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Few things beat Washington DC at inauguration
time. It's filled with people of all political persuasions from everywhere that are either happy
as a lark or just pissed off. The angry people always make for a fun bunch to watch, you
never know what they may do next.
Unfortunately, due to all the security concerns,
it was alot harder to see any of the events this time. I debarked at the La'Enfant Plaza
and wandered towards
the National Mall only to see lines of people waiting to pass thru security.
Since the good areas required tickets and the general public line stretched for three
blocks I
wandered around people watching.
People constantly walked up to me with pamphlets or Inaugural paraphernalia.
Suprisingly most of the literature I was handed was from Pro-Life
groups upset with George Bush. Some people just wanna be pissed off, I suppose.
The groups have gotten pretty smart, they have very attractive young ladies
passing out leaflets. Some of the wonderful literature I received, "Missionaries to the Pre Born", "The American
Holocaust Photo Display", and "Jews for Jesus". Yes Jews for Jesus, who are pushing for a
theocratic government here in the USA. Aren't we at war with these kinds of people?
The Washington Post had the greatest picture EVER(besides the kinds you find on adult sites)!
Outside one of the inaugural balls there were a group of protestors harassing people going
into the ball. One guy, dressed in his tuxedo, was holding his wallet in a protestors
face. The caption:
Outside the Freedom Ball at Union Station, Rich R. Danu of Detroit waves his wallet at
protestor Antonia Clark of New York telling her "I'd like to
thank George Bush for his tax cuts."
Good Times!
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| I wasn't quite sure of what to wear, so why not try out different looks? |
Looks like they don't want people getting too close. Yet the traffic
light is still working. |
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| I got there kind of early, most of the protestors hadn't
crawled out of bed yet. These are all I could come up with. |
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| Plenty of support could be found too, check out the Freedom Van |
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| Outside one of the security gates, they wouldn't let riff-raff like me in without
a ticket. Even after asking the Secret Service agent if he wanted to meet Mr Lincoln. |
This was as close as I could get, it wasn't bad a spot except for
the heating unit which drowned out Dubya's speech. |
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