Back on Friday, 4/22/17 I jumped in the Gripe Mobile and headed south in I-81 towards our nations capitol, Washington, D.C. Of course the drive down boarded on a vehicular Bataan Death March with multiple construction zones and dozens of road mules (tractor trailers) impeding a smooth flow of traffic. By the way, I hate tractor trailers on the highway. Don't get me wrong, I know they are a necessity when it comes to interstate commerce. How else would we get 20,000 pounds of banana's to Price Chopper. What I don't like about them is when the drivers place two trucks along side each other and they both go the same speed. I call it the old side by side. This drives me insane! These mule drivers will clog up 2 lanes while they go the same speed for miles. It's like a game to see how pissed off they can make all of the drivers stuck behind them. After a 4.5 hour drive that I normally make in 3 hours and 58 minutes, we arrived at the home of my Washington operative in Virginia. After a nice dinner and a few beer's, it was time to hit the sack to get a well deserved rest. We had a long day ahead of us Marching for Science.
Saturday came quickly and it was time to hit the streets of D.C. to protest The Trumpster and his administrations views on science. I was really looking forward to this March since I had never been involved with a protest of this magnitude. Hell, we have protests in Wilkes-Barre, but usually 12 people show up. I don't think the people of the Valley really give a rats ass about anything but themselves. They know how to bitch and butt their noses in where they don't belong, but God forbid if they actually took a stand on something. Anyway, the 5 of us who were marching jumper in a car and headed down to a free parking spot by the Pentagon. Not many people know about this spot so I will not tell you exactly where it is. It's Top Secret information that Trump most likely gave up to Chancellor Merkel at the G7 Summit. Once we got to our lot, we summoned an Uber and headed down to the lawn by the Washington Monument.
Once we arrived, we walked by the Lincoln Memorial, down the length of the Reflecting Pool and right to the Washington Monument. Another by the way, the Reflecting Pool is a shallow body of water filled with duck and goose feces. If you fell into it you would contract some sort of disease in seconds. As we walked up toward the Monument we could see thousands of people focused on a stage where people of science were speaking. We were now at the epicenter of the event and guess what? It's starting to rain. Are you freakin' kidding me? I come all the way to finally officially protest against Tonald Dump and its raining. Thank goodness our group was prepared with poncho's.
After a few speeches, chants and roars from the crowd I heard the words, "It's time to March"! A huge cheer went up and the several thousands descended onto Pennsylvania Avenue to parade down several blocks and to the Capitol Building. It was thrilling to walk with people of science. They were very prepared for the occasion with signs and chants. Most of the signs protested The Trumpster in one way or another and his personal views on global warming and climate change. In case you don't know, this buffoon does not believe if global warning and climate change even though scientific facts have been reported to support it. He is blind to anything that may result in him and his evil minions losing a few bucks.
After about an hour or so of marching, we finally made it to the Capitol Building, the home of the U.S. House and Senate. Of course they were not in session. They were on one of their many breaks that they get throughout the year. Did you know that the member of the House and Senate only work about 133 days out of a year. Most Americans log about 240 days a year at work. For working almost half less time than most Americans, our illustrious law makes make $174,000.00 per year in salary. Doesn't this make you want to charge the Capital Building. In fact, I wanted to but the members of my group held me back. They said that they would not forgo a nice dinner to bail mew out of jail. I was surprised that no one charged the building or caused a small riot. I guess people of intelligence know better.
The Bottom line here is that this march made a statement. It showed our current buffoon riddled government that the people have a voice and it's going to be heard. Did the thousands there make a difference? I really don't know. Did they take a stand on what they believe in? You bet they did. This was just one of many demonstrations that have and will be held across these great 50 states. The organizers of this March did a great job overall. The only thing I was disappointed in was the end of the March. We got to the Capitol and that was it. No rally. No war cries for science. No speeches and certainly no riots. It was anti-climactic to say the least. I guess there were no paid protesters involved with this March as The Trumpster would claim. A final by the way, Trump was not there to see it. Guess where he was? YEP, MAR-A-LAGO.
Once we arrived, we walked by the Lincoln Memorial, down the length of the Reflecting Pool and right to the Washington Monument. Another by the way, the Reflecting Pool is a shallow body of water filled with duck and goose feces. If you fell into it you would contract some sort of disease in seconds. As we walked up toward the Monument we could see thousands of people focused on a stage where people of science were speaking. We were now at the epicenter of the event and guess what? It's starting to rain. Are you freakin' kidding me? I come all the way to finally officially protest against Tonald Dump and its raining. Thank goodness our group was prepared with poncho's.
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