{"id":799,"date":"2009-01-20T05:18:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=799"},"modified":"2009-01-20T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T15:53:33","slug":"obama-time-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/01\/20\/obama-time-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Time for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barack Obama, I&#8217;m not sure if he is brining good change or bad, but change is coming.<\/p>\n<p>As you all know Obama is our new president and is sitting waiting to be inaugurated today. This is really cool and all because it\u2019s\u00a0 happening here right around me in the Washington DC area. The inauguration today\u00a0is supposed to be the largest gathering ever on the National Mall. 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