WatchDear readers, I'm in Washington DC this week for spring break with the family, seeing the sights. My internet access is spotty, so not sure I'll be able to do the newslinks. You can always view and vote on the latest unfiltered links here:
Tomorrow morning we have a White House tour. If I run across Obama I'll ask him how he could possibly have signed the NDAA.
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I found the White House tour to be one of the most boring ever:
red room
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blue room
yellow room
etc....
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Patrick, If you see the President, ask him why he refuses to prosecute banksters? Is this the liberal candidate agenda we voted for or does your inaction validate the contention that BOTH political parties are owned by the same bankers?
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Patrick, If you see the President, ask him why he refuses to prosecute banksters? Is this the liberal candidate agenda we voted for or does your inaction validate the contention that BOTH political parties are owned by the same bankers?
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Beltway Kudzu attacking parked car.
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Oh, man, I hate it when Patrick goes on vacation. I miss his daily posts and worry about him the whole time. Have a good time, and be careful out there, Patrick!
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Patrick, please tell oBaMa to keep his hands off free speech, regardless what form it is (Internet, talk radio, TV, the right to assemble. And no more Mace in the face, etc). We don't need any more stinkin' Trickle Down Tyranny.
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Wasn't he born in Hawaii? Or do you think he was born in Kenya?
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Honest Abe says
Abe does have a point. Obama did order the assassination of U.S. citizen and non-combatant al-Awlaki for "liking" Al Qaeda on Facebook. Seems a bit tyrannical. If al-Awlaki broke the law, he should be brought in for trial, not assassinated by a cowardly drone operator at the order of a judge and jury politician who isn't even in the Judicial branch.
Maybe al-Awiaki did deserve the death penalty, but I have yet to hear a single case in court against the man, and now I never will. And a person is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Are we Americans or Al Qaeda?
Not that I think the Republicans are any better on this issue, but that doesn't excuse Obama's blatant disregard for the Constitution, a thousand years of Western civilization, and the sanctity of human life and our judicial system.
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Unfortunately, Patrick's thread was hijacked by Patrick's loyal following!
Patrick, ask Obama why he's such a Socialist and Friend of Wall Street, a Chicago thug and a Kenyan national and a Manchurian candidate, and why America is the best country on Earth and why doesn't he love Jeevis like the Republicans do, and why does he hate black people and white people and America too and Jeevis since he's a Muslim and hates freedom and the constitution and why he had Breitbart murdered?
(Did anyone start that rumor yet?)
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Wear your hoodie :)
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Kiss ass!
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Probably because I am sick of the place when I get out of town visitors I normally avoid DC proper. However, if you are already there and want to go to a nice place for a day that's off the beaten path, try the National Arboretum, and do the tour there. If I had to go someplace in downtown DC, I'd go to the place where they print money.
Personally, I prefer Annapolis or downtown Baltimore for touristy stuff (the Charm City Circulator helps for downtown Baltimore stuff).
If you are up for doing a a Civil War battlefield, don't do the one in Manassas, it sucks since it's been way overdeveloped (meaning the battlefield has been overrun by suburbia). The rest are fine. the one if Frederick, MD has a nice new Visitor's Center. Gettysburg probably gets more tourists then the others in the area, but it's also unique in the number of monuments it has (meaning it's not typical).
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Just pass on that we're all pulling for him to maintain his calm demeanor. The race is pretty well set so far: the Republicans have weeded down to the best Democrat, and the Democrats have compromised down to having the best Republican since Bill Clinton.
Also: tell him to stop taking credit for Gingrichcare. It isn't helping his cause.
Let's get back to the Open Records candidate: especially hospital records and insurance company records and lobbyist records.
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If you're in town on Sunday, make sure you hit the Dupont Circle Farmer's market. Say hello to Heinz at Next Step Produce and pick up something tasty.
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Bob H;
Pretty tiresome repeating that lame birther BS...
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BobH says
Yes, it is - but you got to move quickly, there's multiple offers above asking already!
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BobH says
From a previous conversation with him, I think Bob H mistakenly believes that where your father was born or your father's citizenship is somehow relevant to "natural born citizen".
I'm pretty certain that "natural born citizen" means only that you were born in US territory. Parents are completely irrelevant.
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BTW comment about people bowing to Obama and Obama bowing to Saudis was voted back into moderation, and I did delete it after that because no one actually bows to Obama nor have I seen any indication of him bowing to Saudis.
