{"id":4716,"date":"2009-05-01T06:10:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T11:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2009-05-01T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T13:40:07","slug":"gutless-big-talking-veep-wets-pants-whimpers-like-scared-kitten-creates-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4716","title":{"rendered":"Gutless Big-Talking Veep Wets Pants, Whimpers Like Scared Kitten, Creates Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Joe Biden, toughened by his years on the mean streets of Scranton and in the coal mines of Wilkes-Barre, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/us_world\/Swine-Flu-0428.html\">went all Sir Robin on us<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"paragraph1\">Vice president Joe Biden said today he would tell his family members not to use subways in the U.S. and implied schools should be shuttered as the swine flu outbreak spread to 16 states. His remarks quickly caused a stir, drawing a rebuke from New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and later leading the White House to apologize.<\/p>\n<div id=\"nbcMediaImages\">\n<div id=\"storyMedia2\" class=\"storyMediaPos\" \/><!-- end of 'storyMedia3' --><\/p>\n<div id=\"storyMedia3\" class=\"storyMediaPos\"><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">                 <script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" \/>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"><\/link><script type=\"text\/javascript\">                 $(document).ready(function(){                   $('#jqm_wrp_3')                   .jqDrag('.jqDrag')                   .jqm({                      trigger: '#sseTrigger_3',                      ajax:    'http:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/i\/dispatcher\/?command=LoadSlideshow&amp;id=43907637&amp;sectionId=333234&amp;path=\/news\/us_world&amp;viewer=modal',                      target:  '#jqm_cont_3',                      overlay: 0,                      onShow:  function(h) { h.w.css('opacity',1).fadeIn(\"fast\"); 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