{"id":11330,"date":"2016-11-24T06:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T14:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=11330"},"modified":"2016-11-24T06:49:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T14:49:24","slug":"elbenbo-wallows-in-misery-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/elbenbo-wallows-in-misery-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"elBenbo Wallows In Misery For The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Thanksgiving here in the good ol\u2019 US.<\/p>\n<p>And, unlike most lists today, I\u2019m not going to yap on about what I\u2019m thankful for. (And really, why would you care anyway?) Instead, I\u2019m going to talk about what I\u2019m NOT thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a list:<\/p>\n<p>(Not by any means exhaustive):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pedophiles running amok \u2014 especially in positions of power (Hollywood, Washington DC, public schools, yada yada yada) with a media that is slowly starting to accept it and, in some cases, defend it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Corrupt judges, lawyers, and cops (see the Innocence Project for how widespread this is)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Child trafficking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Violent protestors bought and paid for by billionaires that live overseas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Media lies and manipulation that make what&#8217;s good seem bad and what&#8217;s bad seem good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And the list goes on\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(I\u2019m just getting warmed up here, Sunshine.)<\/p>\n<p>Those are things elBenbo is *not* thankful for and hopes get more attention than videos of cats on flakebook some day, instead of being swept under the rug \u2014 \u201cnothing to see here, move along\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So go ahead, babycakes.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Me?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be wallowing in despair today.<\/p>\n<p>(While I eat turkey, drink beer, and watch football, of course\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p>Black Friday.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest avoiding Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n<p>Or, if you want to slip slowly into madness with me instead, check out my \u201cEmail Players\u201d newsletter:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\"><strong>www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Thanksgiving here in the good ol\u2019 US. And, unlike most lists today, I\u2019m not going to yap on about what I\u2019m thankful for. (And really, why would you care anyway?) Instead, I\u2019m going to talk about what I\u2019m NOT thankful for. Here\u2019s a list: (Not by any means exhaustive): Pedophiles running amok \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-email-marketing"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}