Before doing a video with a 360-degree view of the scene on 3rd Street, three skateboarders came skating by, so they are there in the start of this brief video.
A short walk up 3rd Street brought us to the CNN Express bus. These guys had a different take on the alphabet soup of network news.
Someone had added a sign to the driver's side mirror of the CNN bus.
The Washington Monument is visible in the distance on the National Mall. I noticed some heated words being exchanged on the other side of the CNN bus, so I moved out and took a short video....
...from some of the things I heard the people around the CNN bus saying, it sounded like some of them were planted there by The Left to fit the characterization of an angry, racist mob. It makes for good TV, but does not reflect reality. Here's a CNN report from the same location:
Were all of these genuine TEA Party attendees or were there some individuals there with their only mission to discredit the TEA Party? I cannot say for sure, but I can tell you for sure that the mood around the Capitol was nothing close to this made-for-TV (made-for-Pelosi?) clip. (NOTE: One of the "Bury ObamaCare With Kennedy" signs is given some screen time at the start of the CNN clip-this is the only time I saw someone displaying one of these signs).
Here's a picture of the small group clustered around the CNN bus.
A few steps down the street were members of ParentalRights.org We were aware of their ogranization and shared a few minutes with them. They are concerned with The UN Convention On The Rights Of The Child which is a treaty that has broad implications for children and parents in the USA and around the world. You won't hear much about it on CNN, so if you are a parent or know a parent you should check out the links.
This is a non-PC vehicle if ever there was one.
This is a view from 3rd Street looking toward the Capitol. Still solid bodies from this vantage point at about 3:30 pm.
The Allman Brothers classic "Eat a Peach" was represented at the march...
...and so were the words of a certain Patriot who went down on Flight 93.
If the pork actually ever stops, this pig may take flight. At the present time, it has no wings.
A view looking up Maryland Avenue toward The Capitol. This seemed to be where the emergency vehicles were making their standby location.
The rally was scheduled to end at 4 pm, and it was about 3:45 as some folks started to get a jump on the crowd.
They never did catch that finger-biter did they?
When we were almost at the McDonald's we met a gentleman who was looking for the nearest Metro station for the Orange Line; well, he was actually looking for Federal Triangle station but the nearest station for the Orange Line was L'Enfant Plaza. We had an extra Metro map which we gave him. We had an interesting brief conversation with him and since McDonald's was on the way to L'Enfant Plaza, we walked together for about a block.
Here is the back of his handmade shirt. His accent indicated that his current home of Kentucky was not his birthplace. This gentleman was born in Scotland but later became a citizen of the USA.
Here he is with his brother-in-law outside the McDonald's, getting ready to head to the Metro station.
After eating we headed to The National Archives, which was due to close at 5:30 pm. Here we cross The Mall on 7th street, looking back toward The Capitol at just after 4 pm. The bus is parked on 3rd Street; just the front end of the CNN Express bus is visible at the extreme lower left corner of this photo.
Turning around and looking the other way up The Mall. At this point the crowd had thinned to the west of 7th Street.
This sculpture is outside the Federal Trade Commission building.
We also passed the Newseum on the way to the National Archives.
We went down Constitution Avenue to the public entrance to the National Archives. No flash photgraphy is allowed inside where the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and The Bill of Rights are displayed. I didn't have a camera capable of getting a photo in the available light, which is purposely reduced to retard fading of those documents. I did get a photo of a sign which had been left behind, on the ground outside the public entrance to the National Archives building.
A good summary of the point of the day.
The front of the archives, promoting the BIG exhibit that was going on. We thought The Constitution was the BIG deal on this day.
Indeed.
This is the end of the six-part report on the 9/12 Taxpayer March from September 12th 2009. I'll do an Epilogue tomorrow.
END PART SIX.....
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