2.24.2009

There Can Be Only One

In an unlikely twist of fate, we learn that RNC Chair Michael Steele supports granting DC a vote in the House of Representatives. This is simply another example of how off-message the Republican party is... tisk, tisk, Michael, didn't you know you're supposed to be against voting rights?

Ah, but here is where the story gets even better. As it turns out, before he fled DC to attend Johns Hopkins, Steele grew up right here in Petworth. And now he's the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Formerly he was Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland.

I don't know about you, but it seems like Michael Steele might have more claim to the title of PRINCE of PETWORTH.

Much is unknown about the history of Dan Silverman (aka PoP), however we do know he moved to DC from NYC in 1997, at the age of 22. He bought his "castle" in Petworth in 2003. He works as a government contractor.

So let's compare Steele to Silverman.

Steele graduated from Johns Hopkins at age 23, and then spent three years studying to be a priest in the order of St. Augustine. He never took his vows (obviously). He'd later go to law school, work for a firm in DC, and run for public office in Maryland. At age 37 he was voted Man of the Year by the Maryland Republican Party.

While he may have moved on to political office in Maryland, he too seems to love DC. Like the Prince of Petworth, he makes public statements filled with clueless optimism.

Steele on the GOP's history on civil rights:
We’ve always, as a party, been on the right side of that history so, hopefully, everybody will be there again.

PoP on... well, something:
I’m a huge fan of Grant Circle. It has the most incredible tree in the middle, maybe the greatest tree in the entire city. I’m also a huge fan of President Grant and feel that he has never received the recognition he deserved. No, wait a second—I’m thinking of President Harrison. But the tree really is great.

I don't know folks, what do you think? The Prince of Petworth--Michael Steele or Dan Silverman?

55 comments:

  1. "I don't know folks, what do you think? The Prince of Petworth--Michael Steele or Dan Silverman?"

    The answer: Dave is a lame hipster asswipe who rides his fixie on the sidewalk.

    Man up, Dave. Ride in the street. And get some goddamn brakes. Wait, scratch that; don't get brakes.

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  2. I don't give a shit about local politics but I love Highlander. nicely done.

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  3. Is he really from NYC or does he just claim to be from NYC to cover up his midwestern roots?

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  4. I blame the latinos.

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  5. Emo hipster douchery is so passe.

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  6. Whichever one made the following statement is disqualified from princehood:

    "Favorite place to shop: The bodega at Fifth and Shepherd streets is the best. I convinced the owner to carry 2-percent milk. Unfortunately, I realized that I don’t really drink that much milk, so now even when I don’t need it, I go there to show my appreciation."

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  7. more importantly, who's the real Duke of Dupont? or the Baron of Brightwood? Answers, people.

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  8. I blame the latinos.

    ==Amen, brotha. Oh wait, you were being facetious. My bad.

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  9. Seriously, what do you have against PoP? He seems like a really nice guy who enjoys making the most of living in DC and blogging about it. This blog used to be so funny and interesting, and now it just feels mean. What has he done to deserve all this mockery? And yes people, we all know that DC is a place that attracts transplants from all over the country, why do we hate all these people just because they weren't born and raised here??

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  10. Yes, Anonymous, let's try to be a bit more constructive and raise the level of discourse around here. Together, we can make a difference.

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  11. So he moved here wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back in 1997.

    Honestly. That is far enough back for me.

    He gets a pass.

    I enjoy hating on the younger and more recent transplants a hell of a lot more.

    Its way more fun.

    He is still a transplant scumbag though.

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  12. I blame Obama.

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  14. No worries, the next few posts I have in the works go in a completely different direction.

    Sadly, though, blog-drama seems to get the most web traffic. lolz who would have thought.

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  15. I always assumed Silverman [PoP] was a midwesterner because he doesn't tip worth a damn, but I also initially thought he was an 18 or 19 y/o kid who just moved here based on his wonderment at some really basic shit in life.

