but I’m politically incorrect that way. Same goes for Nashville, 250 miles away. It’s the state capitol so I consider it my town just the same as I do Kingsport.

Just as I do DC.

“Well how dare you for stealing my hard earned dollars that I send to YOUR town!”

“Madam, you are mistaken — this is my town. You are merely a squatter.”

An engaging tale raising an excellent insight about our nation’s capital – and to a larger degree, our government.

In particular, our Federal government doesn’t really own anything and have any rights over us besides what we’ve given them in the Constitution. It’s not their money that they let us keep by not taxing it, for instance.

Instead, the Fdderal government belongs to us all – and that goes for its residence too.

http://www.thewoundedeagle.com/2009/11/how-dare-you-come-to-dc-do-this-in-my.html

if I had I would love to the opportunity to CHAT with someone who thinks they own ALL of DC. There is the unfortunate problem of those who think own things that NEVER belonged to them in the first place. There are gangs in cities fighting over territory that belongs to the city but they die for their little piece of concrete anyway. There is a soul sickness inside of people in the inner cities that has been created by liberalism and their plantation politics.

It is a sad state of affairs that could be fixed if these people could only see that the way up is through Conservatives and FREE MARKETS. That anyone, anywhere is worthy of everything they desire if they get up and work hard for it. The conditions created by a FREE MARKET increases the job market for EVERYONE as WE saw through 6 years of President Bush until the liberals started writing the spending bills in 2006 and inserting language and spending that brought down the nation in 2008.

It will ONLY take 2 years of Conservatism for EVERYONE to have the same opportunities for advancement in this country and then perhaps a couple of generations for the gimme soul sickness to disappear! LIBERALISM MUST BE DESTROYED for this country to become whole!

I can’t believe this diary is so disrespecting to the woman. How about some consideration? Maybe her favorite place to eat was too crowded to go into. Maybe she was tired. What about understanding why she felt the way she did? This is human nature to be feel intruded upon even if we don’t own it or it’s a public resource. A few weeks ago I joked with a friend that the new poor of the recession were crowded out my public use things like having to wait for a computer at the library, not being able to be seen at the free clinic because it was full for the day. The most conservative area I’ve been here in the south are AWFUL about new people being there. I’ve heard the same thing from other people in small cities. A few weeks ago there were protestors downtown, it took me an hour longer to run my errands. Yes I felt like they intruded on my street! Do I really think I have more of a right to the street, the library, the free clinic more than they do? No of course not and I’ve told many people about the clinic hoping they would utilize their services but we all get used to how things are any change will make us feel a little intruded upon. It’s just human nature.

” I had been to DC twice before during the GWB administration. The town at that time was seedy, full of homeless and a lot of filth”

So the homeless are included in the filth? She was homeless. She still deserves respect as a peson.. Should the homeless be moved away so you don’t have to look at her? How you view here is horrible. Her statement was not appropriate but how you view her is awful. I finally understand why republicans are seen by some as being uncompassionate and not caring about the poor.

and was the birthplace of my parents and grandparents. My family has seen World War I, WWII, Vietnam, the riots following the assassination of MLK, Jr., every Presidential cortege, inauguration and parade from the steps of the Capitol. We’ve never seen anything like the Tea Party on September 12, 2009.

Whoever the woman was, she was mistaken. If she really is homeless, she is likely mentally ill, as there are ample resources here for people who need help and only the mentally disabled avoid it. Many, many private charities run shelters and soup kitchens, including Catholic Charities. She was not really inconvenienced by the presence of the demonstrators.

Because the District of Columbia belongs to all Americans, we natives have no greater claims on the city than others, and most of us are happy to have you all come here and see this magnificent city. Especially when you come to defend the Constitution.

“Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.”

Bonus points if the person knows who said that. More bonus points if the light of reason shines through their skulls.

That womens feelings about you are representative of most of the citizens of DC, including most of congress and the media. Turns out, you’re not supposed to leave your hometown no matter what congress plans to do:

http://www.redstate.com/donnylatenight/2009/11/29/cnn-reveals-its-conservative-bias-according-to-media-matters/