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Yay! The Arch is winning! I've been there! (then again, I've also been to Nashville's Parthenon, but the Arch wins by a mile)

Indian Empire wrote:

Yay! The Arch is winning! I've been there! (then again, I've also been to Nashville's Parthenon, but the Arch wins by a mile)

One or our crews got robbed a gun point under that arch during March Madness years ago.

Trecdom2 wrote:

I've been to the D.C. Area, I didn't make it to the Pentagon.

Alas, you probably would not have got much closer to the Monument To Murphy's Law (Four walls and a spare) than the Pentagon City Mall without some kind of advanced notice from a friend inside.

Trecdom2 wrote:

You can take tours of the Pentagon, but they have to be approved ahead of time.

Damn terrys ruin the fun for everyone.

We did not know you could tour the Pentagon. How do you arrange that? Do you have to be in the military or submit your SSN, your passport #, your mother's maiden name and your firstborn's SSN in advance or something?

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It s that bear again wrote:

Doesn't its design actually draw heavily of that for an earlier park in England... somewhere on Merseyside, IIRC?

Yes, it's Birkenhead Park, the world's oldest publicly-funded park. I used to live fairly near it.

NewTexas wrote:

We did not know you could tour the Pentagon. How do you arrange that? Do you have to be in the military or submit your SSN, your passport #, your mother's maiden name and your firstborn's SSN in advance or something?

Or a government issued press pass like mine.

For you peasants... errrr... uhm... I meant, You regular people, start with your local congress critter's office. They can steer you through the process of getting Pentagon tours, White House tours, congressional office visits, and obtaining flags that fly over the capitol.

Trecdom2 wrote:

Nothing that complicated. You have to submit a form online and wait for approval.

It's gotten easier then.

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Emir Vetinari

Since the wonders in our poll have all been voted on before, the last few rounds are only running for 2 days.

Deeply troubled by what happened in Helsinki today. No matter your party affiliation, it should absolutely terrify you that the American President is willing to discount mountains of evidence from the FBI and CIA about Russian attacks on American democracy, and give the benefit of the doubt to a former KGB officer. In a very real sense, the President is actively choosing to not defend the country from a foreign enemy that is threatening the foundations of our republic.

Think about it. This isn't political hyperbole. This is past the point of debate. I can respectfully disagree with others on many political issues in this country, but there can be no debate about the President allowing a foreign adversary to make attacks on the United States. At best, it's a fundamental failure to do your most basic job as President, defend the Constitution, and at worst, it is treason. Treason in the United States Constitution is defined as either "levying war" and/or "in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort". It doesn't take a leap of logic to see that Trump is aiding Russian attacks on America, by failing to protect our sovreignity from outside influences.

We're at a point when we each have to decide if we're going to allow this to continue to happen. The evidence is there for anyone to see. If you value democracy and the American experience, it's time to start speaking out against what is happening in our country.

Brilliance, Ingenuity, mix/match/combo, we are going to have to step in and call ballot box-stuffing. Winning a Poll through such puppet mastering is not very Texan. You are all obviously one Player's puppets and all your votes will be counted as one, or you can pull the votes off some of those puppets. The same thing is going to happen when The Alamo comes up for a vote again. Sorry, it is the only fair thing to do without making these WA-Only Polls. Trec, didn't mean to horn in on your Poll, but we cannot let this go unmentioned either.