August 28, 2007
Morning Roundup: Bathroom Arrest Edition
Once again, the country is in a tizzy over a conservative Republican senator doing naughty things. According to a Post report, Sen. Larry Craig (R-Id.) was arrested earlier this month in an airport bathroom in Minnesota after he became a little touchy with an undercover police officer. (Similar allegations were made against him here, though they allegedly occurred in a Union Station bathroom.) Our favorite part? That during an interview with police after the incident, he pulled out his business card and said, "What do you think about that?" We think it's hilarious, Sen. Craig.
D.C. Ranked Fall Destination: Summer is coming to a close, and tourists want that one last chance to snap a picture of the White House or buy a hard-to-find FBI t-shirt. According to the Examiner, that last-minute tourist rush has pushed D.C. up to the eighth spot on a list of destinations for the fall. According to the article, domestic airfare is down three percent for the fall, pushing people to travel.
Metro Suffers Second Day of Snags: Well, at least Metro is consistent, right? According to NBC4, Metro suffered a second day of power surges and other incidents that disrupted service at two stations on different lines. A power surge shut down service between Pentagon City and Braddock Road and a track fire affected service between U Street/Cardozo and Columbia Heights. A number of problems during a two-hour span on Sunday affected six stations on all five lines.
Immigrants Launch Boycott in Virginia County: Hoping to force officials to think twice before acting against illegal immigrants, activists in Prince William County have launched a week-long boycott of local businesses, reports WTOP. The boycott, meant to express anger over a county policy limiting services to illegal immigrants, will end with a march on Sunday.
Briefly Noted: Maryland signs first sister-state agreement with Liberia ... TVs to appear on gas pumps in December ... Washington Post Radio dies ... Police now using GPS to fight crime ... Rev. Jackson to lead protest against violence in Maryland.
This Day in DCist: On this day last year, we reported on citizen activism for Trader Joe's, wrote about progress on the Springfield Mixing Bowl and saw the Redskins get wailed on to the tune of 41-0.
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You know, I really wanted to like this Washington Post Radio, but man, does it suck. Really, really bad. David Burd was good when he was doing the Saturday and Sunday morning shows, but for weekdays, it's just not good. 99% of the Post reporters who appear on there have horrible on-air presence and sound like they'd rather be anywhere else than on the radio. And Tony Kornholer has always been awful at radio. The only good things on that station are the Nationals and the syndicated CBS News programming, like Weekend Roundup and 60 Minutes (which surprisingly, works quite well on radio).
Anyone know if the guy in the picture is local? And if so, when/where can we see him play?
I don't know if it's him, but I've seen a guy playing the water crystals down on King St. in Old Town.
guest no.2:
Follow the credit link: Tags suggest he's in Alexandria, @ the Torpedo Factory.
Great shot, by the way...
I don't know the "Crystal playin' guy's" name, but he is in Old Town down by the Torpedo Factory about every other weekend or so. I'm surprised the photographer got such a nice shot. Usually the guy is mobbed.
I've seen him behind the Torpedo Factory on the water's side. DC needs more glass harmonica players on the street. That and hurdy gurdys and monkeys with fezzes and tin cups shaking people down for change. Something to take your mind off the interminable wait for a bus because the Metro station's on fire.
The other day I saw a fez-wearing monkey playing the water crystals down on K and 17th. When he was done, he bought a burrito with his earnings.
Too bad I didn't get a photo...
He used to (maybe still does) play at Georgetown University once a year; we called him the Glass Harpist, although I don't know if that's his actual title.
Also, if you've ever watched ABC News at 4 am (don't ask), they sometimes use video of him while rolling the ending credits just before 5.
BostonRay says: I was one of the victims of last nights Metro snafu. Pentagon City was an absolute disaster in organization as no one knew when or where the shuttle busses were to appear. Should a real disaster strike you will only have yourself to rely on. After two hours I was able to find a cab and make it home.
RE:Illegal immigrant boycott - don't these mouching wetbacks get it? We want them gone! We don't want their business! What part of illegal don't they understand? Sheesh.
Go back to Boston.
Victim? VICTIM? Boston-boy, are you having a laff?
Victims are those people in Iraq who we call "collateral damage." Or folks who get run down by a crack head in a Volvo.
Having to wait a few extra minutes to catch a train home does not make you a victim. It makes you a communter.
Bell-end.
BostonRay says: I eat scheisse 'cause Mommy never said that she loved me.
Guest 11 calm down. He's not trying to start a charity for himself. I've been the victim and cause of a hangover this morning, but by calling myself that I'm not trying to compare myself to someone killed by a drunk driver (So, MADD members stop calling). It's a perfectly valid word on both instances. Jeez.
As a former PWC resident I have to say good for you illegal immigrants. Maybe next week you can boycott paying your taxes...oh wait.
I bet that wasn't the first time Craig whipped something out and asked, "What do you think about that?"
Re: PWC Immigrants... The WTOP story says, "...immigrants are upset over a new policy limiting county services to illegal immigrants."
You'd think that it would be the citizens of Prince William Co. upset about county services being limited to illegal immigrants, not the other way around.
Said Glass Harpest creates amazing music. I heard him play at a friend's wedding reception. Watching a group of volunteers move the table with rubber-band affixed glasses from one end of the hall to the other was nerve-wracking but well worth it when he started to play.
Nice trolls you guys have been. Too bad you won't live.
Then again, who does?
Boston Ray:
Once you deport all the illegals (which is of course logistically and financially impossible), good luck finding 15 million Americans to pick lettuce, do grunt construction and landscaping, clean motel rooms, and all the other crap illegals have been doing for 20 years.
No, really. Good luck. You're going to need it.
Hillman: Plenty of LEGAL immigrants that can do the grunt work.
BostonRay says: We don't have to pay to deport them. One does what Virginia is doing. Deny them the freebee benefits, take away their "paid-in-cash jobs" and deny them housing and money laundering facilities. Remember, Hillman, their cash is Mexico's 2nd gross national earner below oil. Drugs don't count, huh(they are illegal. They will leave across that border as fast as they invaded this way. They are not here to immigrate, they are here to colonize. They are not here to learn our language - they demand we learn theirs. Matters not what country they came from - the door south is always open.
Plenty of legal immigrants here to do that work? Really? 15 million of them?
"They are here to colonize"..... what total BS. They are here because they want to make money.
I'm a big fan of immigration reform, which is long overdue, but anyone that thinks we can somehow do without the 15 million illegals we have now is fooling themselves.
I mean, really, how many people do you personally know that are willing to clean motel rooms or pick lettuce? 1? 10? It's going to take a lot more than that.
Like a lot of people, I often find I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. But is an America that looks less like The Simple Life and more like Sabado Gigante such a bad thing? Look deep inside yourself and ask yourself whether you reall want more herpes or less Salma Hayek.
I for one welcome our spicy latina overlords.