Stephanie: The later seems to fit you perfectly.

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Dear Mike,
I”ll “respond” at a later date (more important things-family, life, work, etc), but I’ll leave this response in your style:

“Gee, Mike ought to be required to take his Midol before he responds.”

or
“You could have save some the trouble and just paraphrase Dan Aykroyd:
‘Stephanie, you ignorant slut.’”

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Aye: Not all trash receptacles were removed. But so many Obamatons were just too lazy to carry their trash to an area set up for disposal that the scene on the mall looked like Beirut after a bomb goes off.

Thank goodness the dreaded porta potty shortage didn’t materialize or we might have had a worse mess to clean up.

From the Washington Post:

Washington trash trucks hauled away at least 130 tons of garbage after the inauguration of President Obama, with more to go. National Park Service workers picked up almost 100 tons on the Mall and near the White House.

“More than any Fourth of July, more than any event we’ve seen,” Park Service spokesman William Line said.

The detritus included handwarmer packets, bottles, food, newspapers, blankets, gloves, coolers and a table or two, in addition to items bought from street vendors.

“They left behind Obama hats, Obama bags, Obama socks,” said Mafara Hobson, spokeswoman for Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D). “People left behind a lot of trash.

But of course it’s not the fault of the celebratory Obamatons. They had more important matters on their minds like showing grace and respect for the outgoing President who had bent over backwards to do the same to them:

Just what do you expect from people who go to an event with a sign like that? Nothing but trash!

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@Real American Patriot:

Trash cans were removed for “security” reason.

hard to throw stuff away then isn’t it?

If there was an absence of trash cans then they should have done the decent thing and simply carry the trash away with them.

Did they not have pockets?

However, I am not quite so gullible as to believe that all of the trash cans were removed prior to the Immaculate Inauguration of TelePromTer Jesus.

In either case, I would have filled my pockets or perhaps brought a plastic bag with me rather than do what this bunch did. Of course, I always practice personal responsibility and have taught my children to do the same.

As to the extraneous issue of the lack of arrests, that just goes to show that the loyal opposition on our side can behave appropriately in public or protest as necessary without ending up in a jail cell.

Too bad your side is unable to do the same.

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Mike,

How many ZERO arrests stories do you need Links to?? here are just a few

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/01/feds_zero_arrests_during_obama.php

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Inauguration/story?id=6683899&page=1

http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/012109-No_arrests_made_during_ceremony.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/20/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4739388.shtml

other post on here complain about the trash…

As Stephanie so CLEARLY POINTED OUT.. Trash cans were removed for “security” reason.

hard to throw stuff away then isn’t it?

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Stephanie: You obviously didn’t read my bio. I lived on Capitol Hill and worked at the EPA office blocks from the Mall for years. My time in residence gave me a daily view of the goings on at the National Mall. Did YOU, from your perch somewhere out in Maryland have a daily view of the Mall? Personally, I have attended numerous 4th of July, Inaugurals and witnessed various protests on the mall involving crowds in the hundreds of thousands. It’s just possible I have a better perspective than someone who lives where? in Maryland?

And you obviously don’t read the news media as there were multiple reports showing how flawed the District’s count was. You may wish to examine some of the links in this post and issue a retraction of your clearly ignorant statement.

I’m not sure how long you have been a DC area resident but you may also be aware that it isn’t the distrcit’s business to issue “official” crowd counts. That job has traditionally fallen to the National Park Service who stopped doing it after you left wing loons tried to inflate the figures from the Million Man March which also fell far short of predicitions.

It’s also noteworthy to point out that the DC Mayor was among those hyping crowd predictions as high as 4 million. Of course the higher the crowd the more money he would get from the Federal government to help with the event. Is it any surprise he’s trying to inflate that number???

Did you ever stop to think about that Stephanie? No.

It’s clear that initial reports in the media, including the one you cite, were WRONG. And all you have to do is look at the picture Stephanie.

Kool Aid Obama Kooks may lie but photographs do not!

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Mike should check the local media.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103884.html?sid=ST2009012102519&s_pos=list

as for Trisha:

And yes, they left the whole DC area trashed,

You obviously don’t live in the DC area.
Trash cans were removed for “security” reason.
As a regular July 4th Mall attendee, the trash from the inauguration was in line with the 4th.

Steph, a Maryland resident.

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C.R.A.P. You mean 800,000 without one arrest.

And are you sure about that?

Have a news link you would like to add? Let’s hope your source is more reliable than the crowd counts.

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I have noticed you have forgotten to tell how a million people converged on washington without one arrest..
But I shouldn’t be surprised Mike.. you always tell your stories with a one sided slant.

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Trish: The tactics which you picked up on are a regular feature here as the apologists and enablers of the left will glom onto any minor point in an effort to distract people from the central message and derail the comment stream into a petty little squabble.

Are we to believe that a million more showed up for the Inauguration but stayed in their hotel rooms that morning because it was cold? It’s beside the point.

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