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Photo: When Freedom Existed in America ... Moving House Passing the White House; circa 1924
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Posted on 08/19/2013 7:28:13 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

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homeland security photo: DHS2 homeland-security-mrap_zpsecbe9ff9.jpg The only heavy transport equipment you'll ever see around the White House in this day and age ...
1 posted on 08/19/2013 7:28:13 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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2 posted on 08/19/2013 7:29:04 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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3 posted on 08/19/2013 7:29:17 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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Notice that the workingmen are all well-dressed and have hats on.


4 posted on 08/19/2013 7:32:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: DogByte6RER

I think I see Cindy Sheehan in the photo...


5 posted on 08/19/2013 7:33:17 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: DogByte6RER

Did they even have a fence around the WH back then?


6 posted on 08/19/2013 7:39:34 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: DogByte6RER

Notice the guys on the roof, cutting the branches of the trees. Try that today.


7 posted on 08/19/2013 7:41:04 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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I hate to be that poor schmuck towing it on that bike.


8 posted on 08/19/2013 7:43:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Former Rodeo Clown Sensitivity Training class valedictorian.)
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let’s play “Count the OSHA Violations”


9 posted on 08/19/2013 7:45:06 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: DogByte6RER

let’s play “Count the OSHA Violations”


10 posted on 08/19/2013 7:45:10 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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Did they even have a fence around the WH back then?

I don't think so. One famous story from that era was of a guy driving down Pennsylvania Avenue in a convertible, when a rain storm broke out. He pulled in under the awning of the White House to pull up the top, and a White House Usher came out and helped him.

No wonder punks like Ezra Klein don't have a clue what a constitutional republic look likes. If you tried that today, you'd be blown up by an anti-tank mine before you even hit the concrete barricades.

11 posted on 08/19/2013 7:46:10 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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"President Calvin Coolidge apparently had no concern about this."

They didn't call him "Silent Cal" for nothing.

12 posted on 08/19/2013 7:46:59 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Mr. K

Notice the guy in the front pulling the house with his bicycle? Thats when steroids were legal.


13 posted on 08/19/2013 7:47:13 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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Notice that the workingmen are all well-dressed and have hats on.

It was probably drawn by a horse team. Veeeerrrry Slowly. I can't tell from the picture, but I was told that "back in the day" house moving was done by blacks. They weren't allowed in the construction unions, but house moving was sort of a set aside for blacks.

14 posted on 08/19/2013 7:51:26 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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If you look at the full size picture you can see the guy on the bike is not towing the house. He’s actually facing the other direction. :)


15 posted on 08/19/2013 8:23:08 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: smokingfrog

Looks like a fence to me in the full size picture.


16 posted on 08/19/2013 8:24:22 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_intruders


17 posted on 08/19/2013 9:01:48 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: DogByte6RER

I wonder why the flag is at half mast.


18 posted on 08/19/2013 9:09:24 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Roos_Girl

You mean he was pulling it backward?! Men were badasses back then.


19 posted on 08/19/2013 9:22:20 PM PDT by Squeako (The radicals are the wolves. The moderates are the wolves in sheep's clothing.)
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LOL. Definite lack of metrosexuals back then!


20 posted on 08/19/2013 9:27:15 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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