A nice article about my town and the Navy yard shootings
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/09/navy_yard_shootings_federal_employees_and_contractors_were_the_victims.html?wpisrc=newsletter_rubric
I would add one other point. People from the outlands always complain about DC - and they're right to. It's full of loathesome and arrogant shits. But, with a few exceptions, they all come from somewhere else - elected, or tagging along with someone who was, or just naturally drawn by the greed and power. And us residents have to put up with them too - only on a more direct basis.
The very nature of government and society dictates this, but it's political - not geographic. When people complain about DC and its spoiled hubris, it is simple: you sent them here to create and nurture it.
I would add one other point. People from the outlands always complain about DC - and they're right to. It's full of loathesome and arrogant shits. But, with a few exceptions, they all come from somewhere else - elected, or tagging along with someone who was, or just naturally drawn by the greed and power. And us residents have to put up with them too - only on a more direct basis.
The very nature of government and society dictates this, but it's political - not geographic. When people complain about DC and its spoiled hubris, it is simple: you sent them here to create and nurture it.
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