{"id":599,"date":"2009-07-25T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/ap-covers-the-free-state-project\/"},"modified":"2014-05-21T23:25:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T03:25:52","slug":"ap-covers-the-free-state-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/ap-covers-the-free-state-project\/","title":{"rendered":"AP covers the Free State Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press published an article which reached major media outlets today.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/07\/25\/AR2009072501369.html\">Washington Post&apos;s version<\/a> is the unedited article.  <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/political_opinion\/Libertarians_seek_a_place_in_the_New_Hampshire_sun_2\">Digg it here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Lots of good quotes made the article.  Here&#8217;s mine:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Once upon a time America was unquestionably the freest nation in the world by a huge margin. That&#8217;s not the case anymore and people are starting to realize that,&#8221; says Varrin Swearingen, an airline pilot who is president of the group. &#8220;The further we go down the path to destruction, particularly economically lately, the more interesting this becomes to more people.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kudos to Adam Geller for getting so much right in this article.  <\/p>\n<p>V-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press published an article which reached major media outlets today. The Washington Post&apos;s version is the unedited article. Digg it here. Lots of good quotes made the article. Here&#8217;s mine: &#8220;Once upon a time America was unquestionably the freest nation in the world by a huge margin. That&#8217;s \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/ap-covers-the-free-state-project\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[15,34],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freedom","tag-free-state-project","tag-new-hampshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AP covers the Free State Project - Varrin&#039;s World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sugargroup.net\/varrin\/ap-covers-the-free-state-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AP covers the Free State Project - Varrin&#039;s World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Associated Press published an article which reached major media outlets today. 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