/2011/06/06/perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/06\/perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time\/","trash":"","name":"perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time","parent":"","title":"Perspective: Battleships are awesome and stupid at the same time.","date":"2011-06-06 15:21:42","filepath":"posts\/2000117_perspective-battleships-are-awesome-and-stupid-at-the-same-time.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/scottlocklin.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/01\/battleships-a-ridiculous-but-awesome-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-118\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Battleship\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bship.jpg\" alt=\"Battleships, the bling of the seas...\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a> \"Guns that squirted out bullets as heavy as a Volkswagon; 14\u2033, 16\u2033, 18.1\u2033 in diameter! Armor a foot and a half thick! Giant coal and oil burning steam engines creating 150,000 horsepower and belching out enormous clouds of smoke! 60,000 ton craft at 30 knot speeds! Sweet baby Jesus, that\u2019s damn cool.\"\n\n<em>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/scottlocklin.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/01\/battleships-a-ridiculous-but-awesome-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Locklin on Science<\/a><\/em>"}}