Now Bush on the other hand, is very well documented as both holding hands with and kissing Saudi princes on the lips. Just do a search. Those may simply be Saudi customs that we find very strange, but it really looks bad.
Actually I just remembered that when travelling in Turkey in college, I saw men holding hands with each other and supposedly that meant nothing but friendship.
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If Obama was bowing to the Saudi's, it's only because the Saudi's have us by the you-know-whats. The same reason Bush was bowing to the Saudi's.
Again, I'm no die-hard fan of Obama. I'm pretty indifferent toward his presidency. But I really don't understand the far-right nuttiness toward him. Is it because he's black and his middle name is Hussein?
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BobH says
Considering Mitt Romney, a guy who strapped his dog to the roof of his car is from Mars, I don't think Obama has a problem with your issue.
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Mitt Romney is already bad enough, but we should be precise and say that he strapped a CARRIER (BOX) that was CONTAINING his dog to the roof of his car, for a trip to Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_(dog)
Let us be careful not to stoop to the level of the Republi-con liars and propagandists, even accidentally.
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Patrick,
it would be beyond cool if POTUS Obama was a closet reader of Patrick. Net.
I bet SOMEONE in the white house reads Patrick.Net. Wear a T-Shirt that says "I'm Patrick from Patrick.Net" and see what happens!!
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justme says
I agree about being accurate, but it was considered torture and cruelty to animals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_%28dog%29
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+1
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This is me in front of the Federal Reserve today. I wanted to get closer, but the guys with submachine guns would not allow that. They seem quite sensitive to who is on the grounds.
Very different from the real public buildings, which have no fee and welcome you.
One of the guys with the submachine guns is just over my right shoulder, on the left in the picture. Like a little satanic angel.
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Did you see the Norman Rockwell drawings near the press room? I always thought those were striking. I am not generally a big fan of his, but I like those drawings.
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Is it just me, or does Patrick look suspiciously older than his icon photo these days? Have we aged him?
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Natural born citizen would have implied born to American parents at the time of the Constitution. I doubt they would intend the child of a foreigner on a student visa to qualify, but I also doubt the founders would have imagined it, since there was no such thing as a student visa then either.
Nor would the founders approve of a 17 year old mother but this of course is another minor nitpick.
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Bowing to Hu Jintao, and Akihito also isn't American presidential custom as far as I know. I saw the photos where McArthur sat and made Hirohito stand in his presence.
Mentioning Bush is instructive. If you see him in the White House tell him to stop being a sissy with the Saudis for me too.
I may hold my girlfriends hand, and I may also kiss her. I hugged guys in Mexico as was the custom.
However, I have never bowed down to anyone in my life. I hope never to see another American president bow and kowtow ever again.
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Also, "The Phillips Collection" -- http://phillipscollection.org/ -- is just a block away; it is one of the nicest and most manageable art museums I have visited. Auntiegrav says
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Maybe you can read up about the Schecter Poultry case where SCOTUS overturned the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. That case, in 1934 or '35 proves Obama was a liar the other day. The NIRA sent business owners to jail for selling their products at levels they wanted. Henry Ford said, correctly, it was a law straight out of Stalin's Russia. But FDR's Ivy League advisors all admired the new economics being practiced in Russia!!
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elliemae says
But I think he's wearing the same shirt. ;)
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Patrick says
How appropriate that the largest private mafia in the world has submachine guns.
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sbourg says
Ask the people who lived during the age. FDR was a hero. He thought big. Libertarians think small. Both hated the banks for what they did.
FDR produced Glass-Steagall. The libertarians think that is socialism. What do they know? Nothing.
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Eh..depends on how you look at it. Due to FDR they had to pass the Hatch act which dramatically limited how politically active people that work for the federal government could be.
FDR might have thought big but that really wasn't the point. Putting taffifs on goods isn't exactly going to get the economy going. More importantly it was mostly world war two that got us out of the great depression and that killed tens of millions of people.
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elliemae says
You're right, something seems suspicious. Patrick, I demand to see your long-form birth certificate!
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bgamall4 says
Same thing happened during Obama's inauguration at the Pentagon. Then again, I'm guessing that's expected.
Patrick, you're missing all the other financial/political action. Swing by the World Bank and K Street. Oh, and DO NOT go to Chinatown to eat. It's a joke compared to San Francisco.
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I think you should have handed out some bumper stickers in front of the Federal Reserve. I'm sure those folks appreciate anti-debt commentary!