{"id":1645,"date":"2008-07-04T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/happy-independence-day-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-07-03T16:12:30","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T21:12:30","slug":"happy-independence-day-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/happy-independence-day-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day 2008!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.selectmetrix.com\/images\/Posts\/HappyIndependenceDay2008_E2B4\/USAFlagged.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.selectmetrix.com\/images\/Posts\/HappyIndependenceDay2008_E2B4\/USAFlagged_thumb.jpg?resize=185%2C158\" alt=\"USA\" height=\"158\" style=\"border: 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>232 years!<\/p>\n<p>Have a happy and safe holiday weekend from all of us at Select Metrix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>232 years! 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