{"id":29861,"date":"2026-07-15T10:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=29861"},"modified":"2026-07-08T05:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:42:49","slug":"29861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=29861","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/260706-patriot-front-march-washington-dc-reuters-bk.webp_.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/260706-patriot-front-march-washington-dc-reuters-bk.webp_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/260706-patriot-front-march-washington-dc-reuters-bk.webp_.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/260706-patriot-front-march-washington-dc-reuters-bk.webp_-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/260706-patriot-front-march-washington-dc-reuters-bk.webp_-150x100.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 85vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A CAUTIONARY TALE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A cautionary tale is a narrative designed to warn readers of a danger or moral consequence. It typically has three parts: it states a danger, shows those disregarding the warning, and ends with the violators facing an unpleasant fate to drive the moral lesson home.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following closely you may already realize it&#8217;s happening. This swamp is bigger than a pool and has not yet been drained.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo above: Cheney Orr \/ Reuters, photo below: Chip Somodevilla \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reflecting-pool-algae.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reflecting-pool-algae.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reflecting-pool-algae.jpg.jpg 570w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reflecting-pool-algae.jpg-330x271.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reflecting-pool-algae.jpg-150x123.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 85vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CAUTIONARY TALE A cautionary tale is a narrative designed to warn readers of a danger or moral consequence. It typically has three parts: it states a danger, shows those disregarding the warning, and ends with the violators facing an unpleasant fate to drive the moral lesson home. If you&#8217;ve been following closely you may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=29861\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29861"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30085,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29861\/revisions\/30085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}