{"id":1502,"date":"2013-10-06T20:57:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2013-10-06T20:57:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T20:57:48","slug":"our-democracy-is-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"Our Democracy Is at Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/02\/opinion\/friedman-our-democracy-is-at-stake.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/09\/16\/opinion\/Friedman_New\/Friedman_New-superJumbo.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/02\/opinion\/friedman-our-democracy-is-at-stake.html\\'&gt;Our Democracy Is at Stake&lt;\/a&gt;This time is different. What is at stake in this government shutdown forced by a radical Tea Party minority is nothing less than the principle upon which our democracy is based: majority rule. President Obama must not give in to this hostage taking - not just because Obamacare is at stake, but because the future of how we govern ourselves is at stake.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Nytimes&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/09\/16\/opinion\/Friedman_New\/Friedman_New-superJumbo.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/02\/opinion\/friedman-our-democracy-is-at-stake.html'>Our Democracy Is at Stake<\/a>This time is different. What is at stake in this government shutdown forced by a radical Tea Party minority is nothing less than the principle upon which our democracy is based: majority rule. President Obama must not give in to this hostage taking &#8211; not just because Obamacare is at stake, but because the future of how we govern ourselves is at stake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Democracy Is at StakeThis time is different. What is at stake in this government shutdown forced by a radical Tea Party minority is nothing less than the principle upon which our democracy is based: majority rule. 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