11.25.2008

Marion Barry to Give Away Turkey, Crack

It's turkey time and Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) is planning to give away 1,200 birds starting at 9 a.m today, so sayeth the Washington Post.

Apparently he does this every Thanksgiving. The article isn’t clear if he’s giving away live "birds," which if he were, would be pretty hilarious to watch.

But you’ve got to HURRY if you want one! This event started an hour ago. You don’t want to miss out on all that free turkey… and crack. Do you?

As tradition, the Mayor did the same thing earlier in the month, but still. This is Marion Barry we’re talking about. We’re watching closely because only he could fuck this up in classic Barry way.

Here's the kicker. Barry made a statement and it goes like this. Washington Post.com:

But Barry has words for any jaded souls out there.

"I think it is truly tragic when so many people are unable to afford a meal at thanksgiving due to the massive loss of jobs and the impact of a slow economy," Barry said in a statement announcing his program. "America is focused so much on Wall Street and Main Street, but nobody is focused on the side or the back street where poverty is prevalent. We as a society of people just don't care enough and that cycle must change."

Oh fuck you, Barry. “We” (read: white people) "just don’t care enough” about the poverty, the government inefficiency and the political cronyism in this city that you've helped to create and perpetuate? I’ve got news for you. The city government hasn’t cared in decades. Jaded are those kids stabbing each other in Anacostia High. Jaded are the children in the city turning to prostitution just to feed themselves. (Side note: Will someone please page Laura Sessions Stepp about this? I want her 1950’s utopian-centric head to explode.)

And lest we forget, Barry has been the lead proponent in erecting the new Nationals Stadium EPIC FAIL. Evidently his answer to helping poor people is to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to price them out of the ghetto and then give them a turkey as a parting gift. And, finally, Barry has been one of the chief assholes blocking Michelle Rhee’s educational reforms, arguably the last best hope for the District’s public school system. A wise man once said, you can give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man how to fish and he can eat forever.

Well, you can give away a million turkey’s Barry, but you’re still a dick. Just sayin'.

36 comments:

  1. DAMN.

    I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WAS A "JUSTASMALLTOWNGIRL" POST

    OH WELL

    THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT TIME I GUESS

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  2. I know... where the hell is she? I think she's Lizzed out on us. Might have to delete her.

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  3. If things go wrong you can always blame the white man.

    Which is why I voted for the black guy this time.

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  4. I AM NOT MUCH INTO BLAMING OTHER RACES

    I PREFER TO BLAME GENERATION Y AND THE MILLENIALS INSTEAD

    BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, LATINO ETC...

    THEY ARE ALL LAME AND ANNOYING

    THEN OF COURSE THERE IS MY HATRED OF TRANSPLANTS TOO

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  5. ....and on that note everyone have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving

    (roll the credits)

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  6. so much hate! so much mockery. so true.
    "Small Town Girl" might have to be voted off the island if she doesn't show up soon.

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  7. No love from me for "Bitch set me up", but really, do you have get behind the Rhee and Fenty school program? Its all nice and drastic, but IMHO, its a sound and fury signifying nothing. Oh, and probably illegal, but why pick nits.

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  8. I hate DC as much as anyone who lives here, and I've been here for nearly 20 years...AND I own a home in DC.

    But after all this time, and after much consideration, I must say: suburbanites who commute into DC are what drag it down. You are a collective anchor around the neck of this city.

    To put it another way, the urban rednecks to whom Marion Barry caters are NOT the least desirable demographic around here. That distinction belongs to you suburban assholes; black suburban assholes in MD and white suburban assholes in VA. Stay the fuck out of DC and it won't suck quite as much.

    Oh, I know what you're going to say in response: "If I stop coming to DC, it will collapse culturally and economically." To which I say: "GOOD! STAY THE FUCK OUT! QUIT YOUR JOBS IN DC AND DON"T COME HERE AGAIN!"

    Then the Marylanders will say "but where will I deal my drugs?" And the Virginians will say "but where will I buy my drugs?" And both groups will ask "But where do we go to pose? Being a poseur in Greenbelt/Vienna just isn't the same as posing in Penn Quarter!" Well, you're right. But you hate it anyway, so stay out.

    "Maryland drivers are The Devil" DC Councilman

    Amen, brother, amen.

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  9. NEARLY 20 YEARS?

