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Taking It To The Streets!

History was made at our nation’s Capitol on September 12, 2009 as the nation descended on Washington D.C. The March on Washington was described by the National Park Service as the biggest event that the District of Columbia has ever experienced. There is a question of how many actually attended the rally. At one point the Daily Mail, a UK newspaper, estimated the turn out to be more than 2 million. I’ve read estimates from the National Park Service at 1.5 million, and the Albany Herald reported “tens of thousands.” Whatever the final tally is, the crowd was undeniably huge!

A traffic camera helped to produce this time lapse video of the rally.

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Look to yourself, not the state

Once upon a time, people looked to themselves. They stepped up and did for themselves and their communities, and looked no farther than their neighbor when they needed more. They never expected a handout either, but expected their neighbor to come to them for help when it was needed. The idea of a government program to do anything was ludicrous to these folks.

Despite all the hardships of that era, those were the days. Continue reading Look to yourself, not the state