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..And in other shocking news, the sky is blue! The Pope is Catholic! Economists are myopic!
The Washington Post has a great article today about how many national political figures who live in DC, and are "representing" DC at the DNC next week, are clueless about DC itself:
Harold Ickes is the prototypical insider, a career political operative who knows as much about how Washington works as anyone. Just don't ask the former Clinton White House official and Democratic superdelegate what ward he lives in.
"Oh boy," Ickes said recently by phone. "It's either 2 or 7. I live in Georgetown."
Or who represents him on the D.C. Council.
"Don't know."
Or the name of the public schools chancellor.
"I don't know the name, an Asian woman."
If Ickes isn't plugged into the local political scene -- correct answers: Ward 2, Jack Evans and Michelle A. Rhee -- that's because there have long been two separate and distinct Washingtons. One is federal, the other local, and rarely do those in these two worlds think of one another.
Though that last sentence isn't really correct. I know the writer was going for a semblance of "balance," but the fact is that local-DC politicians are acutely aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill. Congress has veto power over DC, and not vice-versa. Reminds me of the roving racists in Youth for Western Civilization, hosting Tom Tancredo speeches in diverse communities.
Perhaps it's best described by stealing a line from Stephen Colbert's epic win of a Correspondents Dinner performance: "DC is a chocolate city too, with a marshmallow center."

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"For the People, By the People" definition that we were always taught growing up.
Are there any measures of accountability for Americas leadership anymore?
Our goverment is pushing legislation to regulate the lives of million of Americans and established businesses while causing further economic tension and strain on an already troubled economy.
In the easter United States legislation is being pushed to regulate the payday loan industry is such a way that it will force them out of business.
This legislation if passed will cause 1000's of Americans to loose their Jobs and 1000's more to loose their investments.
From outrageous regulation to over indulgent goverment spending, you wonder how much longer we will be the land of the free. America needs help!
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