tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post116543476893218163..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: Legislative HurrahDave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165598265152001582006-12-08T12:17:00.000-05:002006-12-08T12:17:00.000-05:00Fair enough. We can all agree that The Georgetown...Fair enough. We can all agree that The Georgetowner blows.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165596900891086212006-12-08T11:55:00.000-05:002006-12-08T11:55:00.000-05:00To each his own, I suppose, but the Examiner is on...To each his own, I suppose, but the Examiner is online and in my estimation they do cover local angles with straight reporting better than a lot of others. I know it's not the wall street joutnal, but it serves a purpose.<BR/><BR/>Being on 12th street se i have no use for the NW current, nor for my local Hillrag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165591963734279712006-12-08T10:32:00.000-05:002006-12-08T10:32:00.000-05:00The Examiner? You're kidding. The Examiner is a ...The Examiner? You're kidding. The Examiner is a joke. The Northwest Current is way better.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165590365368407312006-12-08T10:06:00.000-05:002006-12-08T10:06:00.000-05:00DC Examiner has some good local stuff you don't se...DC Examiner has some good local stuff you don't see everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165590285031304472006-12-08T10:04:00.000-05:002006-12-08T10:04:00.000-05:00What else do you recommend for local coverage? I ...What else do you recommend for local coverage? I read the Northwest Current too, but they don't have their articles online.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165588770850389232006-12-08T09:39:00.000-05:002006-12-08T09:39:00.000-05:00Rusty,I think you are the silly goose. In my examp...Rusty,<BR/><BR/>I think <I>you</I> are the silly goose. In my example, I meant the people of Crawford, TX, getting their own set of senators in addition to the two already elected in Texas.<BR/><BR/>This whole thing is a non-starter. You oughta try reading something besides the Washington Post and the City Paper once in a while, by the way.<BR/><BR/>You silly goose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165528970767103882006-12-07T17:02:00.000-05:002006-12-07T17:02:00.000-05:00OK, if DC residents get exempted from Federal taxe...OK, if DC residents get exempted from Federal taxes, I am moving.<BR/><BR/>Tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165527324705901022006-12-07T16:35:00.000-05:002006-12-07T16:35:00.000-05:00Rusty, people who live in Guam are American citize...Rusty, people who live in Guam are American citizens too.<BR/><BR/>I can still petition the government for redress, sue in federal court, yada yada yada.<BR/><BR/>If this issue were that important to me, I'd express my thoughts and desires by moving.<BR/><BR/>I already gave up my 2nd Amendment rights when I crossed Eastern Avenue.<BR/><BR/>You make fun of the dumbshits in Congress every day. Why the hell do you want three more? You really think they would improve things here? <BR/><BR/>That they'd stay true to their campaign promises, and never sell out, and make rational decisions, and dedicate themselves to the betterment of their constituents? Really? Just like the city council does, huh?<BR/><BR/>I agree on principle with the no taxation without representation deal. Simple solution: Stop taking federal income tax from DC residents.<BR/><BR/>Pie in the sky thinking? Yep.<BR/><BR/>But no more than what you're going for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165527148275839072006-12-07T16:32:00.000-05:002006-12-07T16:32:00.000-05:00Just one representative is still disenfranchisemen...Just one representative is still disenfranchisement. One vote among 435? Please. Senators wield more power. We deserve that.<BR/><BR/>If it were a matter of pragamatism, I'd be down with the one vote (as long as Utah didn't get an extra). But there is no room for pragmatism when dealing with basic civil rights.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165526012158807072006-12-07T16:13:00.000-05:002006-12-07T16:13:00.000-05:00Look, it is just for DC to have 2 senators and at ...Look, it is just for DC to have 2 senators and at least one Rep.<BR/><BR/>It also just that african americans with ancestors that arrived during slavery get some tax breaks in lieu of reparations.<BR/><BR/>Ain't neither one going to happen.<BR/><BR/>Embrace the one Rep that you can get, then push for incremental change.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise you are choosing to get nothing, so stop complaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165520181849075752006-12-07T14:36:00.000-05:002006-12-07T14:36:00.000-05:00Krystal, your example is silly. Crawford, TX alre...Krystal, your example is silly. Crawford, TX already elects two senators. Perhaps you've heard of Sen. Cornyn or Sen. Hutchinson. To say that the people of Crawford aren't represented would be silly. Saying the same about Washington is decidedly unsilly.<BR/><BR/>Washington's history is of no matter in this debate. Currently we have 560,000 people who are taxed and sent off to war without any opportunity to express our wants, beliefs, and desires. So, we should get two Senators of our own or we should join up with Maryland.