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It was eight years ago today that New York, Washington and Pennsylvania suffered the terrorist attacks that are said to have changed America, both inside and out. The further away we get from those events, the more they seem like an abstract memory and the more we find ourselves returning to the sense of normalcy that we may have felt on September 10, 2001. That's probably a good thing. Being vigilant in a complex and dangerous world is important, but constantly being ready for the next attack to come may not have been terribly good for the country's psyche. Policy opinions aside, today we remember the close to 3,000 people that lost their lives on 9/11. It was a tragic and difficult day, and though it becomes hazier with each passing year, it remains a day that affected us all.
Gay Marriage Bill Coming This Fall: This isn't what Bishop Harry Jackson wanted to wake up to in his Maryland D.C. home today -- the Post reports that the D.C. Council will likely consider a bill this fall legalizing same-sex marriages in the District. The measure, sponsored by Council member David Catania (I-At Large), already has nine co-sponsors and would allow same-sex couples to wed as of 2011. Of course, this being D.C., members of Congress will likely jump in to try and stop the measure from taking effect, likely with the support of national organizations opposed to marriage equality. And you may have guessed it, but Council member Marion Barry -- the self-proclaimed "moral" politician on the council -- is not amongst the bill's supporters.
Fewer Hands on Deck for D.C. Police: Over the last two years Police Chief Cathy Lanier has made a big deal of her "All Hands on Deck" initiative, the weekends when every able-bodied officer hits the streets in a show of force. No more. The Examiner reports that an arbitrator has found that the initiative violates the officers' contract, forcing Lanier to cancel any remaining "All Hands" weekends for the year and pay overtime for those that have already take place. The city can appeal the decision.
Metro Fare Hike Considered: Facing a $144 million budget shortfall for next year, Metro is considering raising fares, reports the Post. While the transit agency has long faced financial troubles, this is the first time in a few years that a number of board members -- including D.C.'s Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) -- have admitted that raising fares might have to happen.
Briefly Noted: Something tells me that the Post covered this because they find stories about poop as funny as anyone else ... Rhee and teachers union closer to deal ... Feds lay out proposals for restoring Chesapeake Bay.
This Day in DCist: On this day in 2008, we couldn't get enough of Roy Pearson's pants. In 2007, it was Adrian Fenty, Man of the People.
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9/11 was bad.
I just skimmed to the next section.
The thing about 9/11 is that it sucked. It really sucked.
"...and pay overtime for those that have already take place." They weren't being paid overtime in the first place? For a b/s p/r blitz that just made it harder for the police to get their jobs done?
This isn't what Bishop Harry Jackson wanted to wake up to in his Maryland D.C. home today
Are you kidding me? You obviously haven't figured out "Bishop" Jackson's true objective. I believe the technical term for it is "cha-ching". He is ecstatic about the bill. By making himself the face of the anti-gay marriage movement, he stands to gain hugely in money pouring in from all the bigots across the country. He just scored the jackpot.
He'll be able to afford fake residences all across this beautiful land.
Is there an obligation to use his title? If I self-appoint myself with a title only I can give or receive, but that makes me sound like I have more authority than I have, will every media outlet embrace it? What if he decides to appoint himself Cardinal of his church? Will we call him Cardinal Jackson? Pope Jackson? Seriously tho, it's like Reid says, he's cashing in on the attention and becoming a spokesperson on the issue, but I don't see where he's ever had the authority (not as a DC resident/citizen nor as a bishop) to make the mess he has.
Welcome to the commentariat, Countess Sophia. Channels 5 & 9 have some questions they'd like to ask you.
Ah, poop on the Mall. Roy Pearson's pants. Marion Barry being "moral." It's the little things that keep Post 9/11 life bearable in this town.
And again, if WMATA wants to generate revenues, my Five-Point-Plan for Fiscal Responsibility has been available for review since last Wednesday. All I ask is that they name the Dupont Circle Thai Tranny Hooker Brothel after me. I'd like my contribution to DC to end up being something more than these stupid postings and a few dozen broken toilets.
If the Mall is America's front yard, when is Canada and Mexico going to complain to the HOA about how crappy it looks?
More importantly, if the Mall is America's Front Yard, where's the '72 Plymouth Duster that's 80% Bondo colored and up on cinderblocks?
Is that NewHCE sitting on an old rickety rocking chair in front of the American History Museum, with a shotgun in his lap and screaming something about getting off his property?
You know, it is not true that you get more conservative as you get older. You just get crankier.
So did we ever figure out whether Bishop" Jackson lives in Maryland or doe she live in "SE DC? Right around the corner from where the Follies used to be? With his totally not gay roommate? Or maybe we're talking about a different "Bishop" Jackson. Y'know, the android one that was in "Aliens" and "Alien 3?" That would certainly explain his erratic behavior. The A/2's were always a bit twitchy. That could never happen now with "Bishop's" new behavioral inhibitors. Impossible for him to harm or, by omission of action, allow to be harmed any homosexual.
More cornbread?
Washington was not attacked. Virginia was!!!!
True, but the Pentagon does have DC's area code...so there is that.
A very good point. I guess D.C. is only a seperate entity when it suits Washingtonians.
Oh, right. That little airport is called Ronald Reagan Virginia National Airport?