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  16. Come on. This site has always been mean, disparaging, and downright acidic. It was never the cuddly-friendly-we-love-DC bullshit you're imagining. It's always been funny with a massive mean streak. If you want love go to We Love DC and stop bitching.

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  17. Dont automatically assume he is from NYC just because he says he is.

    He might have just gone to college there for the NYC cred he would receive after he finished school there and then move somewhere else.

    Unfortunately for him the pussified NYC of the past 10 years gets you no cred at all.

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  18. I think DC just might be his latest stop on his trend whore urban trend tour.
    Soon he will move on to another urban jungle.
    Boosting his ego one urban ghetto at a time

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  19. I doubt he is a Native New Yorker.
    Native New Yorkers have a lot of neighborhood pride in them.
    They are not the kind of people who will move to another city's neighborhood and appoint themselves the PRONCE of it.
    That is something a midwesterner would do.

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  20. Dudes, we are completely forgetting about Michael Steele here. Show the man some DC lovin'

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  21. "What has he [Prince of Petworth] done to deserve all this mockery?"

    Is that a serious question?

    We're talking about a guy who organizes a neighborhood block party every time the city manages to clear a few weeds off of a traffic circle.

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  22. At least he's contributing something positive, unlike you d-bags.

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  23. I think you're forgetting about the tree.

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  24. Okay, fair enough. He discusses some mundane shite. I think the entries on his site are hit or miss, but I don't think the guy deserves to have hateful things said about him, since he doesn't say anything bad about anyone else, nor does he act like an asshole who deserves to be kicked in the face. He just does his own thing. I guess I just feel like we shouldn't begrudge his enjoyment of his neighborhood. I get that this blog is intended to "hate" on DC and that's fine, but his blog is generally more positive, which creates a good balance. If I'm in a bad mood, I can come to this blog, and if it's a good day, I can hop on over to PoP and look at a pretty tree.

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  25. Just for old time's sake:

    http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9339/50138527d4ae306874o.jpg

    Who posts that to the internet under Creative Commons? I never worked at a hardware store, but I think I know a dim bulb when I see one.

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  26. Who DID post that? Who is that person?

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  27. I guess I just feel like we shouldn't begrudge his enjoyment of his neighborhood.

    He is a transplant.
    That is not his neighborhood.
    Scum is what he is.
    Nothing more.
    Nothing less.

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  28. Doesnt one have to be born in a particular area or be a native in order to be the PRINCE of it?

    I mean I could not just move over to England or Spain and become a PRINCE.

    I have have to be born there for that shit right?

    So why should the same rules not apply to this PRINCE OF PETWORTH douchebag?

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  29. Only a TRANSPLANT SCUMBAG would appoint himself to be the PRINCE of a neighborhood that he is not even from.

    What a douchebag

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  30. hey, anonymous angry person. you want to write a weekly column here?

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  31. He should move over to Southeast DC and try to appoint himself the PRINCE of Alabama Ave SE.

    I wonder what would happen to him if he were to try that.

    :)

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  32. No thank you.

    Doing that might distract from browsing the Craigslist erotic services w4m ads on an hourly basis.

    But I still love my city.

    I mean loved.

    I loved it until douchebags like the Prince Of Petworth started moving to my city in large numbers.

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  33. This was freak'n funny and totally true. What an asshat.

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  34. PoP that is

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  35. "I have have to be born there for that shit right?"

    Tell it to the Native Americans, jackass.

    Or are you going to tell me there were 723 dudes named "Tyrone" per square mile back in the year 1704?

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  36. Okay, so let me see if I understand this: in order to not be considered "transplant scum," one must have been either a) born/raised in DC or b) not be a transplant from the midwest region. True or false?

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  37. apparently there's a double standard here where you can be a transplant but not scum.

    you'll always be a transplant unless 1) you give maron barry a kidney or 2) incite riots that return dc to post 1968 conditions.

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  38. I was just trying to figure out whether or not I'm transplant scum or just a regular transplant.

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  39. Doesnt one have to be born in a particular area or be a native in order to be the PRINCE of it?

