With the new administration transforming the United States Capitol into a fenced, barricaded and heavily armed military zone with its own rules and discriminatory access policies, it is high time to consider changing the Washington DC name to something more appropriate to the way the area is now being run. In the spirit of new militancy inspired by CHOP/CHAZ and the RHAZ (Red House Autonomous Zone), I am officially proposing the new name of DCAZ – the District of Columbia Autonomous Zone. And in a tip of the hat to the Cold War, the perimeter should be posted with historically correct “YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR” signs to warn United States citizens of the censorship and denial of rights and personal liberties to expect if they dare venture inside.
If you think about it, the DCAZ has a lot in common with CHOP/CHAZ & RHAZ. They all created armed and fortified barriers to keep out anyone who didn’t think like them and support their movement. They all have/had leaders that rule by executive mandate and edict instead of citizen and bipartisan consensus. They all operate/operated by rules and regulations that apply to them, and them only, and exempt themselves from laws of the “outside world”. They all highly censor/censored any information coming out of their zone. They all want/wanted to impose their way of thinking, and ONLY their way of thinking on everyone outside the zone.
Of course, the full name Washington District of Columbia is problematic and not reflective of the new thinking since it was named after our first president and founding father, George Washington and explorer Christopher Columbus. Washington was a slave owner who committed many other future crimes and Columbus was a colonizer. Given the absolute need to erase all of the names and any history associated with them, DCAZ (acronyms are themselves now considered racist) should be known as the Democrat Controlled Autonomous Zone.
Many have voiced concerns about proposals granting DC statehood and reversing the Residence Act of 1790 making it a federal district. Personally, I feel autonomous zone status is far more appropriate. Statehood would subject DC to rules, regulations and laws of common, non-privileged states. That would simply never be tolerated. DCAZ stands alone!
Welcome to your new United States Capitol.
Bob
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The People’s House
There’s been a lot of misinformation, misdirection and flat out lies about what happened at the United States Capitol on January 6th. Let’s be clear about a couple of things. Assaulting law enforcement, destruction of property and violence in the name of legitimate protest is wrong. Those who committed illegal acts should be held fully accountable. At the same time, let’s not forget this is THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE. It does not belong to the elected representatives who infest it, it belongs to the people. As such, there should never be an instance where Congress is in session and working on behalf of the people where the doors are locked and the halls and galleries not accessible to the people.
A lot of what happened and who actually instigated the crowd to storm the Capitol will never be known. It will be buried and covered up like everything else that is politically embarrassing. Calls for a 9/11 style commission to be empaneled to ‘expose the truth’ about who was involved is nothing more than a desire to have a flashy, waste of time and money, political witch hunt where anyone who said or did anything in support of the 45th President will be portrayed as a criminal and traitor. Meanwhile, the hypocrisy for supporting a year of violence, death and destruction all across the country will be ignored.
Did anyone speaking at the political rally that day “incite” the violence or was there “non-verbal incitement”? No, of course not. There isn’t a reasonable person alive that would watch the speeches or listen to the words and say it was a call to go violently take over the Capitol building. But this isn’t about reason, reality, logic or objectivity. We’re dealing with people who are trying to find any excuse to blame the 45th President for something else he didn’t do and keep him from ever being a political threat to them again.
It’s also a chance to further promulgate the lie that white supremacy is now the greatest threat to the country and ALL OF THE VIOLENCE was because of racists and white supremacy. Everyone who ever supported the 45th President is now officially a violent racist and threat to the Constitution, democracy and the country.
As was so eloquently pointed out on the House floor, it was nice to see the Democrats finally supporting law enforcement following the incident. Alas that support was short lived. Within 24 hours the President and Vice President Elect raised the race flag and everything that happened in D.C. was officially about race. From that moment on, white supremacy has been the ONLY reason for everything. They’ve even come up with a new term to explain why non-white individuals are supporting this – multiracial whiteness.
Following that very brief time where law enforcement was thanked for protecting our elected representatives, the administration elect stated:
“No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol,” “We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.”
Odd Stuffing’s Fact Check: False as well as true (but absolutely NOT as intended).
False: This was federal property being protected by federal law enforcement. As we saw during the non-stop BLM/Antifa riots in 2020, federal authorities aggressively defended and sought prosecution on those who were caught, as we’re now seeing with the takeover of the Capitol.
True (but absolutely NOT as intended): Had this been a BLM/Antifa “mostly peaceful” riot, local law enforcement would have been held back and allowed them to assault, destroy and burn at will. Those few who were taken into custody would have been promptly released without charges by local prosecutors or bailed out by celebrity and politician (including our new Vice President) endorsed funds. Witness what happened on the streets of D.C itself to see how hands-off local law enforcement was.
The fallout from this was a complete militarization of the Capitol and all of D.C. in preparation for the inauguration. 25,000 National Guard troops from around the country were called in to supplement the thousands of federal, state, county and local law enforcement officers to protect the Capitol from rumored threats. Fences, barricades and checkpoints were setup throughout the city. Special permission was required for residents and employees to move in the few areas of the city not completely off limits.
So great was this supposed threat of white supremist militants plotting insurrections around the country, state capitols were locked down, boarded up, fenced in and guarded by heavily armed law enforcement and National Guard troops. The public was completely prohibited.
What happened? Nothing. Not a damn thing happened. Anywhere. It was all a dog and pony show to make the public believe the supporters of the 45th President were SO violent and SO much of a threat, this was the ONLY means to stop them. It was all a lie. Still, at least 7,000 National Guard troops will now be remaining in D.C. through at least March.
Our elected officials have been acting like royalty ruling over their subjects instead of employees working on behalf of their constituents for far too long. With the new layers of fences, barricades and heavily armed security, they have effectively cut off public access to the Capitol, and more importantly, to them. They can now make their decisions on how to run our country without any input or oversight from the pesky public.
This is not acceptable.
There should NEVER be a time when the people’s business is being conducted behind closed doors. No, cameras and video feeds are not an acceptable alternative. The people must have access to where the issues that impact them are being debated, negotiated and decided, and the people who represent them are working. Our elected officials need to look us in the face on a daily basis instead of hiding behind locked doors and having interns reply to emails with a form letter.
If there is a single hearing, debate, meeting or vote being taken anywhere in the Capitol, the doors should be open, and the people allowed in. There should be no such thing as “visitor hours”. The people are NOT visitors, we are CITIZENS! This is OUR house! If our Congress is working, the doors to the Capitol need to be open. If meetings run all night long, then the public has access all night long. Individual elected officials may set their own office hours, but the Capitol – the people’s house – needs to stay open.
Bob
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