{"id":1455,"date":"2003-11-17T19:56:16","date_gmt":"2003-11-18T02:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2003\/11\/17\/chicken-george\/"},"modified":"2003-11-17T19:56:16","modified_gmt":"2003-11-18T02:56:16","slug":"chicken-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2003\/11\/17\/chicken-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/uk_news\/story\/0,6903,1086397,00.html\">measures<\/a> that the Bush administration wanted to put in place to ensure his safety on his visit to the UK are almost beyond belief: closing the London underground, immunity for snipers who accidentally kill protesters, and the use of battlefield weaponry against protesters. 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