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I've Moved Again!

Yike! None of the iPhone apps for Typepad worked the way I wanted them to, so I'm moving to Wordpress, which uses a much more flexible iPhone app. Here's the new URL: http://ageofhooper.wordpress.com

Thanks!

MORONIC CONVERGENCE!

Mohammed Be Buggered!

What's wrong with these folks?! I can't believe that Team Tanless at ANSWER is at it again!

When? March 21, 2009
Where? Washington DC
Time? ...

Time for another round of pointlessly pounding government pavement, followed by some serious fist-shaking, and workin' the protest babes.

Yes my adolescent and otherwise unemployable friends: the ANSWER Coalition, along with Brian Becker and Team Tanless have once again managed to impart just the right amount of zest into your suburban basement bong-smoke filled haze.

I'm sure mom won't be busy that day ... she'll give you a lift to the Metro and a little extra change. She's like that.

See you there!

DC Tea evolves into Belvedere Vodka Martini

... shaken. Never stirred. Ok it's early but I have much to do in addition to posting these photos.

I need some motivation.

Check back!

DC Tea Party

Well I'm here at the Tea Party ... not a lot going on except people milling about.

I do have some photos ... nothing really video worthy.

**** UPDATE ****

I'm processing more photos ... check back!

Well ... I've been to better protests.

Then again, I've been to worse.

This had all the makings of a middle-of-the-road ANSWER protest before they adopted the head-choppers.

I mean ... I know that "conservatives" are generally not protesters. We actually have "lives" and "careers" and do, from time to time something called "work" ... in addition to raising "families". This is all more or less alien to "liberals" who seem to spend most of their time wondering why everyone else doesn't think exactly the way they do.

Still, we should learn a bit from their ability to organize. Maybe next time.

Yes, Joe the Plumber was there ...

... as was Roger Simon.

And no ... you didn't do anything, Roger. I assure you. You didn't do a bloody blasted thing.

That's a private joke.

My friend and confidant Michelle Malkin was also there, in her usual beautiful way.

Here she is again with some dude in a costume.

Here's Joe. He's talking baseball ... or something. I heard "Cincinnati Reds" ... they're baseball, right? Or hockey?

This lady has the right attitude. Let's see a little more of this, shall we?

... Well said by all ... but what's a protest without ... THE CHE!

My friend at This Ain't Hell has some more great photos, etc.

Forgotten Refugees

UPDATE:

Here's a newer version in five (5) parts:

I saw this video at my shul yesterday ... it offers up information which, frankly, you would search in vain for anywhere else.

Inauguration's Aftermath ...

Actual "life" took me into DC today and, tired of dealing with traffic, I decided to Metro.

While in the Metro I noticed something which, frankly, I barely noticed during the Inauguration ... probably because it was simply of a piece with the surrounding adulation.

Pepsi was certainly seizing the day and, in the process, taking "carpe diem" and in subtle irony mixing it with "caveat emptor" into a fine corporate mush of an ad campaign ... and festooning same in all possible ranges of captive-passenger vision. Kinda creepy ... and just a tad Stalinist I think.

An Ode I might say to the generation seemingly convinced that life has a reset button. Note the URL: refresheverything.com ...

I'll add more to this sad display when I get home. Life still intervenes, after all.

**** UPDATE ****

Here's the rest of my photos ... in no particular order. They speak for themselves, I think.

Please forgive the fuzziness and handshake ... it was dark and I hate using the flash.

I should say that, believe it or not, all of these photos were taken at a single station. Adds to the creepiness, mai oui? We were awash, as it were, with the O. And I didn't even photograph them all ... some were just boring and there were repeats.

... I never did like Pepsi anyway ...

The Inauguration 01.20.09: Video

The Inauguration 01.20.09

I don't think I've ever seen so many people together here in DC. I have to admit ... this was absolutely awesome.

And I go way back ... back to the old Vietnam protests. I've seen a lot of people milling about the streets, I can assure you ... but I've never seen anything like this.

I wish I could give you a feel for the leviathan that beached here in DC today.

Suffice to say, I suppose, that the image below is a side street.

Sure Sure, there were pockets of insanity ... what would DC be without pockets of insanity?

We had a strong military presence throughout the city (which is unusual) and that was kinda cool.

... And the moonbats were out (but not in force). Kinda pitiful, actually ...

But there were a LOT of people. A LOT.

This was in front of DAR Constitution Hall (more on that with the video to come).

OK, there's at least one in every crowd...

... hawking his or their usual idiotic, Jew-hating messages under the thin guise of "open-minded" thinking. It's just part of the landscape nowadays. Sheesh.

This is new(ish), though. The shape of things to come, if I'm not mistaken. Hope and Change can mean many many things to many many people.

Case in point.

Unbelievable.

Ya know ... I'm gonna kinda miss this ... He's a Dallas fan, of course. I say that as a native Washingtonian and Redskins fan. To a Washingtonian, this makes perfect sense.

I like this photo ...

I have no idea what to say about this ...

THIS, however, speaks for itself. Loudly.

As does this.

PETA was out in force.

Here we have some random shots taken during the remainder of the day. I must have walked 10 or 15 miles back and forth. Please enjoy.

... during the acceptance speech ... a typical reaction. OK ... I actually liked a lot of his speech, but I mean really ... ugh.

... he had a dog ...

Home Again ...

... and time to sort, process and upload while enjoying a fine Bourbon Manhattan - hey, it's got to be after 5 somewhere, right?

There's not going to be much ... mostly a bunch of folk with silly grins. Still, I'll see what I can come up with. Check back!