{"id":8020,"date":"2013-11-27T20:03:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T00:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8020"},"modified":"2013-11-27T20:29:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T00:29:48","slug":"last-man-standing-comments-on-fcc-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/last-man-standing-comments-on-fcc-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Man Standing comments on FCC regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Ray Novak for sharing this video from the ABC series <em>Last Man Standing<\/em>:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/embed\/VDKA0_eabaxzrp\" height=\"296\" width=\"526\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nI imagine there are pirates out there who would agree with Mike Baxter (a.k.a. Tim Allen). \u00a0Savor your ham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Ray Novak for sharing this video from the ABC series Last Man Standing: I imagine there are pirates out there who would agree with Mike Baxter (a.k.a. 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