    YOU ARE STILL A NEWJACK

    BUT JUST NOT AS NEW AS THE OTHERS

    I AM FROM DC

    I HAVE WALKED IN ALL DC HOODS

    I HAVE WALKED IN ALL MD HOODS

    I HAVE WALKED IN ALL VA HOODS

    ^ MORNING, DAY AND NIGHT

    NEITHER IS MORE HIP THAN THE OTHER RIGHT NOW

    THE ENTIRE 2000-2009 DECADE SUCKS ASS

    THE 1970s AND THE 1980s WERE THE SHIT

    DC WAS MOSTLY ALL BLACK PEOPLE WITH AFROS

    MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA WAS MOSTLY ALL WHITE BOYS WITH LONG HAIR

    LOCAL PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE SPORTS TEAMS WERE WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

    ZEBRABOY WAS CALLING OUT MADONNA FOR BEING A "DICK"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAJn22S8m4k

    GOOD TIMES.

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  10. ALL CAPS GUY,

    This summer, there was a man wandering around downtown, yelling things. I encountered him at the corner of 11th and E Sts. NW. Other people I know encountered him at other locations.

    He was a tall, slender black man, neatly dressed. What was he yelling when I saw him?

    "ALL OF YOU MOTHERFUCKING WHITE PEOPLE GET BACK TO YOUR OWN FUCKING NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF YOU MOTHERFUCKING WHITE PEOPLE GET THE FUCK OUT OF DC AND GET BACK TO YOUR OWN FUCKING NEIGHBORHOODS."

    It was an endless loop of racial hatred and profanity, being shouted out amidst tourists of all ages and origins, in addition to businesspeople and bureaucrats of all stripes, on a gorgeous summer day.

    ALL CAPS GUY, you are that guy. Even if you think you aren't him; you are him. You are a castaway, stranded on the desert island of the past, watching in fear as a powerful passenger ship named "Change" sails into the future.

    Bye bye, yelling guy. We'll tell people of the future about what an asshole you were.

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  11. I AM THAT GUY HUH?

    IN MY LAST RANT ABOVE I WAS PRAISING ZEBRABOY

    IN CASE YOU DID NOT NOTICE, ZEBRABOY WAS WHITE YOU DUMB FUCK

    I AM WATCHING IN FEAR HUH?

    THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN SOLD FOR 800K 2 YEARS AGO

    GUESS HOW MUCH WE ORIGINALLY PAID FOR IT?

    LETS JUST SAY WE MADE A 95% PROFIT

    THE CHECK DEPOSITED RIGHT INTO MY BANK ACCOUNT TOO

    SO GO FUCK YOURSELF

    THE CITY IS LESS INTERESTING NOW BECAUSE OF SUBURBAN WANNABE HIP DOUCHEBAGS LIKE YOU WHO MOVED HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE MORE URBAN

    KEEP OVER PAYING FOR REAL ESTATE YOU DUMB TRANSPLANT PIECES OF SHIT

    I COULD CARE LESS

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  12. OH YEAH 1 MORE THING

    TELL ALL OF YOUR OUT OF TOWN TRANSPLANT HIPSTER FRIENDS TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND STOP RIPPING OFF AND STEALING ALL OF THEIR FASHION IDEAS FROM OLD 1970s AND 1980s ALBUM COVERS

    SKINNY JEANS PLAYED OUT OVER 2O YEARS AGO YOU DUMB FUCKS

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  13. "I COULD CARE LESS"

    Yes, you COULD care less, but you don't. That is why you are here, trying to impress strangers on the Internet with stories about your past and details about your bank account. Why don't you just share the account number with me? I'll check the balance to see whether or not you are lying.

    You COULD care less. You would LIKE to care less. But you can't help yourself. You care more than you'll admit. Your actions betray you. And your understanding of English is weak.

    Might I suggest that you use a language that did not originate with white people? Try Swahili.

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  14. "THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN SOLD FOR 800K 2 YEARS AGO"

    Either you sold it more than two years ago, and you're kicking yourself for not hanging on longer, or...

    You sold it and now you live in PG county with all the other BITCHES who live in PG county and drive around DC in SUVs like you belong here.

    EITHER WAY, YOU SOLD OUT. FUCK OFF. STAY OUT.

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  15. "THE 1970s AND THE 1980s WERE THE SHIT"

    Yes, they were. IN NEW YORK CITY.

    In DC? They were dog shit. This was nothing but a second-tier bitch-ass 'burg during that time. I was in NYC, where the real action was, still is, and always will be.

