Just yesterday I pulled up behind a car with Washington, D.C. plates that had as its motto: "Taxation without Representation." Was this an overlay holder meant to fool or is this the genuine article? Sorry if I seem oblivious. Do we really have a legit plate logo that is basically a snotty whine?
D.C. plates?
- Thread starter Ed Dixon
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The wisdom of living in DC aside, it's a legitimate gripe, They don't get the congressional reps thet deserve, just a "shadow senator" and a crack smokin' mayor. I agree, give everything that's not Federal property back to Maryland. Virginia don't want any of that riff-raff.
I agree with the representation part, however it was mayor Barry that was the crack smoker. Why don't we give them to California - can't make that state any worse and we certainly don't need to make Maryland any worse than it is now. Maybe when the great earthquake comes it would take the seceded part of DC too.
Mike Irwin
Staff
Virginia got its part back in 1848. That's why the western boundary of DC follows the river instead of the nice straight lines of the other boundaries.
I've got a friend who is a doctor. She and her husband live in DC. They knock down probably $250-300K a year.
They moved into the District knowing full well they had no representation. Mr. James, I think you know who I'm talking about.
All she can do is scream bloody murder about how she's disenfranchised.
Another friend finally had it one evening. Asked her "Were you scared?"
She asked what he was talking about...
He asked if she was scared when the guy stuck a gun in her ribs and FORCED her to buy a $400,000 house in an exclusive DC neighborhood.
She was NOT amused. The rest of us were.
She, and most of the other people screaming about this, are unwilling or simply unable to comprehend the fact that it's not up to Congress to "grant" representative rights for DC.
It requires a Constitutional Amendment, passed by 2/3rds of the states.
The fact that DC residents now can vote for President and have 3 electoral college votes is UNCONSTITUTIONAL as hell!
Does the fact that DC residents have no voting rights bug me? Yeah, a little.
But what REALLY frosts my ass is rich whining little liberal pukes like my doctor friend VOLUNTARILY moving to DC and then trying to make some sort of case that they're part of the downtrodden masses.
If DC wants voting rights, let them go back to Maryland.
But Maryland doesn't want them.
And, quite frankly, I'd be willing to go to war to PREVENT DC from becoming its own state.
Christ, it's a freaking joke the way it's run right now.
Could you imagine it being a state?
I've got a friend who is a doctor. She and her husband live in DC. They knock down probably $250-300K a year.
They moved into the District knowing full well they had no representation. Mr. James, I think you know who I'm talking about.
All she can do is scream bloody murder about how she's disenfranchised.
Another friend finally had it one evening. Asked her "Were you scared?"
She asked what he was talking about...
He asked if she was scared when the guy stuck a gun in her ribs and FORCED her to buy a $400,000 house in an exclusive DC neighborhood.
She was NOT amused. The rest of us were.
She, and most of the other people screaming about this, are unwilling or simply unable to comprehend the fact that it's not up to Congress to "grant" representative rights for DC.
It requires a Constitutional Amendment, passed by 2/3rds of the states.
The fact that DC residents now can vote for President and have 3 electoral college votes is UNCONSTITUTIONAL as hell!
Does the fact that DC residents have no voting rights bug me? Yeah, a little.
But what REALLY frosts my ass is rich whining little liberal pukes like my doctor friend VOLUNTARILY moving to DC and then trying to make some sort of case that they're part of the downtrodden masses.
If DC wants voting rights, let them go back to Maryland.
But Maryland doesn't want them.
And, quite frankly, I'd be willing to go to war to PREVENT DC from becoming its own state.
Christ, it's a freaking joke the way it's run right now.
Could you imagine it being a state?
Yep. Arlington County, Va. has the borders of the old Virginia portion of the District. (for the most part). Arlington very nearly completes the old square diamond shape (excepting the bottom point, which now is part of the City of Alexandria.
BTW, Mike, I've always thought it was 1846, but maybe you're right.
Mike Irwin
Staff
Dischord,
It was sometime before I was born.
That's all that's important.
It was sometime before I was born.
That's all that's important.
Mike,
Well, we were both wrong. It was 1847.
See last para on: http://www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org/learn/snapshots/alexandria_county.asp
BTW: "Alexandria County" is the old name for Arlington County. It was changed in 1920 to avoid confusion with neighboring City of Alexandria.
Well, we were both wrong. It was 1847.
See last para on: http://www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org/learn/snapshots/alexandria_county.asp
BTW: "Alexandria County" is the old name for Arlington County. It was changed in 1920 to avoid confusion with neighboring City of Alexandria.
Indeed. Otherwise, I'd have been a criminal for the ten years I lived in Arlington just for owning firearms.
sleeping dog
New member
I'd like to see DC become part of Maryland.
Citizens of Maryland may have other opinions, I'd guess.
It might shut up Senator-in-waiting J.Jackson. For a minute. Maybe.
Regards.
Citizens of Maryland may have other opinions, I'd guess.
It might shut up Senator-in-waiting J.Jackson. For a minute. Maybe.
Regards.