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On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote:
On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. |
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On 12/30/2012 10:32 AM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Harry's been shot at multiple times. I wonder what the real reasons are? |
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote:
The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. === You must have presented as a smaller target in those days. So how are you doing with repaying your creditors and tax liens? |
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On 12/30/2012 10:46 AM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:17:21 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:20:50 -0500, GuzzisRule wrote: Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... It's an advertisement. Notice the reference to the 'backyard'. That's where folks stay - Virginia and Maryland. It's why the Metro is so crowded whenever something is happening in DC. Folks are coming in from MD and VA. Most federal employees live in Md and DC too. That is why traffic is such a nightmare. They now try to get as far away from DC as they can. People are commuting in from as far away as Harry's neighborhood. I think you meant to say most live in MD and 'VA' too. And you're right about Harry's area. Driving south on Rt 4, during rush hour, is packed. Ha... We have a road through our area that goes from town to town. When I was a kid you might see twenty cars there in a day. Now it's not uncommon to pass twenty cars going the opposite direction in the one mile length I travel on... I found a map a while back from 1955, there were about 20 streets in town, now there are over 200... In the last few years really the traffic tieup from Hartford rush hour has made it all the way to our exit afternoons. It's not bad but you do slow down to about 35-45 for about a mile or two. |
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On 12/30/12 10:46 AM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:17:21 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:20:50 -0500, GuzzisRule wrote: Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... It's an advertisement. Notice the reference to the 'backyard'. That's where folks stay - Virginia and Maryland. It's why the Metro is so crowded whenever something is happening in DC. Folks are coming in from MD and VA. Most federal employees live in Md and DC too. That is why traffic is such a nightmare. They now try to get as far away from DC as they can. People are commuting in from as far away as Harry's neighborhood. I think you meant to say most live in MD and 'VA' too. And you're right about Harry's area. Driving south on Rt 4, during rush hour, is packed. It is, indeed, though the traffic does keep moving pretty well, even with the lights, until Prince Frederick, where it jams up for 10 minutes or so between 4 and 7 pm. That's why we use the commuter bus and let the bus driver deal with the traffic. Even with our rush traffic, though, we're still in a much nicer area than your overcrowded, heavily polluted, gang-and-racist-infested part of Fairfax County. |
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says... On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Probably an Air Force "marksman!" |
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says... On 12/30/12 10:46 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:17:21 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:20:50 -0500, GuzzisRule wrote: Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... It's an advertisement. Notice the reference to the 'backyard'. That's where folks stay - Virginia and Maryland. It's why the Metro is so crowded whenever something is happening in DC. Folks are coming in from MD and VA. Most federal employees live in Md and DC too. That is why traffic is such a nightmare. They now try to get as far away from DC as they can. People are commuting in from as far away as Harry's neighborhood. I think you meant to say most live in MD and 'VA' too. And you're right about Harry's area. Driving south on Rt 4, during rush hour, is packed. It is, indeed, though the traffic does keep moving pretty well, even with the lights, until Prince Frederick, where it jams up for 10 minutes or so between 4 and 7 pm. That's why we use the commuter bus and let the bus driver deal with the traffic. Even with our rush traffic, though, we're still in a much nicer area than your overcrowded, heavily polluted, gang-and-racist-infested part of Fairfax County. You should pay your taxes if you are using government transportation. It's only right. |
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In article om,
says... On 12/30/2012 10:32 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Harry's been shot at multiple times. I wonder what the real reasons are? I've been all over the south, sometimes for a couple of years at a time, and I've never been shot at..... |
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On 12/30/12 11:58 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article om, says... On 12/30/2012 10:32 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Harry's been shot at multiple times. I wonder what the real reasons are? I've been all over the south, sometimes for a couple of years at a time, and I've never been shot at..... That's because you are a pussy. The first time, I was with a bunch of classmates from college, and we were registering black voters. The second time, I was helping several unions in an organizing drive aimed at supply ship employees. |
