{"id":1582,"date":"2012-08-19T13:23:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T20:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2012-10-03T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T02:06:56","slug":"the-mind-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1582","title":{"rendered":"The Mind Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NCLB<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Mind Mill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free minds are trees<\/p>\n

Rooted in earth<\/p>\n

Branches swaying to the sun<\/p>\n

Authority carries a chain saw drunk on its own vapors.<\/p>\n

Where victims seldom heard screaming are<\/p>\n

Cut to the base<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0Stripped of bark<\/p>\n

Milled to manageable widths and lengths<\/p>\n

Stacked neatly into rows:<\/p>\n

Material for a better McMerica.<\/p>\n

School pretends to build trees from pieces of wood.<\/p>\n

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The Mind Mill Free minds are trees Rooted in earth Branches swaying to the sun Authority carries a chain saw drunk on its own vapors. Where victims seldom heard screaming are Cut to the base \u00c2\u00a0Stripped of bark Milled to manageable widths and lengths Stacked neatly into rows: Material for a better McMerica. School pretends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-pw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7346,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=7346","url_meta":{"origin":1582,"position":0},"title":"Stone masons create a mill stone by hand in 1966","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"August 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lscs5ZgNQrE","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/lscs5ZgNQrE\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":802,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=802","url_meta":{"origin":1582,"position":1},"title":"UCD Students: Advertising Essay","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"April 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"At this point you should have an ad chosen and begun\u00c2\u00a0analyzing\u00c2\u00a0it.\u00c2\u00a0Remember that your ad should have some text, even if only a short caption, along with the visuals. 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