{"id":3492,"date":"2005-09-13T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2005-09-13T22:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/13\/youve-gotta-be-kidding-me\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:02:58","slug":"youve-gotta-be-kidding-me-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/13\/youve-gotta-be-kidding-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve gotta be kidding me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7769,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260309190632\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 00:43:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 05:27:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 17:59:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 17:59:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7770,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.theonion.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260309145312\\\/https:\\\/\\\/theonion.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 00:43:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 18:07:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 06:12:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 06:12:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7771,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2005\\\/US\\\/09\\\/13\\\/katrina.impact\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230326103623\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2005\\\/US\\\/09\\\/13\\\/katrina.impact\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 00:43:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 23:53:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 23:53:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7772,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com\\\/id\\\/9280375\\\/site\\\/newsweek&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080906114728\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com\\\/id\\\/9280375\\\/site\\\/newsweek\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 00:43:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 23:53:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 23:53:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>So&#8230;when did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\" title=\"CNN\">CNN<\/a> start hiring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/\" title=\"The Onion\">The Onion<\/a>&#8216;s writers?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/09\/graphics\/bushkatrina-1.jpg\" height=\"398\" width=\"480\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Bush Takes Responsibility\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2005\/US\/09\/13\/katrina.impact\/index.html\" title=\"CNN: Bush: 'I take responsibility' for federal failures on Katrina\">They&#8217;re <em>serious<\/em>?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazing.<\/p>\n<p>At least he&#8217;s actually acting like a President for once. Pity that it took this long, this big of a catastrophe, this many dead people, and I&#8217;d bet that it&#8217;s motivated more by his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/9280375\/site\/newsweek\/\" title=\"Newsweek: Eye of the Political Storm\">tanking approval rate<\/a> than any real sense of responsibility&#8230;but at least it&#8217;s something.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DMadonna%2526albumTerm=Nothing Really Matters%2526songTerm=Nothing Really Matters (Kruder and Dorfmeister)%26 partnerId%3D30\">Nothing Really Matters (Kruder and Dorfmeister)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1= itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DMadonna%26partnerId%3D30\">Madonna<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DMadonna%2526albumTerm=Nothing Really Matters%26partnerId%3D30\">Nothing Really Matters<\/a><\/em> (1999, 11:10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;when did CNN start hiring The Onion&#8217;s writers? Oh, wait. They&#8217;re _serious_?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-3492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}