{"id":11829,"date":"2015-11-29T22:57:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T22:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11829"},"modified":"2015-11-29T22:57:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T22:57:43","slug":"moratorium-is-proving-to-be-a-severe-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11829","title":{"rendered":"Moratorium is proving to be a severe test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/imagesizer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11830\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/imagesizer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"imagesizer\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/imagesizer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/imagesizer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/imagesizer.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0feel compelled to make an admission.<\/p>\n<p>The self-imposed moratorium I have placed on High Plains Blogger is providing a stern test of internal fortitude.<\/p>\n<p>I have vowed to steer away from presidential politics commentary at least through Christmas. So far I&#8217;ve been quite faithful, although I&#8217;ve strayed dangerously close to the line; some might accuse me of crossing it prematurely.<\/p>\n<p>With all the chatter going on out there about, oh, Donald Trump&#8217;s assertion about cheering on 9\/11, Chris Christie&#8217;s endorsement by the New Hampshire Union-Leader, Ted Cruz&#8217;s rise in public opinion polling, Ben Carson&#8217;s visit to the refugee camps in Jordan &#8230; why, I am having trouble keeping my fingers from typing something to say about any and all of it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll keep plugging away, though, at other topics. The world, I&#8217;m learning, is full of interesting developments that are occurring every hour of every day.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I might sway and swerve close to that line as we go plow ahead toward Christmas. But my intent is to retain High Plains Blogger&#8217;s status &#8212; with apologies to Bill O&#8217;Reilly &#8212; as a no-politics zone.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck. Some good karma also would be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00a0feel compelled to make an admission. The self-imposed moratorium I have placed on High Plains Blogger is providing a stern test of internal fortitude. I have vowed to steer away from presidential politics commentary at least through Christmas. So far I&#8217;ve been quite faithful, although I&#8217;ve strayed dangerously close to the line; some might accuse &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11829\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Moratorium is proving to be a severe test<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[588,965,1424,2122,5686,5687,4537],"class_list":["post-11829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-news","tag-ben-carson","tag-chris-christie","tag-donald-trump","tag-high-plains-blogger","tag-no-politics-zone","tag-presidential-campaign","tag-ted-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11831,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11829\/revisions\/11831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}