{"id":521,"date":"2005-09-21T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-21T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2005-09-21T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-21T16:45:00","slug":"521","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=521","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The National Guard as exorcists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/carnacki.blogspot.com\/\">The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relapsedcatholic.com\/\"> Relapsed Catholic<\/a>, a cheesy local TV news report on National Guardsmen <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs5.com\/video\/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com\">exorcising &#8220;little girl&#8221; ghosts<\/a> from an abandoned New Orleans school. <\/p>\n<p>Think of it as the military version of  &#8220;the priesthood of the believer.&#8221; (Fast connection needed)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Voodoo, cannibalism, witchcraft&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wherever soldiers go, there goes the word of Gawd &#8230;&#8221; Oh boy, it&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Model_Army\">New Model<\/a> National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/hurricane+katrina\" rel=\"tag\">Hurricane Katrina<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ghosts\" rel=\"tag\">Ghosts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Guard as exorcists From The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire via Relapsed Catholic, a cheesy local TV news report on National Guardsmen exorcising &#8220;little girl&#8221; ghosts from an abandoned New Orleans school. Think of it as the military version of &#8220;the priesthood of the believer.&#8221; (Fast connection needed) &#8220;Voodoo, cannibalism, witchcraft&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Wherever soldiers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-521","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1233,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1233","url_meta":{"origin":521,"position":0},"title":"After 2,000 Years, Hermann is Followed by Ghosts","author":"Chas S. 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