{"id":789,"date":"2012-12-21T12:45:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/?p=789"},"modified":"2012-12-21T12:45:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:45:58","slug":"the-indians-who-dont-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"The Indians Who Don&#8217;t Exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I was on a campout with the Cub scouts. 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