{"id":1237,"date":"2010-08-18T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T06:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2010-09-04T18:51:13","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T08:51:13","slug":"this-is-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/?p=1237","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS AMERICA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>The point about \u2018Empires in Decline\u2019 is that, on the one hand there are always those who say no such empire exists. On the other there are those who say it\u2019s not in decline.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/F-37 Dragon.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"F\/A-37 Dragon - to go\" width=\"510\" height=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/F-37 Dragon-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dragon on-deck!\" width=\"510\" height=\"364\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/F-37 Dragon-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Helter-Skelter\" width=\"510\" height=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">It will be known as the F\/A-37. Although specs are Classified, it is believed to be Mach 3.5 (top speed in the Mach 4 range)<br \/>\nsuper-cruise stealth fighter\/bomber\/interceptor<br \/>\nWith approximately a 4,000nm range. Handy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/Lt Kara Wade.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lt Kara Wade\" width=\"510\" height=\"346\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Of course, it takes an Angel to FLY it! Lt Kara Wade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/Fleet-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Carrier Deployment\" width=\"510\" height=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">From left to right are the aircraft carriers, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, KITTY HAWK and RONALD REAGAN, plus B-2 \u2018for stamps\u2019!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/Boeing 797.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Wae Tah Goh!\" width=\"510\" height=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Boeing&#8217;s new 797 &#8211; Blended Wing Design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/Fleet-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"USS New York\" width=\"510\" height=\"382\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"articlehead1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/wp-content\/images\/Fleet-2b.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Never Forget\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">USS New York, fabricated from steel from the World Trade Center ruins. Motto? NEVER FORGET<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The point about \u2018Empires in Decline\u2019 is that, on the one hand there are always those who say no such empire exists. On the other there are those who say it\u2019s not in decline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[407],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-went","tag-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}