{"id":1873,"date":"2010-01-18T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2010-01-18T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:55:15","slug":"he_fought_monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/18\/he_fought_monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"He Fought Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reposting something from a <a title=\"Another Take on MLK\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/2008\/01\/another_take_on_mlk\/\">couple years ago<\/a> that still moves me and says what needs to be said on this particular federal holiday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He may not have searched for lost treasure, discovered ancient civilizations, or killed aliens in outer space, but he was one of the bravest men this country&#8217;s ever known.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And he did fight monsters.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelmay.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/martin-luther-king-jr.html\">Michael May<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And now some of the greatest words ever spoken on American soil, right up there with the Gettysburg Address, in my humble opinion:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gZLvSnr6s50&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gZLvSnr6s50&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><i>This<\/i> is the promise, the duty, and the destiny of America. Equality, respect, and dignity for all, no matter who or what you may be. We&#8217;re still not there yet, but we&#8217;re getting closer all the time. And that&#8217;s pretty exciting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reposting something from a couple years ago that still moves me and says what needs to be said on this particular federal holiday: He may not have searched for lost treasure, discovered ancient civilizations, or killed aliens in outer space, but he was one of the bravest men this country&#8217;s ever known. &nbsp; And he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}