Posted on 01/05/2005 8:10:01 PM PST by kristinn
I'm traveling to DC. I will be damned if I am sitting in the hotel room watching this. I just want to have the full experience this time around.
I'm going to the swearing in also. Would love to meet up with you all.
Damn I guess I will have to leave my bat at home LMAO. Good work Kristinn and wish we could have gotten and defened the Navy Memorial.
It sure was - even though I had lined up tickets from Senator Warner's office, the Secret Service would not let me walk across the Mall to get them, and the roads were closed so we couldn't drive around. So we missed the whole thing.
Um, don't know about you but I was thinking about stopping by the memorial to check on the security layout.
That's what makes me wonder. Didn't you tell them you had to get tickets? I hope they let me get mine. I think I look very honest and I know I look like a wonderful, republican. lol
lody, you know that none of this would be necessary if the rabid left and the terrorists were not a serious threat to the President. The most stringent security possible may not be enough to protect him. In this instance the security measures are justified.
MB, with your trusty Metro map (picked up at the Metro station) you should be able to manuever around the city quite easily. It's a very good Metro system and easy to use. You and Amy will feel like old pros by the time you get to the Capitol Complex.
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Sooo...if I go to the Inauguration, they won't let me get back to my hotel?! How long do the security precautions last?
Kristinn, we won't be needing tickets to get to the American Sectors, will we?
No tickets required for the American Sectors. However, because we have a demonstration permit, FReepers and others we are working with on the demonstration will get priority. We will have to work out the details with the Park Service as to how to maintain the integrity of our permitted areas.
Downtown traffic will be shut down that day.
On the House side of the Capitol are the Capitol South, Federal Center and L'Enfant Plaza Metro stations.
On the Senate side, if they won't let you get to Union Station or cross to the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue, use the aforementioned Metro stations to get to the Gallery Place/ MCI Center Metro station and walk down 7th Street to the American Sectors.
I'm checking with the Park Service to see if laptops will be allowed in the secured areas on the parade route.
The info is explained in the announcement. If you need more details, let me know.
Ok. At the risk of totally bugging you, do you mean that you are working out a "plan" so you will be sure only REAL FReepers are aloud to be at the American Sector? I wondered how you would be sure of that. Don't want infilltrators!
I'm sure we'll be dealing with lefties who want to disrupt our demonstration. That's why the cops will be there; to help sort things out and keep the peace.
I know. The DU has a plan on their thread today. They want to make sure they harrass us. But will we have a code or something or just or names to stand there. How do you know who is who of us new members?
I'll know you by the twenty questions you ask in the first minute of showing up :-)
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