have that kind of money so he cried “Foul”.<\/p>\n

Now, the cities actions also upset the ACLU who cried “freedom of speech”.\u00a0 It also upset the Christian population who were tired of having to be politically correct.\u00a0 And, it upset the Muslim population who didn’t like being labeled at fanatics.<\/p>\n

I guess some days you just can’t win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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