Posted on 03/13/2017 8:58:06 AM PDT by kevcol
Americans who live outside of the nation’s capital should understand the District of Columbia is “sacred ground,” according to a Virginia congressman who represents a district that is among the wealthiest in the country thanks largely to its heavy concentration of highly paid federal workers.
Rep. Gerry Connolly told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (HOGR) Wednesday that Congress may need to “educate” people on why federal departments and agencies should be centralized on the “sacred ground” of D.C.
Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, made the comments as the committee debated a House resolution encouraging federal agencies to relocate away from D.C. in an effort to get them outside the Washington region’s political, cultural and economic bubble.
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Sacred??!!!! If sacred means so corrupt it stinks to high heaven, then, yeah. Sacred.
OK then - Drain The Sacred Ground
How would this not violate the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment?
As I walked around the Mall in October 2015, it all seemed to me to be a pagan temple. I have studied the temple complexes of other cultures. I see no difference. There was little if any acknowledgement of God. It is crowded now with museums of this and that and monuments to this and that. Soon I’m sure there will be a monument to LGBTQDKDKSLSL+. And probably one to Margaret Sanger. Move the offices out. It could be a good way to encourage the civil servants to quit and get real jobs. There is nothing sacred about that ground unless you believe in a secular religion.
As a resident of Maryland but within easy driving distance of DC, I benefit in several ways from the disproportionate wealth of those in the DC region. As a taxpayer and (I hope) a decent person, I don’t allow that personal gain to affect my political views. It is immoral for my region to benefit at the expense of taxpayers nationwide.
Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. To the extent that government is acting in its own interests or on behalf of local interests, that consent can and should be withdrawn. It is unethical to enrich ourselves simply because we have the power to do so. [Note: I have enriched myself personally, but that was through voluntary transactions every time. In each such contract, without exception, I delivered far more value on the contract than what I charged for my services. As a pollster, repeat business for my services was almost guaranteed to be requested.]
Hunger Games: President Snow's Panem Address #1 - "Together as One".
Washington should be scared
not sacred.
They really are just like the Capital from Hunger Games....
according to Wiki, Connolly was the last graduating class of Maryknoll College - which was actually a seminary.
So the word “sacred” is probably part of his regualr vocabulary
DC is a festering boil that needs to be lanced!!!
Goodness.
“And probably one to Margaret Sanger.”
The Smithsonian already took care of that for us.
Smithsonian Refuses to Remove Margaret Sanger Statue
Washington, D.C. --- You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
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