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  16. "THE 1970s AND THE 1980s WERE THE SHIT"

    Yes, they were. IN NEW YORK CITY.

    In DC? They were dog shit. This was nothing but a second-tier bitch-ass 'burg during that time. I was in NYC, where the real action was, still is, and always will be.

    --Amen.

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  17. How many times can you completely blow it, in front of evryones' mamma, sister, uncle, and houseplant; and get reelected in our fair 'burg?
    I have only been here eight years, but KEY-RIPES, MAN!!
    Oh! Whatsatchasay?, he's doling out turkeys!? Go Ward 8!

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  18. "I COULD CARE LESS"

    Yes, you COULD care less, but you don't. That is why you are here, trying to impress strangers on the Internet with stories about your past and details about your bank account. Why don't you just share the account number with me? I'll check the balance to see whether or not you are lying.

    You COULD care less. You would LIKE to care less. But you can't help yourself. You care more than you'll admit. Your actions betray you. And your understanding of English is weak.

    Might I suggest that you use a language that did not originate with white people? Try Swahili.


    NO. I REALLY COULD CARE LESS.

    WHY DO YOU ASSUME I AM BLACK?

    BECAUSE YOU ARE A DUMB FUCK THATS WHY.

    YOU ARE ANGRY BECUASE YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT YOU ARE A DOUCHEBAG TRANSPLANT WHO WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CASH IN ON THE DC REAL ESTATE MARKET LIKE THE NATIVES DO

    YOU WILL PAY INFLATED PRICES FOR YOUR ENTIRE STAY HERE

    THAT BOTHERS YOU DEEPLY

    AS FAR AS ME WANTING TO IMPRESS STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET

    WATCH ME DISAPPEAR FROM HERE FOR THE NEXT 5 MONTHS

    I WILL BE SPENDING MY MORNINGS ON GOLF COURSES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE YOU ARE STILL HERE ALL BUNDLED UP WEARING A HEAVY JACKET AND GLOVES WHILE COMMUTING THROUGH SLEET, ICE AND SNOW DURING THE WINTER

    EACH MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND WALK OUTSIDE IN 20 DEGREE TEMPERATURES, I WANT FOR YOU TO THINK OF ME PLAYNG GOLF

    WHEN YOU ARE SCRAPING ICE OFF YOUR WINDSHIELD EACH MORNING, I WANT FOR YOU TO THINK OF ME PLAYING GOLF

    WHILE YOU ARE WALKING ON FROZEN SIDEWALKS DOING YOUR BEST NOT TO SLIP AND FALL ON YOUR UGLY FACE, I WANT FOR YOU TO THINK OF ME PLAYING GOLF

    "THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN SOLD FOR 800K 2 YEARS AGO"

    Either you sold it more than two years ago, and you're kicking yourself for not hanging on longer, or...

    You sold it and now you live in PG county with all the other BITCHES who live in PG county and drive around DC in SUVs like you belong here.

    EITHER WAY, YOU SOLD OUT. FUCK OFF. STAY OUT.


    YOU ARE TALKING OUT OF YOUR ASS.

    YOU ARE NOT EVEN FROM HERE AND YOU ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO FUCK OFF AND STAY OUT?

    CALLING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PG COUNTY BITCHES?

    YOU AND I BOTH KNOW YOU WOULD NEVER GO OVER TO PG COUNTY AND SAY ANY OF THAT SHIT TO THEIR FACES SO BASICALLY YOUR COMMENTS ABOVE ARE WORTHLESS AND MEAN NOTHING. THEY MEAN JACK SHIT.

    "THE 1970s AND THE 1980s WERE THE SHIT"

    Yes, they were. IN NEW YORK CITY.

    In DC? They were dog shit. This was nothing but a second-tier bitch-ass 'burg during that time. I was in NYC, where the real action was, still is, and always will be.


    ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE TALKING OUT OF YOUR ASS SO YOUR COMMENTS ABOVE ARE BULLSHIT AND ARE NOT BASED ON FACTS

    YOU AND M@ ARE NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT DC OR NYC BACK THEN

    SINCE YOU SAY YOU WERE IN NYC BACK THEN, GO AHEAD AND NAME SOME RECORDS LOCAL TO NYC THAT WERE BIG IN THE CLUBS AT THAT TIME

    COME ON YOU STUPID FUCK

    LET'S SEE YOU NAME SOME RECORDS LOCAL TO NYC THAT WERE BIG IN THE CLUBS DURING THE 1970s AND 1980s

    SINCE YOU KNOW SO DAMN MUCH, NAME SOME LOCAL NYC DJ'S FROM BACK THEN TOO

    YOU THINK "THE REAL ACTION" IS STILL UP IN NYC AND WILL ALWAYS BE THERE?

