{"id":2308,"date":"2011-08-17T21:02:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T01:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iomaire.com\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2011-08-17T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T01:02:21","slug":"iris-dement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/17\/iris-dement\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris Dement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never heard of Iris Dement before, but this song really speaks to our present predicament.  The first 30 seconds or so of the video is shaky, but after that it&#8217;s O.K.  In 1997, Forida State senator John Grant, after hearing the song played on public radio station WMNF in Tampa, got a $104,000 grant pulled.  In two days, the stations&#8217; loyal fans raised $122,000.  If you&#8217;d like to listen to WMNF, click on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/\">this<\/a> link.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve read that this song is WMNF&#8217;s anthem, so to speak.  It was written in 1996, but the message is as relevant as ever.  Even more so, now that the selfishness of the Republican Party is on full display.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hhgb9hYjX3g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;border=1&#038;showinfo=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hhgb9hYjX3g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;border=1&#038;showinfo=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For more on Iris Dement, visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisdement.com\/biography.html\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never heard of Iris Dement before, but this song really speaks to our present predicament. The first 30 seconds or so of the video is shaky, but after that it&#8217;s O.K. In 1997, Forida State senator John Grant, after <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/17\/iris-dement\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309,"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/2309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}