    I mean I could not just move over to England or Spain and become a PRINCE.

    I have have to be born there for that shit right?

    --Right. Which is why I think that we should all have a say in immigration policy, rather than allowing corporations and societhnic special interest groups decide for us.

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  40. well, i suppose PoP could marry into DC royalty.

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  41. and lolz you're all missing the point here. this post isn't even that mean towards PoP. it's all just fluff text to support the graphic.

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  42. I think what Dave means is that everyone is transplant scum, save for Michael Steele. You, me, Dave, your boss, the guy sitting on the park bench, all transplant scum.

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  43. Except for Native Americans, whom the Lord spontaneously generated here in North America 1,000 years ago.

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  44. Hmm good point. Well, since I'm a quarter Native American, yet I also hail from the Midwest, am I transplant scum since my people were in this country before any of you were in DC?

    Dave, I totally get it. I didn't think your post was offensive at all- I just thought the commenters were being dicks about the PoP without good cause. :-)

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  45. i'd like to submit the 'pangea' defense. no one is a transplant because at some point the district of columbia was part of one big landmass to which all of our family trees go back.

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  46. "Except for Native Americans, whom the Lord spontaneously generated here in North America 1,000 years ago."

    No, that isn't the point. The point is that the Native Americans were the first to experience the effects of larger numbers of inbound of "transplant scum" (aka Gentrification).

    Therefore, Native Americans have the right to bitch and moan about demographic changes. All others are pretenders to the throne.

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  47. If you are born here you are a native. Race does not matter. Next priority on the list is people who may not have been born here but have lived here for a long ass time.
    If you are a transplant from somewhere else other than the city of Washington DC or the surrounding suburbs. You are SCUM.

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  48. On occasion DC kids will go around to different neighborhoods and break the windows of cars with non District license plates.
    Every once and a while they may face a dilemma of whether or not to smash out the window of a Maryland or Virginia plated car. I personally would not break it but there are other who will. Depends on th e individual doing the vandalizing.
    Now if I were to come across a car with Nebraska plates. Its open season on them bitches.

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  49. We can tell who is a native and who is a transplant. Just like everywhere else they can too. I can tell when they exit a metro station in a sketchy neighborhood with their IPODS on full blast ignoring the outside world.Stupid fucks. They deserve what they bring upon them.
    Now myself I am down with crews all over this city. I know people left in right in hoods all over the place. But I myself personally would never do that kind of shit. You got to pay attention to your surroundings at all times of the day or inight
    This aint fucking Nebraska you what I'm sayin?

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  50. For some reason people have moved here recently to be trendy. To show off for their friends back home. "Hey look at me I live in Washington DC". Why do they do that kind of shit? I do not know. I rep DC because I was born and raised here. You would never catch me moving somewhere in order to impress my friends I went to school with back in the day.
    Fuck that shit!

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  51. If somebody were to incite riots that return dc to post 1968 conditions they need to do that shit in the rich neighborhoods this time around.

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  52. barack obama: urban wannabe transplant from the midwest who doesn't change his license to DC, eats at trendy restaurants, and lives in one of the most exclusive places in the damn country.

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  53. Ummm...if every single person who was not born and raised here were to leave, I think you would probably be changing your tune...

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  54. Hey, the "natives" are SCUM here, too. Those shitheads that grew up in Bethesda and moved to DC, their "hood," right after spending four years at their frat parties at Vanillanova? SCUM. Fuck them. I like the hipsters better because I can spot them easier from a block away to pick on them.

    I ain't from here, and I hope I'm not SCUM, but I probably am. I didn't want to move here, but this is where I ended up, so I'm gonna bust my ass to make the most of it. This city would be awesome if the population were zero. Fantastically awesome. Birmingham, Alabama? Shitty, empty or full.

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  55. the only reason any of you are even left in this city is because the transplants pay enough taxes for you to continue to live in your subsidized housing. if you keep acting like that we just may stop being so nice and call in the developers to alabama ave, and move you all out to pg county where you belong anyway.

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