C.T. Rossi wrote on 15 Jan 2005:
"The new face of Washington is angular with a thick neck and a curled wire running into its ear... It is ominous and omnipresent... Though this face has slowly gained ascendancy over the past three years, it appears that its coming out party will be this month’s Presidential Inauguration activities...
"The actual inauguration ceremony of George W. Bush is of secondary importance – the more important event is a formal and overt display of force designed to make the masses cower. The haute couture of the festivities, with all due respect to the First Lady’s designer, will not be grand ball gowns nor even 'black ties and boots' but the S.W.A.T.-style assault jumpsuits. The special guest list of 'military personnel, FBI agents in full SWAT outfitting, snipers on rooftops and scores of bomb-detecting dogs' has also been confirmed. Just as important as the seating arrangement and placing of name cards is the 'inspecting miles of underground Metro and sewer tunnels, sealing manhole covers, closing streets and surveying the more than 450 downtown buildings.'...
"Like the Neanderthal bouncers outside of chic Hollywood nightclubs, the 'security force' will decide who gets in and who doesn’t. Without 'your papers,' residents of the Shaw neighborhood will not be allowed ingress and egress from their own homes. Other 'security' measures have had the (intended?) effect creating such inconvenience that law-abiding people plan to stay away.
"Once upon a time a man said that if the terrorists forced us to change our way of life, then they will have won. But things have changed. This means that either the terrorists are winning or that these changes were not forced – but desired – by our leaders."
DC at Coronation Time by C.T. Rossi
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