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says... On 12/30/12 11:58 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article om, says... On 12/30/2012 10:32 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Harry's been shot at multiple times. I wonder what the real reasons are? I've been all over the south, sometimes for a couple of years at a time, and I've never been shot at..... That's because you are a pussy. I'm a pussy because I've never been shot at in the south??? Please, be specific, do tell why. I'm not the one who said here that he's so scared at his own house that he answers the door with a weapon in hand. I'm not the one here who claims something but is too much of a pussy to back it up. I'm not the one here who hasn't paid his taxes and debts. The first time, I was with a bunch of classmates from college, and we were registering black voters. Please show us the police report. The second time, I was helping several unions in an organizing drive aimed at supply ship employees. Please show us the police report. |
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On 12/30/12 1:51 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 12/30/12 11:58 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article om, says... On 12/30/2012 10:32 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Harry's been shot at multiple times. I wonder what the real reasons are? I've been all over the south, sometimes for a couple of years at a time, and I've never been shot at..... That's because you are a pussy. I'm a pussy because I've never been shot at in the south??? Please, be specific, do tell why. I'm not the one who said here that he's so scared at his own house that he answers the door with a weapon in hand. I'm not the one here who claims something but is too much of a pussy to back it up. I'm not the one here who hasn't paid his taxes and debts. The first time, I was with a bunch of classmates from college, and we were registering black voters. Please show us the police report. The second time, I was helping several unions in an organizing drive aimed at supply ship employees. Please show us the police report. http://tinyurl.com/amdq5z5 |
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:48:16 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:02:38 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:07:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: What does DC have to offer the US in the form of revenue and expansion? Tourism. Most people who visit DC stay in Maryland or Virginia. Other than street vendors, DC does not make much money off of them,. Virtually all of the attractions are free. Tourists seldom get out of the national monument area. Tour guides advise them to stay south of Pennsylvania avenue. Those would be the areas the government would hold on to in any circumstance. Tourists need food, transportation, lodging, etc. Ever look at the taxes generated by lodging alone? Tourists generate more than half of D.C's sales tax alone!! http://tinyurl.com/cmryjf3 Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... Why would a puff piece about how wonderful DC is tell the truth about how many people don't stay there? You also notice they said there were not enough hotel rooms and that DC was $322 million in the hole (in spite of huge federal infusions of money) We stayed in Maryland and took the rapid transit in to DC in the late 80's when we took the kids there. Took the White House tour of the East Wing at 8 am and then got a private West Wing tour in the evening. Lots of things to see in DC but most were like the monuments and the Smithsonian. Mt. Vernon, etc. But we were in an 27' RV for the 7 weeks we toured the country. |
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In article ,
says... On 12/30/12 1:51 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 12/30/12 11:58 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article om, says... On 12/30/2012 10:32 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500, ESAD wrote: On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. Why? About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? Lucky? Other folks have seen the reason! http://homicidewatch.org/homicides/map/ The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Harry's been shot at multiple times. I wonder what the real reasons are? I've been all over the south, sometimes for a couple of years at a time, and I've never been shot at..... That's because you are a pussy. I'm a pussy because I've never been shot at in the south??? Please, be specific, do tell why. I'm not the one who said here that he's so scared at his own house that he answers the door with a weapon in hand. I'm not the one here who claims something but is too much of a pussy to back it up. I'm not the one here who hasn't paid his taxes and debts. The first time, I was with a bunch of classmates from college, and we were registering black voters. Please show us the police report. The second time, I was helping several unions in an organizing drive aimed at supply ship employees. Please show us the police report. http://tinyurl.com/amdq5z5 Yep, as always when caught in one of your lies. Now why don't you pay your taxes and debts, deadbeat? |
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:44:24 -0500, BAR wrote:
The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Probably an Air Force "marksman!" ====== If Harry was as big an ass then as he is now, he'd have been hit even by an Air Force marksman. :-) |