<BR/><BR/>And most recent Anonymous, it would suck for MD independents and MD Republicans. Sorry. But it's the most reasonable solution.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165516263998915272006-12-07T13:31:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:31:00.000-05:00Allowing DC residents to vote in MD is a bad idea ...Allowing DC residents to vote in MD is a bad idea all around. As someone who votes on the issues, rather than for a party, I like being from a state that can swing occasionally. It gives me a reason to vote for people like Bob Ehrlich who can keep the democratic state of MD on its toes. Infusing a whole bunch of democrats into the electorate will make we want to move to a new swing state, like Virginia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165515854343679422006-12-07T13:24:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:24:00.000-05:00I'm with Ted. 100%I'm with Ted. 100%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165515743656903082006-12-07T13:22:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:22:00.000-05:00TWO SENATORS for DC? Hahahhahhahahahahhahahahahaha...TWO SENATORS for DC? Hahahhahhahahahahhahahahahahahahaha!<BR/><BR/>This city was the seat of federal government long before African Americans migrated here from the South.... It was designed that way long before this became a political football for the democrats and is not racism.<BR/><BR/>How would you like it if there was a "serious" movement for Crawford, TX, to succede from the state, somehow become its own state and then get two senators and a representative. that scenario is <I>almost</I> as ridiculous, I think.<BR/><BR/>Two senators, huh. Over Strom Thurmond's dead body. Or whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165510564198208272006-12-07T11:56:00.000-05:002006-12-07T11:56:00.000-05:00It's not a matter of what we can or can't get, it'...It's not a matter of what we can or can't get, it's a matter of what we deserve. We are American citizens as much as anyone else but we don't have equal representation. That's a crystal clear civil rights violation. <BR/><BR/>Absorption into MD will give us the Senators That probably won't happen.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165508948916968882006-12-07T11:29:00.000-05:002006-12-07T11:29:00.000-05:00I was all set to laugh at you for suggesting two s...I was all set to laugh at you for suggesting two senators for D.C - FULL state-level representation for a CITY? Glad I did a bit of research - D.C. has a larger population than the entire state of Wyoming. That makes the unjustness of it all a little more clear to me, as a temporary resident of the area.<BR/>I still don't think you'll get a senator, though, let alone two, so it may be a mistake to pass up what you CAN get in favor of the impossible dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165508540859121812006-12-07T11:22:00.000-05:002006-12-07T11:22:00.000-05:002 senators for DC? Step off.I'll give you stupid ...2 senators for DC? Step off.<BR/><BR/>I'll give you stupid wankers a congressman, but two senators? Take another dose of the happy pills, clowns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165507111180921492006-12-07T10:58:00.000-05:002006-12-07T10:58:00.000-05:00Thanks for reminding us that this legislation is c...Thanks for reminding us that this legislation is complete b.s. It's like throwing us a bone when everyone else is sitting down to a full meal. And we're all like, thank you mastah ... thanks for the bone!! <BR/><BR/>BOOO!!! Let's take the bone, but wait until the right moment to jump on the table, take the turkey and run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165503840646246502006-12-07T10:04:00.000-05:002006-12-07T10:04:00.000-05:00Someone pointed out to me last time I was bitching...Someone pointed out to me last time I was bitching and moaning about this legislation that the states rejected giving Washington voting rights long before Marion Barry became mayor-for-life. I think it's just racism, not anti-crackheadism.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165503434368860012006-12-07T09:57:00.000-05:002006-12-07T09:57:00.000-05:00Word to the wise: if it takes retrocession into MD...Word to the wise: if it takes retrocession into MD or a constitutional amendment, it WONT HAPPEN.<BR/><BR/>Which state legislatures, exactly, will take it upon themselves to grant DC full representation?<BR/><BR/>You know the two words that come into the minds of your average Joe Twelvepack in Peoria if asked about local DC politics?<BR/><BR/>Starts with Marion, ends in Barry.<BR/><BR/>It is what it is. We knew the deal when we moved here. I have my problems with the situation on principle, but the constitution spells out our federal city and its circumstances.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass if I had three more dim-witted politicians to ignore me. What would they end up doing? Work really hard to make the schools here suck even worse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1165501660185431882006-12-07T09:27:00.000-05:002006-12-07T09:27:00.000-05:00There was an extremely hot Asian chick on the metr...There was an extremely hot Asian chick on the metro this morning. I am usually not the kind to be attracted to Asian women but this girl definitely made it difficult for me to stand up once the train finally arrived at my stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com