{"id":808,"date":"2008-05-01T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T14:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=243"},"modified":"2008-05-01T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T14:36:52","slug":"5108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"5\/1\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Salem News<\/em> in Ohio did a front page story about our campaign last week. \u00a0 The story noted that I believe [in the short term] that it would be good for our country to go beyond Recession and actually slide into a: Depression. \u00a0 (Whew…<\/em> \u00a0 there goes a few votes, huh.) \u00a0 In reading about the Great Depression in the 1930s, I learned that many people moved out of urban centers to rural settings. \u00a0 They moved in with relatives, friends, etc., there \u00a0to be closer to food sources. \u00a0 As a result, these urbanites reconnected with the land, learned to live simply, and generally shared on a \u00a0considerably heightenned level with their neighbors… So, do we want to continue to be ‘consumed alive’ in our current culture; or would it be better to \u00a0shift to a much more centered, simple and sharing culture? \u00a0 And while I’m sure many would want to choose the latter, I don’t think many of us can get from here to there — without a crash. \u00a0 Just like alcoholics often have to hit “bottoms” before they truly decide to change their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Salem News in Ohio did a front page story about our campaign last week. \u00a0 The story noted that I believe [in the short term] that it would be good for our country to go beyond Recession and actually …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}