December 18, 2006
Go Home Already: We are all Special Edition
>> As you've all no doubt heard, we're all Time magazine's Person of the Year. Unless you've never authored a blog post, a comment, or even submitted a loosely-sourced tip to a blogger who would irresponsibly publish it. Then you're nothing. [Time]
>> Thieves rob hipster bar, police shrug. It's Christmas, after all. [City Desk]
>> Police have responded to a shooting on the 1200 block of U Street that took place around 4 p.m. today. One person was shot in the neck and taken to Howard University Hospital, their situation apparently critical. [NBC 4]
>> If you find yourself alone during the holidays this year, fear not -- one local blogger found a creative, if creepy way to have his family over for dinner without actually having them over at all. And it's much less high-tech than you'd think. [Pave the Whales]
>> If you see city bureaucrats walking out of the John Wilson Building with bags full of cash, it's not your imagination -- they really have gotten good bonuses this year. [D.C. Examiner]
>> We know that politicians will do anything for votes, but nothing as exciting as what George Washington apparently did when running for Virginia's House of Burgesses in 1758. According to a fascinating book I've been reading, "A History of the World in 6 Glasses," Washington's campaign team "handed out twenty-eight gallons of rum, fifty gallons of rum punch, thirty-four of wine, forty-six of beer, and two of cider -- in a county with only 391 voters." Awesome.
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So much for that low, low homicide rate. http://www.nbc4.com/news/10128742/detail.html. Seems like the premature release of "good news" was almost a dare.
The first sentence in the City Paper's story on the Wonderland being robbed really annoys me for some reason. Armed and masked robberies is proof that gentrification is a work in progress? Why, because armed robberies don't occur in gentrified areas? Because poor people are more apt to rob people?
Maybe it's me but it just seems so arrogant and elitist.
really, though.
when was the last time somebody walked into whitlow's on wilson & robbed the whole bar at gunpoint?
kudos to those patrons who stayed & finished their beers.
Because poor people are more apt to rob people?
Since you rob someone to get money that you don't have, yes, those with no money are more apt to rob people. I think the profile of your average armed gunman would probably back me up on this.
Sure, rich people rob poor people all the time, but they tend to use more subtle methods, and do it behind a desk, with a pen.
You don't see too many yuppies donning ski masks to knock over the corner grocery; and if you do, then it's probably because they bit off a little more than they could chew with that new condo.
Hi, Thanks for using my sunset picture.
dceeeee, when was the last time you heard of somebody walking into any bar and robbing the whole place at gunpoint? It just doesn't happen that often, anywhere. So to assume it happened because of the poor people still in the area is just as faulty as saying that being sold out of caviar in Anacostia indicates rich people have descended on the area.
And tcl, people with no money are not more apt to rob people, since most robberies are not committed to pay one's bills--though I do have to wonder how many of those yuppies you mention have considered turning to a life of crime when their deferred-interest period expires.....
Seeing as how what you're claiming about the net worth of your average armed robber goes against conventional wisdom, I'm going to have to ask for some statistical support.
What's the profile of a criminal that hits liquor stores and bars, then?
dude, they'd have to SELL caviar in Anacostia for it to be sold out. There aren't even sit-down restaurants!
Because poor people are more apt to rob people?
Sorry, I'm trying not to snicker here in a condescending way, but the answer to your question is "Um, yes.