My Liz had 2 cups of joe this AM, didn't she?
Get back on the luggage carousel, Liz.
Get back in the frequent flyer lounge, Liz.
Ah 9/11; time for my annual "Fuck you George W. Bush!"
Followed by, "Get over it, the US killed 300,000 Japanese at Hiroshima"
Followed by, "both sides would've lost millions more in troop & civillian casualties based on the 'unconditional surrender' policies of the allies."
Disagreements like this is why I've decided that all politics are soul poison.
"The Japanese slaughtered as many as 30 million Filipinos, Malays, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Indonesians and Burmese, at least 23 million of them ethnic Chinese. If you were a Nazi prisoner of war from Britain, America, Australia, New Zealand or Canada (but not Russia) you faced a 4% chance of not surviving the war; [by comparison] the death rate for Allied POWs held by the Japanese was nearly 30%."
Now you make the call.
Guys guys guys, it is way too early for this... Can't you talk about something on an 8th grade level?
go eat your pablum, this is getting good...
two wrongs don't make a right.
But three rights make a left!
"We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it"
Good luck getting that out of head.
Pfffft! That's easy!
There was a little spanish flea
A record star he thought he'd be
He heard of singers like Beatles
and The Chipmunks he'd seen on TV
Why not a little spanish flea?
And so he hid
Inside a doggie from madrid
He arrived in the city
Still singin his sweet harmony
As proud as any flea could be
He walked around
As if he owned the town
Humming his pint sized melody
With his guitar he knew he'd be a star
And in his own home town, how proud he'd be
Then all at once he met a man
Who said, "I'll help you if i can"
He listened close to his song
And then he sang right along for you see
He loved that little spanish flea
The Japanese eat whale cakes!
I gave them my baby to kiss and they bit it! On the head!
Whooaaa!!!! I have ZERO interest in getting into that debate. That was the point of my first post (psst...I also agree with you).
Dammit, I wanted a fight, I had 15 wiki articles open and cut and past finger ready to roll. Well back to doughnuts.
I wrap up the thread. "Fuck you George W. Bush!"
Mission accomplished.
When the hell can we stop taking our shoes off to get on a plane? Good thing that fool was a shoe bomber and not a pants bomber.
Good thing he didn't hide the bomb in his rectum.*
*Sorry for going there.
Rectum? It practically killed 'em!
oh 9/11...the day I had to prevent a gas riot in west texas, since people thought if they didn't get gas NOW it would run out forever, easily the most surreal night of my life...
Those foolish West Texans. A single can of Ranch Style Beans easily provides enough gas to power an entire trailer park and still have enough leftover to burn your crops.
Ahhh, Ranch Style beans. I used to bring a case of those home every time I visited the family in Arizona. Impossible to get anywhere near this coast.
At least it was impossible until I found some at Harris Teeter. Now I can run that methane powered jetpack once again.
~EEE~
Why 2011? If a bill passes this fall, it seems strange that it would take over a year to implement...
That really doesn't make sense. And all the article says is that the domestic partnership program will end in 2011. Maybe Martin read it wrong?
Are the poop scooping volunteers cleaning up the human poop around the monuments on the mall? Particularly around the Jefferson - if you walk around there on a hot humid day when the sun is hitting in just the right spot (the area around the holly trees) you can be knocked over dead by the smell.
Coast Guard fires on a boat on the Potomac:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/breaking/Coast-Guard-Fires-at-Boat-in-Potomac-Report-59014672.html
Well ... that reeks of the Air Force One photo op fly-over in NYC. Is DHS working today? Just askin'.
Did you just copy and paste the 7th anniversary's write up? If you can't do better than "It was a tragic and difficult day, and though it becomes hazier with each passing year, it remains a day that affected us all" then do us a favor and just don't write anything.
Jeez...what's going on here lately? Everyone's so mad! It's effing Friday! Did you all have a really bad week? Because I did, and the only thing getting me through is the fact that I don't have to work this weekend, and I get to sit my fat ass on my couch watching football for two solid days. That, and the incredibly potent mushrooms I bought from a guy named Cool Breeze on the way to work...I didn't know I had 40 fingers!
I'll have what you're having!!
Get back on the O-Train Liz!
Oh yeah, it's annual "Gary Condit is a lucky bastard day".
Remember Chandra Levy!
And in other news, Remember the Maine!
~EEE~
Stupid comment system. . .
That Wandering Foodie guy posted in the DC/Baltimore Chowhound Board today:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/651601
I wonder if he reads dcist? Maybe we can recommend some places for whale cake.
Well, you got your "Thar She Bakes", that's on 3rd. Then there's "Blubber Lang's Shakin' Cakes", that's on 3rd. And of course, there's "Ahab's House of Pastry and Revenge". That's on 3rd. Matter of fact, they're all in the same complex; it's the whale cake complex on 3rd. The whaling district.
Oh yeah, it's annual "Gary Condit is a lucky bastard day".
Remember Chandra Levy!
And in other news, Remember the Maine!
~EEE~
martin's editorializing is usually just annoying. today it's especially uncalled for.
Dear DCist:
Your views regarding gay marriage, voting rights, the quality of TV/radio/print news outlets, overblown post-9/11 security measures, and the georgetown cuddler are well established. It isn't necessary to add commentary with every single morning roundup.