tilted politics

I'll refrain from making any disparaging remarks about our nation's lawmakers as a caption. I will go on the record and say that it's really hard to do so.
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down pennsylvania avenue

From the perch of the Old Post Office tower, Capitol Hill seems small indeed.
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capitol late night

Little did we know Congress was actually in session on this evening.
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amendment, the first

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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tulips, four lips, six lips, a dollar...

Yeah, I was like every other tourist in town this weekend snapping tulips. I was the only one on my belly not using a macro setting on my point-and-shoot.
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