Downtown D.C. Declared 'Prostitution Free Zone'

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[Sub-Driver]

Downtown D.C. Declared 'Prostitution Free Zone' @ 3:12 pm by Walter Alarkon

The police in Washington, D.C. have declared several downtown blocks a "prostitution free zone" for Inauguration Week, reports DCist.

In an area just east of Mt. Vernon Square and west of Union Station, the police will be on the lookout for anyone seeking sex for cash. According to D.C. law, officers will first hand out warnings to people they suspect engaging in "prostitution or prostitution-related activities" in that area, and then they would arrest them if they failed to obey orders to disperse. A conviction could lead to a $300 fine and incarceration for up to 180 days.

The "prostitution free zone" includes the blocks between 4th and 5th Streets NW and between I and G Streets NW. Nearby buildings include National Public Radio headquarters, the National Building Museum and the Washington Convention Center, which is the site of several inauguration balls.

The zone is in effect from Friday through Sunday, Jan. 25.

[Sub-Driver]

Discrimination....

[Mojave]

Where will Congress meet?

[Lurker]

Downtown D.C. Declared 'Prostitution Free Zone'

Can they really ban the entire US Congress from downtown DC?

L

[LottieDah]

But...Prostitution and Washington go hand in hand.

[cll]

Are they sending Congress home then?

[null and void]

Elsewhere, I guess.

[Lurker]

Beat me by 21 seconds....

L

[Cicero]

What about gay prostitutes? Surely they are exempt.

[highlander_UW]

Where will Congress meet?

You beat me to it.

[ComputerGuy]

In my day, all the nappy-headed hos hung out on foteenth street.

[WakeUpAndVote]

Does that include code pink and peta?

[Tex Pete]

Does this mean Obama won’t be taking office?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Where’s Zero going to celebrate, then, after the ‘coronation’?

[Mojave]

From the looks of it, the same idea occurs to everyone who reads the headline.

[massgopguy]

But what about the Common Nightwalkers in Congress?

[floozy22]

Downtown D.C. Declared 'Prostitution Free Zone'

Quite the contrary - prostitutes will be everywhere !!!

[boomop1]

Parliament of Whores.

[brytlea]

ROFL!!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

You beat me to it.

[OneWingedShark]

>>Downtown D.C. Declared ‘Prostitution Free Zone’
>
>Can they really ban the entire US Congress from downtown DC?

Dang, you beat me to it!

[NY Attitude]

I guess that the politicians are in the hotels selling themselves.

[AndyPH]

Does it mean, We shall be spared the sight of Michelle Hussein?

[M Kehoe]

The police in Washington, D.C. have declared several downtown blocks a "prostitution free zone" for Inauguration Week, reports DCist.

And I just declared D.C. a "corruption free zone."

LOL!

5.56mm

[NewJerseyJoe]

That’s a joke, right? Capitol Hill’s been filled with prostitutes, for at least the last 40 years....

[domenad]

Looks like Eliott Spitzer will be skipping the inaugural balls.

[JRandomFreeper]

the same idea occurs to everyone who reads the headline.

And what does that first reaction tell us about how folks in fly-over country feel about the Feral Gooberment?

/johnny

[alarm rider]

Considering the number of RINO politicians and “journalists” that are.....

Never mind...

[Allegra]

From the looks of it, the same idea occurs to everyone who reads the headline.

It was my first thought too and then I clicked on the thread and started laughing at how we're all thinking pretty much along the same lines.

[Always Independent]

Until Jan 20 2009. Then at least one will be there.

[donna]

Oh my gosh! Lindsey Graham will be crushed!

[pnh102]

Free prostitutes? Nice!

[MeanWestTexan]

The had to shutter Barney Franks’ office.

[Uncle Miltie]

This is impossible because I have it on good authority that Bubba will be there.

[KeyLargo]

What will TEDDY do?

[snarks_when_bored]

Downtown D.C. Declared 'Prostitution Free Zone'

They're going to be giving it away? Let's see what's on offer...

[goodnesswins]

"Where will Congress meet?"

My thought exactly!

[Species8472]

Some joke just white themselves!

And as they say: Great minds run in the same gutter! LOL

[gridlock]

If prostituting themselves is to be enforced in this particular neighborhood, NPR is going to have to go off the air for a week.

[WOBBLY BOB]

” When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. “
—P. J. O’Rourke

[Thrownatbirth]

National Public Radio headquarters

Order these tax-sucking whores to disperse.

[DaveyB]

I can’t tell from the headline - does it mean no prostitutes or that the prostitutes will not be charging for their service! One reading and congress will have to leave the other they may never leave!

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Exactly. Why not let them work all they can, then they could take the rest of the year off and make the place better for the folks who HAVE to live and work there. This is totally bass-ackwards. No wonder we're in a recession. Make hay while the sun shines.

[Mojave]

[Mark319]

Has Barney Frank been made aware of this ???

[EDINVA]

Note, the exempted the Congress. Capitol Hill remains safe for prostitutes. What a relief!

[jersey117]

Does that include the press?

[ml/nj]

on the lookout for anyone seeking sex for cash

Isn't this a little backwards? What are they going to do, arrest any male with a few bills in his palm?

ML/NJ

[Ditto]

The police in Washington, D.C. have declared several downtown blocks a "prostitution free zone" for Inauguration Week, reports DCist.

This raises a lot of questions;

Isn't there something in the Constitution prohibiting local authorities from obstructing members of Congress in the course of their duties?

Does this mean the next round of Stimulus Money (Ear Marks) will be delayed?

Can Chris Matthews survive for a week without any tingles up his leg?

[FreeAtlanta]

Larry Sinclair has a room reserved.

[Enchante]

Correct headline would be “Democrats Banned From Downtown DC”

.... but that would be too embarrassing for the MSM to go with.