{"id":1597,"date":"2013-12-20T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2014-11-23T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T20:24:35","slug":"last-night-i-dreamed-of-muhammad-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1597","title":{"rendered":"Last Night I Dreamed of Muhammad Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ali.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1598\" src=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ali.jpg\" alt=\"Ali\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ali.jpg 333w, https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ali-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Turns out he is a sweet enough guy<br \/>\nand his Parkinson\u2019s not as bad as they say.<br \/>\nTold me he heard of me \u2014 we had<br \/>\nthe same draft board back in Houston<br \/>\nin the Sixties when he was Cassius Clay.<\/p>\n<p><em>George<\/em>, he said,\u00a0<em>gettin\u2019 old is a bitch.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Best thing to do, get back in the ring,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>come out of hiding, give and take a punch.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>That way, least you go down fighting.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_1597\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=1597\"  data-item_title=\"Last Night I Dreamed of Muhammad Ali\"  data-item_date=\"2013-12-20T15:55:57-08:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Turns out he is a sweet enough guy and his Parkinson\u2019s not as bad as they say. Told me he heard of me \u2014 we had the same draft board back in Houston in the Sixties when he was Cassius Clay. 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