{"id":1827,"date":"2010-05-14T11:21:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/my-favorite-memory-of-the-bush-administration\/"},"modified":"2010-05-05T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T21:26:00","slug":"my-favorite-memory-of-the-bush-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/my-favorite-memory-of-the-bush-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Memory of the Bush Administration (photomayo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[originally published on: May 14, 2006]<\/small><\/p>\n

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\n(6\/14\/2003 – photo by MRudd)<\/p>\n

My friend, Mike A, owner of the Gold Pan RV Park in Platoro, Colorado, took me fishing in 2003. He was very generous and patient, loaning me gear, showing me a favorite spot, even cleaning the fish I caught on my first attempt (pictured above). When I caught a second fish, I was overcome by the realization that these fish lived in a beautiful place until I ripped them from their home.<\/p>\n

The last fish I’ll ever catch:<\/p>\n

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Fishing with the Sensei:<\/p>\n

\"Michael\"<\/a><\/p>\n

PS: If you’re wondering about the title of this entry, it is in reference to this quote from — spit on the ground — Duhbya: <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, it\u2019s hard to characterize the great moments. They\u2019ve all been busy moments, by the way. I would say the best moment was when I caught a 7\u00bdlb largemouth bass on my lake<\/strong>,\u201d George W Bush said. [mjh\u2019s blog \u2014 Dumb or Drugged?<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[originally published on: May 14, 2006] (6\/14\/2003 – photo by MRudd) My friend, Mike A, owner of the Gold Pan RV Park in Platoro, Colorado, took me fishing in 2003. He was very generous and patient, loaning me gear, showing me a favorite spot, even cleaning the fish I caught on my first attempt (pictured … Continue reading My Favorite Memory of the Bush Administration (photomayo)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","tag-photomayo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}