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On 12/30/2012 2:23 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:48:16 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:02:38 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:07:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: What does DC have to offer the US in the form of revenue and expansion? Tourism. Most people who visit DC stay in Maryland or Virginia. Other than street vendors, DC does not make much money off of them,. Virtually all of the attractions are free. Tourists seldom get out of the national monument area. Tour guides advise them to stay south of Pennsylvania avenue. Those would be the areas the government would hold on to in any circumstance. Tourists need food, transportation, lodging, etc. Ever look at the taxes generated by lodging alone? Tourists generate more than half of D.C's sales tax alone!! http://tinyurl.com/cmryjf3 Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... Why would a puff piece about how wonderful DC is tell the truth about how many people don't stay there? You also notice they said there were not enough hotel rooms and that DC was $322 million in the hole (in spite of huge federal infusions of money) We stayed in Maryland and took the rapid transit in to DC in the late 80's when we took the kids there. Took the White House tour of the East Wing at 8 am and then got a private West Wing tour in the evening. Lots of things to see in DC but most were like the monuments and the Smithsonian. Mt. Vernon, etc. But we were in an 27' RV for the 7 weeks we toured the country. Ha... I "saw" the white house once... I won't tell you all about it as some of you would have too much fun but suffice to say, I got lost in DC once and I am pretty sure the Secret Service heard me protesting the construction and lack of signage...:) |
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JustWait wrote:
On 12/30/2012 2:23 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:48:16 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:02:38 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:07:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: What does DC have to offer the US in the form of revenue and expansion? Tourism. Most people who visit DC stay in Maryland or Virginia. Other than street vendors, DC does not make much money off of them,. Virtually all of the attractions are free. Tourists seldom get out of the national monument area. Tour guides advise them to stay south of Pennsylvania avenue. Those would be the areas the government would hold on to in any circumstance. Tourists need food, transportation, lodging, etc. Ever look at the taxes generated by lodging alone? Tourists generate more than half of D.C's sales tax alone!! http://tinyurl.com/cmryjf3 Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... Why would a puff piece about how wonderful DC is tell the truth about how many people don't stay there? You also notice they said there were not enough hotel rooms and that DC was $322 million in the hole (in spite of huge federal infusions of money) We stayed in Maryland and took the rapid transit in to DC in the late 80's when we took the kids there. Took the White House tour of the East Wing at 8 am and then got a private West Wing tour in the evening. Lots of things to see in DC but most were like the monuments and the Smithsonian. Mt. Vernon, etc. But we were in an 27' RV for the 7 weeks we toured the country. Ha... I "saw" the white house once... I won't tell you all about it as some of you would have too much fun but suffice to say, I got lost in DC once and I am pretty sure the Secret Service heard me protesting the construction and lack of signage...:) My father in law was friends with top Secret Service people, so that is how the family got the tour. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:44:24 -0500, BAR wrote: The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Probably an Air Force "marksman!" ====== If Harry was as big an ass then as he is now, he'd have been hit even by an Air Force marksman. :-) The only time I was shot was by an Air Force marksman. Hit by a ricochet during the annual qualifying that was required. We were using pistols and a round must have hit the frame, and hit me in the leg as I sat behind the firing line. |
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, says... Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:44:24 -0500, BAR wrote: The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Probably an Air Force "marksman!" ====== If Harry was as big an ass then as he is now, he'd have been hit even by an Air Force marksman. :-) The only time I was shot was by an Air Force marksman. Hit by a ricochet during the annual qualifying that was required. We were using pistols and a round must have hit the frame, and hit me in the leg as I sat behind the firing line. Purple Heart? |
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BAR wrote:
In article 1968570934378612007.736238bmckeenospam- , says... Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:44:24 -0500, BAR wrote: The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. They don't like tax dodgers down south. Probably an Air Force "marksman!" ====== If Harry was as big an ass then as he is now, he'd have been hit even by an Air Force marksman. :-) The only time I was shot was by an Air Force marksman. Hit by a ricochet during the annual qualifying that was required. We were using pistols and a round must have hit the frame, and hit me in the leg as I sat behind the firing line. Purple Heart? Not combat. Was at the Novato, CA police range. Where the AF used pistols, as opposed to the base range with rifles. Hamilton AFB. I fixed radios and radars. Was at both Hamilton and Travis, about 40 miles apart, |
