{"id":449,"date":"2012-08-11T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2012-08-20T12:02:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T12:02:23","slug":"goin%e2%80%99-for-the-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Goin\u2019 For The Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=449\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><em><strong>Hi Friends&#8230;<\/strong> in keeping with what&#8217;s hot and in the headlines, I&#8217;ve come up with this timely poem. Following the verse is a Stash editorial. I hate to inject emotion and personal feelings into these things&#8230; but I couldn&#8217;t help myself. Forgive me. <strong>Stash<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n<p>      <strong>The Olympic Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fighting for the contest\u2019s gold&#8230;<br \/>\nA shiny prize goes to the bold.<br \/>\nHappening once, every four years&#8230;<br \/>\nIt always ends with smiles and tears.<\/p>\n<p>The agony, the effort&#8230; all the sweat&#8230;<br \/>\nThe winner and his next best bet.<br \/>\nIn the lead and then running behind&#8230;<br \/>\nWho\u2019ll first reach the finish line?<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for results, late to come in&#8230;<br \/>\nWho\u2019ll be the loser&#8230; who will win?<br \/>\nThe merry-go-round&#8230; then the finals.<br \/>\nThere can be no excuses&#8230; no denials.<\/p>\n<p>In an instant, hopes are dashed&#8230;<br \/>\nGolden dreams abruptly smashed.<br \/>\nHappy hugs from the victor\u2019s mama&#8230;<br \/>\nWho will it be&#8230; Romney or Obama?<\/p>\n<p>           <strong> Stash<\/strong>          <\/p>\n<p><em> <strong>*** Stash-Editorial***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regarding the question posed<br \/>\n  In the last line of my poem:<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I really don\u2019t care.<br \/>\nThank God for the real Olympics,<br \/>\nAs we have had a two week respite<br \/>\nFrom the 24\/7 barrage of nauseating<br \/>\nCampaign bla-bla-bla-bla-bla.<br \/>\nI\u2019m pretty sick of the whole muddy process.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s expensive. It\u2019s nasty. It\u2019s foul.<br \/>\nRunning for president has turned into<br \/>\nA Machiavellian blood-sport&#8230;<br \/>\nOne where truth is only optional<br \/>\nAnd where lies, slander and distortion<br \/>\nAre the tools of choice<br \/>\nFor those wanting to get elected.<br \/>\nSo this is democracy.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s that loud humming I hear?<br \/>\nOh&#8230; that\u2019s just our Founding Founders&#8230;<br \/>\nSpinning in their graves.<\/p>\n<p>                <strong> Stash<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Friends&#8230; in keeping with what&#8217;s hot and in the headlines, I&#8217;ve come up with this timely poem. Following the verse is a Stash editorial. 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