"Reflecting pools are filled with green, smelly water.... dozens of ducks and ducklings died of avian botulism because the water in a mall pool near the Capitol was fetid"
A national disgrace. And as you read this, whoever and wherever you are, consider that this government will lavish trillions and trillions of tax loot upon banking and war looters.
Who would want to visit our "capitol" after this, huh?
"National Mall sinks into disrepair while funds go elsewhere; Popular national park crumbling, victim of neglect" by Brian Westley and Brett Zongker, Associated Press | July 26, 2009
WASHINGTON - Crumbling sidewalks near the Jefferson Memorial are sinking into the Tidal Basin. Reflecting pools are filled with green, smelly water. And millions of visitors have trampled the soil into virtual concrete where grass can’t grow. The National Mall is in danger of becoming a national disgrace....
The Obama administration recently steered $55 million in economic stimulus money toward repairs, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says that is only a down payment on the nearly $400 million needed to fix up a national park that draws more visitors than Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite combined....
Last year, dozens of ducks and ducklings died of avian botulism because the water in a mall pool near the Capitol was fetid. Instead, funding went to projects back home. All told, Congress sent home more than $181 million in earmarks....
Senator Robert Byrd, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sent more than $3.3 million home to West Virginia, including $123,000 to restore a Mother’s Day Shrine.
You know, we all love our mothers, but....
Lawmakers sent millions more home to restore county courthouses and local historical sites that aren’t part of the national parks....
Seriously, what are we to do with the looters?
The mall didn’t just lose out on earmarks. In January, Congress deleted $200 million in stimulus funding for the mall. And last year, a bill that would have appropriated $100 million for mall repairs failed....
Sigh.
Yet Congress invests in sod and flower beds on its own grounds at the Capitol, which are kept carefully manicured, even as the mall - which runs 2 miles from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial - has languished. Congress employs about 1,900 workers to maintain its buildings and 450 acres....
Is that IN-YOUR-FACE ARROGANCE or WHAT, America?
Congress is a nice little FIEFDOM for some people, isn't it, America?
Readers, in truth this type of post -- while seeming innocuous -- is slowly eating my heart away. I profanely rage about other things on this blog, but the everyday sacking and looting of the American people, whether it be Washington, your state capitol, or your local government, is so pervasive it drives me to sadness.
When -- and a big if -- you rise up and, America, I will be applauding you the whole way. I will not stand in your way preaching my nonviolence as I march with you.
