Posted on 10/13/2013 6:28:37 AM PDT by rktman
On the best of days, D.C. witnessed millions of peaceful tea party marchers who were taxed enough already, yet most of the MSM ignored them and wrote them off as a few thousand radical right wingers with extreme views, an “AstroTurf movement” as Nancy Pelosi so derisively called them.
On the worst of days, D.C. is a place to fear and the seat of power, corruption, and pettiness. Big rig drivers understood that. Unlike the past when truckers caused gridlock in Washington with their demonstrations, few American truckers showed up this time to protest their bloated government that does not seem willing to stop spending, taxing its citizens, and devaluing the American dollar. Truckers were afraid – the implied threat of the National Guard was promoted on Social websites and many retreated in fear of their government. Those who did show up and had to obey the closed roads signs spent upwards of
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
Income in all the counties surrounding DC is up 23% while across America it is down 8%.
“Should we thank Congress for not doing its job and passing a budget in four years? Should we thank Mr. Obama and Congress for passing the unaffordable Affordable Care Act in the middle of the night with only Democrat votes? Should we thank Nancy Pelosi for telling us that we must pass the bill in order to find out what’s in it? We did find out, Rep. Pelosi, and we don’t like it one bit. “
I understand that the suburbs around d.c. are some of the wealthiest counties in the entire country. And mighty expensive to live in too. Guess I’ll stay away from there. LOL!
Makes me think of a phrase/line in in “Ticket To Ride” by the Beatles, “But she don’t care.” Sadly, it doesn’t look like anyone is gonna give her a “ticket to ride”. But I wouldn’t be sad.
sad thing is that the vast majority of these buttheds will continue being re-elected.
The people need to read their history. The government is.
I think that this is an incoherent article. While I don’t disagree with its premise, the argument is weak and rambling. Describing the schizophrenic actions of a lunatic as a mother and child lost in the big city destroys the legitimate case that she was assassinated by an out of control security apparatus.
The American people no longer understand what “D.C.” is or what percent means. So it’s a corruptors’ paradise and shall continue.
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