{"id":3113,"date":"2009-10-22T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2009\/10\/22\/a-modern-horror-epic\/"},"modified":"2009-10-22T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T13:04:00","slug":"a-modern-horror-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2009\/10\/22\/a-modern-horror-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"a modern horror epic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n<lj-embed id=\"222\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ct--N3hJfxs\">video<\/a> found via <a href=\"http:\/\/kevissimo.livejournal.com\/135051.html\">Kevin<\/a><\/i>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namesofthedead.com\/\">Names Of the Dead<\/a><\/b>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because have no health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>I have created this project in their memory. I hope that honoring them will help us end this senseless loss of American lives. If you have lost a loved one, please share the story of that loved one with us. Help us ensure that their legacy is a more just America, where every life that can be saved will be saved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A simple yet spooky and powerful little website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.namesofthedead.com\/\">Names Of the Dead<\/a> is collecting precisely what it says, the names, ages, and hometowns of everyone who&#8217;s died from being unable to afford healthcare. They scroll in a list on the left of the screen, white on black and gray, and it seems the names are almost endless, as every time you refresh, new names have been added.<\/p>\n<p>I just signed Congressman Alan Grayson&#8217;s petition to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid demanding he move the Senate forward and pass health care reform now. <\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.mydccc.org\/o\/30019\/t\/6\/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2&amp;tag=reid_tafemail\">sign too<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"CLEAR: both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>video found via Kevin Names Of the Dead: Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because have no health insurance. I have created this project in their memory. I hope that honoring them will help us end this senseless loss of American lives. If you have lost a loved one, please share the story &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2009\/10\/22\/a-modern-horror-epic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;a modern horror epic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[865,106,246,1283],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-activism","tag-politics","tag-reaction","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}