{"id":723,"date":"2014-03-23T20:02:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T00:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kljcharters.com\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2014-03-23T20:02:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T00:02:23","slug":"bottlecap-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kljcharters.com\/blog\/bottlecap-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottle cap Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States, you can start a riot, or sink a political campaign, or fill nightly newscasts for a week with a real or implied desecration of the American flag. 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