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, says... JustWait wrote: On 12/30/2012 2:23 PM, Califbill wrote: wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:48:16 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:02:38 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:07:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: What does DC have to offer the US in the form of revenue and expansion? Tourism. Most people who visit DC stay in Maryland or Virginia. Other than street vendors, DC does not make much money off of them,. Virtually all of the attractions are free. Tourists seldom get out of the national monument area. Tour guides advise them to stay south of Pennsylvania avenue. Those would be the areas the government would hold on to in any circumstance. Tourists need food, transportation, lodging, etc. Ever look at the taxes generated by lodging alone? Tourists generate more than half of D.C's sales tax alone!! http://tinyurl.com/cmryjf3 Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... Why would a puff piece about how wonderful DC is tell the truth about how many people don't stay there? You also notice they said there were not enough hotel rooms and that DC was $322 million in the hole (in spite of huge federal infusions of money) We stayed in Maryland and took the rapid transit in to DC in the late 80's when we took the kids there. Took the White House tour of the East Wing at 8 am and then got a private West Wing tour in the evening. Lots of things to see in DC but most were like the monuments and the Smithsonian. Mt. Vernon, etc. But we were in an 27' RV for the 7 weeks we toured the country. Ha... I "saw" the white house once... I won't tell you all about it as some of you would have too much fun but suffice to say, I got lost in DC once and I am pretty sure the Secret Service heard me protesting the construction and lack of signage...:) My father in law was friends with top Secret Service people, so that is how the family got the tour. NOW Harry will have to one up you, can't wait to hear the Harrytale!!! |
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:09:45 -0500, ESAD wrote:
On 12/30/12 10:46 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:17:21 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:20:50 -0500, GuzzisRule wrote: Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress. The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that) Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort. Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town (Alexandria) Gee, that's not what the cite says...... It's an advertisement. Notice the reference to the 'backyard'. That's where folks stay - Virginia and Maryland. It's why the Metro is so crowded whenever something is happening in DC. Folks are coming in from MD and VA. Most federal employees live in Md and DC too. That is why traffic is such a nightmare. They now try to get as far away from DC as they can. People are commuting in from as far away as Harry's neighborhood. I think you meant to say most live in MD and 'VA' too. And you're right about Harry's area. Driving south on Rt 4, during rush hour, is packed. It is, indeed, though the traffic does keep moving pretty well, even with the lights, until Prince Frederick, where it jams up for 10 minutes or so between 4 and 7 pm. That's why we use the commuter bus and let the bus driver deal with the traffic. Even with our rush traffic, though, we're still in a much nicer area than your overcrowded, heavily polluted, gang-and-racist-infested part of Fairfax County. Absolutely! ESAD, you live in the nicest area in the entire Atlantic seacoast area! This area in which I live is miserable. But, we're tough. I, like most people here, just think everything about you is 'the best'! And, I know you agree with us. |
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The right wing NRA types won't like this!!
iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:14:56 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: http://tinyurl.com/c59s6hm Yeah, it is working great in Chicago and DC where hand guns are virtually banned Did you read the article and note the facts given? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1602692.html |
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ESAD wrote:
On 12/29/12 1:35 PM, wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:22:56 -0500, ESAD wrote: I just saw a link for DIJ.GOV where they were mapping crime hot spots and on page 4 they use the area north of Pa ave as the example. http://www.nij.gov/topics/technology...letin-v1i1.pdf Your hot spots map from five years ago? "This is a hot spot map for robberies during 2007 in Washington, D.C. The Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights area, U Street/Shaw, and Chinatown have experienced gentrification in recent years, with homicide rates going down." Hey, if it keeps racist white trash like Herring out of DC... That is really only 3 years old in statistical terms. The FBI reporting is 2 years behind. I doubt it really looks any different today. That map could be 30 years old and it would still look about the same. I bet if they went out East of the Anacostia river the whole map would be a hot spot, all the way out past the beltway. Many parts of Anacostia are pretty grim. About once every two weeks, I have to drive to DC rather than take the commuter bus or the Metro, and many times I drive along Pennsylvania Avenue into and out of the city, right through Anacostia. I've also Metro'd in to see the Nats play, and that goes right through Anacostia, too. Over the years, I've been on commerical and large scale residential jobsites all over DC, including Anacostia. I've parked in Anacostia and walked several blocks to job sites when onsite parking wasn't available. You'd think by now I would have seen a few reasons for those hot spots, eh? The only places I've been shot at in the United States have been in the South, once in Mississippi and once in south Louisiana, and both times the shooter was white, and the areas were rural. It's too bad they missed. One less draft/tax-dodger. |
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In article , earl8477
@hotmail.com says... wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:14:56 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: http://tinyurl.com/c59s6hm Yeah, it is working great in Chicago and DC where hand guns are virtually banned Yup. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1602692.html The good thing we have learned about Rahm Emanuel is that he is not an effective executive or leader. Since he was sworn in as mayor Chicago has turned into an even bigger cesspool. |
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