http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3001542The Civil War "historian" primitive, who wants to write a history of West Virginia during the Civil War, but apparently prefers to spend his time on Skins's island.
ThomWV (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-13-08 08:29 AM
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You know, if a few million people went to Washington when Congress was in session
It never ceases to amaze me that when 'marches on Washington' take place - to the extent you could say that they even occur anymore - always take place when the President is out of the Country and the Congress is not in session. Imagine what a change might occur if somebody were home when we came to visit and even more so if were to actually show up in numbers worth mentioning.
The historic primitive lives in West Virginia, which is practically walking-distance from the national capitol.
The historic primitive has a great big huge gas-guzzling pick-up truck, and a Vanderbilt-class boat on the trailer behind it. What's stopping the historic primitive from loading up the cab and the bed of the pick-up truck, and the yacht behind, with other primitives, and driving on Washington?
Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-13-08 09:07 AM
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1. I remember when one guy on a tractor in the middle of the Tidal Basin..practically shut down the city for almost three days. It doesn't take much, really it doesn't.
Yeah, that was back when the Incompetent One (1977-1981) was president.
ThomWV (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-13-08 10:27 AM
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2. You may recall that a whole bunch of truckers did the same thing once, when fuel got expensive
I think diesel fuel had hit fifty cents a gallon and so in protest they shut down the roads in and our of DC by simply driving their trucks in line and very very slow.
You'd think they'd pull them up and park at $4.00.
Yeah, that was back when the Incompetent One (1977-1981) was president.
hootinholler (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-13-08 11:50 AM
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3. Hell, they did that nationally in the '70s
They also cruised I70 through Pa at like 30MPH because the road bed was too rough and damaging trucks.
Yeah, that was back when the Incompetent One (1977-1981) was president.
