{"id":1886,"date":"2012-10-19T10:19:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2012-10-19T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:19:48","slug":"well-im-not-a-crook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1886","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m Not a Crook!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-600px.jpg\" alt=\"I AM NOT A CROOK\" title=\"Richard Nixon Robot\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-600px-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nFor the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/24-hours-of-lemons-american-irony-winners\/\">American Irony 24 Hours of LeMons<\/a> last weekend, <a href=\"http:\/\/teamresignation.blogspot.com\/\">Team Resignation<\/a> finally paid heed to my requests that they convert the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.murileemartin.com\/UG\/LIL11\/LIL11-UG-0015.html\">Richard Nixon likeness on the roof of their Ford Escort<\/a> into an animatronic Nixon Robot (as depicted in <a href=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1833\">my novel<\/a>). The mechanism was a bit crude, but it gave their Nixon a certain clanking appeal that Disney would be wise to emulate for the robots in their &#8220;It&#8217;s a Small World&#8221; ride.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-team-600px.jpg\" alt=\"nixon-team-600px\" title=\"nixon-team-600px\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-team-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-team-600px-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nLook at those wholesome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yu-FBinGck8\">Nixon Youth<\/a> activists, standing proud by their leader!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_FUY5JqP88?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n&#8220;I have never profited from public service. I have <em>earned<\/em> every cent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-noface-600px.jpg\" alt=\"nixon-noface-600px\" title=\"nixon-noface-600px\" width=\"600\" height=\"495\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-noface-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/murileemartin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nixon-noface-600px-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nSadly, Team Resignation didn&#8217;t do a good enough job attaching Nixon&#8217;s face to his skull (an air filter), and it blew off on the track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the American Irony 24 Hours of LeMons last weekend, Team Resignation finally paid heed to my requests that they convert the Richard Nixon likeness on the roof of their Ford Escort into an animatronic Nixon Robot (as depicted in my novel). 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