    WELL I THINK MY MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY WHO ALL STILL LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (AND HAVE LIVED THERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES) WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU

    YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR TRYING TO REP THE NYC NAME WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING JACK SHIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

    NYC WHERE THE REAL ACTION STILL IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE HUH?

    IF YOU THINK A BUNCH OF GUIDO FIST PUMPING IDIOTS ON STEROIDS ARE "WHERE THE REAL ACTION IS" WELL THEN YOU TRULY ARE A DUMB STUPID FUCK

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st_ibC6jd1U

    ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT NYC ALREADY KNOWS THAT THE SCENE UP THERE (JUST LIKE HERE) HAS BEEN DEAD SINCE THE MID 1990s

    THERE HASNT BEEN ANY REAL ACTION UP THERE IN OVER 10 YEARS

    YOU ARE A STUPID FUCK TALKING SHIT ON THE INTERNET BASED ON YOUR BULLSHIT FANTASY REALITY INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL FACTS

    SO GO FUCK YOURSELF!

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  19. "NO. I REALLY COULD CARE LESS."

    What you are trying to say is that you "COULD NOT CARE LESS."

    See? Or are you too dense to understand, even after having it spelled out for you?

    Clearly, you DO CARE.

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  20. "YOU AND M@ ARE NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT DC OR NYC BACK THEN"

    I graduated from a university in NYC in the 1980s. That puts me squarely in my mid-40's, and I'm proud of it.

    I doubt you'd be familiar with the college scene in New York City circa 1986. Why don't YOU name some bands that we could buy on vinyl from St. Mark's Records back in 1986?

    (ps: Golf is for overweight, self-important asshats. Think: Rush Limbaugh. He's a golfer.)

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  21. Hey, all caps guy. When was the last time you smoked crack? Is it on the agenda for this holiday weekend?

    Do you find what you need in PG county? Or do you need to drive to DC to get hooked up?

    Did your momma know all her babies daddies? How many of your relatives have served time? How many were murdered? How many relatives to you figure you have but that you don't know about? Bet you have a cousin who is also your aunt. Think about it....

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  22. Old Caps Guy,

    Our question to you: Where IS the "action" now?

    I'm serious. I am honestly soliciting ideas. If you tell me to go to hell, I just might consider it.

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  23. "NO. I REALLY COULD CARE LESS."

    What you are trying to say is that you "COULD NOT CARE LESS."

    See? Or are you too dense to understand, even after having it spelled out for you?

    Clearly, you DO CARE.


    SEE HOW MUCH I CARE WHEN I DISAPPEAR FROM HERE FOR 5 MONTHS STRAIGHT.

    70 DEGREES ALL DAY EVERY DAY YOU ASSHOLE.

    I WILL BE RELAXING ON A GOLF COURSE WHILE YOU ARE COMMUTING BACK AND FORTH TO YOUR PRESTIGIOUS JOB IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN ADDITION TO SLEET, ICE, FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW

    "YOU AND M@ ARE NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT DC OR NYC BACK THEN"

    I graduated from a university in NYC in the 1980s. That puts me squarely in my mid-40's, and I'm proud of it.

    I doubt you'd be familiar with the college scene in New York City circa 1986. Why don't YOU name some bands that we could buy on vinyl from St. Mark's Records back in 1986?


    WOW

    YOU GRADUATED FROM A UNIVERSITY IN NYC BACK IN THE MID 1980s

    BIG FUCKING DEAL

    I AM STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO NAME SOME RECORDS LOCAL TO NYC THAT WERE BIG IN THE CLUBS DURING THE 1970s AND 1980s

    ANSWERING MY QUESTION WITH ANOTHER QUESTION IS AN EASY WAY TO DODGE MY ORIGINAL QUESTION ISNT IT?

    I ASKED YOU FIRST YOU ASSHOLE!

    FUCK ST MARK'S RECORDS!

    I WOULD SHOP AT COLONY RECORDS BACK IN THE DAY

    WHERE THE FUCK IS ST MARK'S RECORDS AT NOW YOU ASSHOLE?

    ^ EXACTLY MY POINT!

