{"id":45314,"date":"2021-02-21T23:11:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T07:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=45314"},"modified":"2021-02-21T23:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T07:11:04","slug":"rush-elton-ted-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2021\/02\/21\/rush-elton-ted-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush &#038; Elton &#038; Ted &#038; Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>&#8220;Life is about building bridges, not walls.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u2013 <\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Elton John<\/strong>, when criticized for performing at <strong>Rush Limbaugh<\/strong>\u2019s 2010 wedding.&nbsp;<br \/>\nSomething I say all the time might have also been a good response \u2013 \u201cA gig\u2019s a gig.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rush Limbaugh <\/strong>is dead.&nbsp; I can\u2019t say this is a story I got excited about; I was far more interested in <strong>Ted Cruz <\/strong>doing the limbo, but that\u2019s just me.&nbsp; Make no mistake \u2013 I was no fan of Limbaugh (or Cruz, for that matter).&nbsp; Then again, I never listened to Rush (or Cruz, for that matter).&nbsp; Knowing the hatred Rush spewed, I wasn\u2019t surprised at the hatred he provoked.&nbsp; But I do find it fascinating when someone\u2019s demise gives so many such glee \u2013 as if it really changes their lives.&nbsp; If it brings you happiness, great.&nbsp; If I don\u2019t care for someone, I don\u2019t give them much thought.<\/p>\n<p>Onto another death \u2013 <strong><em>Mom<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Yes, <em>CBS <\/em>has announced that the much-lauded sitcom will wrap at the end of this season.&nbsp; This one hurt.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because this cancellation gives the impression that a great show with a great cast could not make it without the comic stylings of <strong>Anna Faris <\/strong>\u2013 the woman who sunk <strong><em>Overboard<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Are you telling me that <strong>Chris Pratt <\/strong>could go on without Anna, but <strong>Allison Janney <\/strong>can\u2019t?&nbsp; Oh, the humanity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Life is about building bridges, not walls.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2013 Elton John, when criticized for performing at Rush Limbaugh\u2019s 2010 wedding.&nbsp; Something I say all the time might have also been a good response \u2013 \u201cA gig\u2019s a gig.\u201d Rush Limbaugh is dead.&nbsp; I can\u2019t say this is a story I got excited about; I was far<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45323,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45314\/revisions\/45323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}