http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/09/look_away_dixieland Comments On: Stay Away, Dixieland by Brendan Kiley en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
If you're going to choose a swamp to get lost and die in, the Great Dismal Transitional Intertidal Wetland Biome, not so much.
Posted by Y.F.]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:58:14 -0800 The Stranger
Believe it or not, Virginia is a pretty complicated and modern place. We have flush toilets, cell-yoo-lar telly-phones, and everything.

Of course the Civil War was a pretty big deal in both Virginia and the bulk of the Eastern Seaboard (Big Deal=fields strewn with corpses, POW camps, massive fires, poverty, starvation, social collapse). Unsurprisingly, it played a major part in molding the character of the place and its people. Seattle, in contrast, was practically a logging depot at the time of the civil war.

As for racism, if you look at the actual statistics that measure segregation, you'll see that Seattle is far more segregated than a typical Northern Virginia city like Manassas. (http://www.censusscope.org/segregation.h…) Sure there's racism there, but there's racism here, and every damn day we get a little closer to where we're going.

Quit being a douchebag, Kiley.

PS-You'd have to be an idiot to WANT to drive into DC on inauguration day. It's a total clusterfuck every time, just like 4th of July. That's why god made public transportation.
Posted by Virginia Creeper]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:57:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Propaniac]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:31:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rustdyed]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:39:28 -0800 The Stranger
I was planning to attend the inauguration until Obama chose Warren to speak. Now I'm not so excited anymore. This bridge business just seals the deal.
Posted by rustdyed]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:18:28 -0800 The Stranger
Too many racists and loony tunes down there - force them to walk and you have time to profile the shooters.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:56:48 -0800 The Stranger
"It barely works in a normal workday, right?" said Zimmerman, who also is a member of the Arlington County Board. "If they didn't do this, nobody would be moving."

Having to deal with getting across the bridges (that lead straight into the parade route) all the time, we no it had NOTHING to do with the Civil War. Who fucking cares about the civil war in Northern Virginia anymore?
Posted by clearlyhere]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:24:47 -0800 The Stranger in D.C.
Posted by pragmatic]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:15:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pragmatic]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:11:04 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Baltimoron]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:07:45 -0800 The Stranger
No kidding. I went to high school in Virginia, and I don't think my American history class ever made it past the Civil War.
Posted by Aaron Huffman]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:02:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by leek]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:57:02 -0800 The Stranger