    THE NEW YORK CITY YOU ARE SO PROUD OF IS CURRENTLY BEING INVADED BY OUT OF TOWN, MIDWEST TRANSPLANT, WANNABE HIP, DOUCHEBAG SCUM

    SO I SUGGEST YOU JUST GO THE FUCK BACK TO NEW YORK CITY AND RELIVE YOUR COLLEGE DAYS AND HANG OUT IN RECORD SHOPS AGAIN. (THE REMAINING ONES THAT ARE STILL OPEN)

    YOU CAN DISCUSS VINYL AND THE LATEST INDIE ROCK BANDS WITH ALL THE SKINNY JEAN WEARING HIPSTERS FROM THE MIDWEST.

    TRYING TO NAME DROP NYC ON HERE LIKE IT GIVES YOU SOME KIND OF CRED

    GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE WITH THAT BULLSHIT

    THE NYC OF TODAY IS JUST LIKE THE WASHINGTON DC OF TODAY

    PUSSIFIED BEYOND REPAIR

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  24. "SEE HOW MUCH I CARE WHEN I DISAPPEAR FROM HERE FOR 5 MONTHS STRAIGHT.

    Please, don't come back. PG County won't miss you anyway.

    Oh, the car stays parked in the garage. "Commuting" is for assholes like you. Refer back to my earlier post about how Virginians and Marylanders (like you) can STAY THE FUCK OUT OF DC!

    Tell yo' momma I said "hi".

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  25. "70 DEGREES ALL DAY EVERY DAY."

    Who exactly is the pussy? Can't stand sustained temps below 60 degrees? What a dry cunt you are.

    GET THE FUCK OUT AND STAY OUT. PLEASE, DO US ALL A FAVOR - MOVE TO ATLANTA WHERE YOU BELONG.

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  26. All Caps Guy,

    Most of the uneducated people I know are devotees of particular aspects of popular culture. Classic Rock, R&B, Speed Metal, Starsky & Hutch reruns, etc., its all the same.

    I don't know you, but it appears that you are no different. Look, there is nothing wrong with being uneducated. But to frame your world view within the confines of the Pop scene in DC twenty or thirty years ago means that you have some serious mental or emotional problems.

    What is important about DC is its non-Pop musical legacy. Coltrane, Ellington, Davis, etc. Bohemian Caverns was and still is important. HR57 is both federal legislation AND an important part of DC's culture and nightlife.

    When I want go Old School, I put a Betty Carter disc in the CD player. Then I'll follow that up with a Wayne Shorter disc. Thats what is real. Hell, I saw Shorter live in DC a few years ago and I'm never going to accept that some dipshit 'artist' on the DC scene in the 1980s is more important than the entire genre to which Shorter belongs.

    That is what matters, and that is why I don't beleive you. I think you're just a 20-something dipshit living with your aunt in PG county. You probably have a dead uncle who told you all about his life in DC in the 70s and 80s before he died of AIDS or gunfire.

    I will never cease to say: "STAY THE FUCK OUT OF DC, YOU SUBURBAN ASSHOLE."

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  27. Guess what? NYC and DC have always been overrated fetid piles of sub-standard housing and public transportation punctuated by wealthy assholes who commute by helicopter. You don't have to be young or old to recognize that. Just pull your head out of your ass.

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  28. I love the comments to this post. All hail the old school guys.

    Old School Sister

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  29. Please, don't come back. PG County won't miss you anyway.

    Oh, the car stays parked in the garage. "Commuting" is for assholes like you. Refer back to my earlier post about how Virginians and Marylanders (like you) can STAY THE FUCK OUT OF DC!


    YOUR CAR STAYS IN THE GARAGE HUH?

    WELL GOOD. THAT MEANS YOUR BODY WILL BE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WINTER ELEMENTS OUTSIDE ON THE SIDEWALK INSTEAD OF BEING SHELTERED FROM IT INSIDE OF A CAR

    I HOPE YOU SLIP ON A PATCH OF ICE AND YOU FALL FLAT ON YOUR FACE

    I HOPE YOUR HAIRPIECE FALLS OFF TOO, THUS EXPOSING THE 3 REMAINING STRANDS OF REAL HAIR ON YOUR BALD HEAD

    Tell yo' momma I said "hi".


    YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP YOUR INSULT GAME A FEW NOTCHES IF YOU WANT FOR ME TO KEEP COMING BACK HERE TO RESPOND TO YOUR LAME ASS COMMENTS

    "70 DEGREES ALL DAY EVERY DAY."

