Overheard in Washington: Lots and Lots of Profanity

Maybe this doesn’t fall under “overheard,” since the person in question was yelling, but here it is. This came in from a reader earlier this afternoon:

There’s a guy outside of Brookings screaming “Fuck bush in the ass” mixed in with the occasional “fuck brookings in the ass…fucking nazis, you bush cult” etc. etc. he’s been there for about 5 minutes or so. He’s screaming at folks in their cars, passing on the sidewalk, etc. Seems like the b’kings security is in dicussion with him now…i ‘d love to hear that conversation. Tie die shirt and something about walking 2700 miles fighting hypothermia.

it’s acutally nice to hear someone break it down to simple strategies.

If we had to fuck a think tank in the ass, we don’t think we’d pick Brookings. We’d probably go with the Heritage Foundation. It would be much more transgressive, since Heritage is such a dominant top. And it would be way hotter — especially after that fire they had.

Earlier: Breaking: Fire at the Heritage Foundation

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Overheard in Washington: Send Cynthia McKinney to Iraq

Overheard by a reader who was enjoying free Wi-Fi at Open City last night:

Some former Navy officer (a very Aryan looking one I might add) was just talking about Chile at the table next to me. He said:

“When you look at Chile, it’s a very economically stable country. That’s thanks to Pinochet. Sure a lot of people died, but they were all Communists. The U.S. Congress could learn a thing or two from Pinochet.”

Note the Fishbowl post from today about Aviation Week and defense publications being passed out at the Woodley Park Metro. Gotta love the conventioneers. They actually have the right to vote.

And then this update:

OK, I’m laughing now. The Navy guy just said:

“Cripes, Cynthia McKinney! They should lock her up in the brig. Better yet, she should go fight with her insurgent pals in Eye-raq. Let’s see her walk past some checkpoints there!”

Heh, not a bad idea. Can someone please raise this with Rumsfeld?

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Overheard in Washington: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Stepford Senator

Overheard conversations are largely the territory of other blogs (both here in D.C. and elsewhere). But for some odd reason, lately we’ve received a lot of emails about funny things people have overheard. We’ll share some of them with you today.

First up is a conversation overheard last night at Reagan National:

There are a bunch of lobbyists on this plane going home to Texas — all with that stupid accent. Not sure who they represent but just got done spending some QT with the Texas delegation. Learned that they really like John Cornyn, but not Kay Bailey Hutchison. “She is spacey — like a robot.” Goes only where told, etc.

Learned Bush has twice monthly lunch with 10 members of Congress where he talks for 10-15 mins then he just listens and takes notes (himself, and by hand). What a genius! Think they are confusing napping and listening.

Come now, cut the president some slack. Haven’t you heard of multitasking?

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