    Who exactly is the pussy? Can't stand sustained temps below 60 degrees? What a dry cunt you are.

    GET THE FUCK OUT AND STAY OUT. PLEASE, DO US ALL A FAVOR - MOVE TO ATLANTA WHERE YOU BELONG.


    ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...................

    PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I TRY TO DECIDE WHICH GOLF CLUBS I AM GOING TO TAKE WITH ME ON MY TRIP

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  30. District Natives > Transplants

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  31. Thanks for telling like it is

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  32. Man, this guy sucks. I've worked for some obnoxious blowhards, but what a colossal ass this one is. Hey, read my name tag, dick! It says "Roger," not "NEWJACK." Can't putt worth a damn, always accusing me of handing him the wrong club. Says he's going to be here all winter before he returns to "the District" whatever the fuck that is. His driver's license is from "the District" of Maryland, so he's full of shit. Oh, but he thinks he's smooth, buying drinks for the cougars at the clubhouse. I don't know where he got his money, but it didn't buy him no class.

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  33. Sheet, M@ knows more of what he says than all of you. I have actuallydone work for the DC Govt. and now refuse to work for them again.
    They had mainframe computers for each major group when a single mainframe could have supported the entire govt. Actually, a cheaper mini could have without the support staff, but the District doesn't believe in saving money. And I'm talking millions, not one or two either.
    As for those pesky Mrylanders and Virginias, as the DC councilman worries about, let's just move the Federal Government out of DC, and we can end those pesky payments to DC and the poor Congresspeople that get stuck on that committee. Keep the cherry trees and the buildings as a gift from a grateful nation. We're taking the momuments, museums and statues, you'd never take care of them.
    Now, you'd have real home rule, and everyone could see you fall flat on your face as a city. By the following year, you could sell the city to the gambling conglomerates, and try ceding the city back to Maryland, again, not that they'd want it, but all that gambling money might make the city more attractive and maybe Prince Georges County would annex it. You and the county deserve each other.

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  34. Hey All Caps,

    Don't you realize that you're the real transplant here, not us? DC was actually founded in the late 18th century as a result of a compromise by a bunch of old white guys. The city never sprang forth naturally like a place like NY did. The FOUNDATION of the city is based on decisions made by old, fat, rich, white politicians. If it wasn't for them and their ilk, you'd never be here.

    There was not much in DC except old, fat, white, rich politicians and their staffers (your supposed transplants) up until right after World War 2, when a good number of African Americans and others left the South and moved up to cities like DC, NY, Philly, ect. So while my grandfather was a congressional staffer in the 1930's, working and living in DC for an Indiana representative, your family's asses were working in some little po-dunk town in North Carolina. So really, if you hate transplants so much, go back to the little po-dunk town you came from.

    And guess what, our yuppie asses are subsidizing and have always been subsidizing your family's ghetto lifestyle, whether or not you want to acknowledge it. If it wasn't for my tax dollars, your momma wouldn't have been able to afford to have had you in a hospital and you would have died in some shitty alley in Anacostia. If it wasn't for my tax dollars, you wouldn't have been able to have had free healthcare when you were a little kid and you would have died from that tetanus you caught on that nasty fence when you were running from the cops over in Trinidad when you were 13 years old. If it wasn't for all the yuppies living in Colombia Heights, you wouldn't be working at 5 Guys right now because there's no fucking way in hell the owners would have built 5 guys in Colombia Heights 10 years ago. We have given EVERYTHING to you, including your very ability to live and breathe, and it's still not enough for you people. That's right, you people. The rich subsidize the poor in this country. So the next time you try to steal my wallet when I'm walking home from WORK in Logan Circle remember, the government just fucking took 500 dollars out of my last paycheck to pay for your baby's Head Start program. Isn't that enough, you welfare sucking parasites?

    Face it, if it wasn't for yuppies (the original people of DC) DC would have been a hellhole that would have burnt to the ground in the 1970's. This is our city. Go back to your shitty little town in North Carolina and leave us the fuck alone.

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  35. Anon - thanks for finally holding yourself and your ilk accountable for the lousy culture in your town.

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  36. hey, can we all stop fighting amongst ourselves and come together in peace and harmony and and all agree on one obvious universal truth:

    Marion Barry is the dumbest piece of shit douchebag to ever hold public office anywhere!!

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