In 1996, we walked thru metal detectors before entering the Rotunda... (Reply #12)

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Sat May 4, 2013, 11:53 AM

Cooley Hurd (26,877 posts)

12. In 1996, we walked thru metal detectors before entering the Rotunda...

I don't know how the loon who shot the two Capitol police officers got in with a gun, but he must've NOT gone in the way I did.

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In 1996, I visited Washington DC. I walked up the East Steps of the Capitol and into the Rotunda... [View all]	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	OP
A paranoid, failing empire.	nadinbrzezinski	May 2013	#1
So true! nt	caledesi	May 2013	#41
The Forbidden City	LuvNewcastle	May 2013	#2
In October I visited. And stayed 3 days. Need to go back and stay for another 5. So much to do.	graham4anything	May 2013	#3
No one is whining, Graham.	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#6
Ben Franklin "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".	graham4anything	May 2013	#8
I seriously doubt Franklin meant "lock down everything in fear" with that quote.	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#11
Walk softly and carry a big stick- Teddy Roosevelt.	graham4anything	May 2013	#16
I'm due beer money for this experience	corkhead	May 2013	#17
Bwah	Recursion	May 2013	#29
He also said something about those willing to give up essential liberties for temporary safety.	hobbit709	May 2013	#18
No one remembers a plane being shot down on 9-11, because that didn't happen.	Thor_MN	May 2013	#43
I believe Graham is being sarcastic. He is emulating Third Way Manny but just isnt telling us. nm	rhett o rick	May 2013	#30
Hey, I lived in Alexandria for 5 years ... ah, the good times! nt	caledesi	May 2013	#42
The Birchmere!	graham4anything	May 2013	#44
No, the Senate, House and White House are frightened - not us.	KentuckyWoman	May 2013	#4
Buy a Congressman or Cabinet member. They'll let you in for the price of admission.	leveymg	May 2013	#5
I wrote Senator Gillibrand's office for Senate Gallery tickets...	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#7
now, you know what, in thinking about it-	graham4anything	May 2013	#15
That's not true. In the '90s no reservations at the Capitol - walk in and wait in line for a seat.	leveymg	May 2013	#25
In 1982, I was (16 years old) with a group of people in the corridor outside of the Senate...	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#32
Maybe that was to get to the offices and not the floor.Been a while.	graham4anything	May 2013	#33
There was a table down the hall that gave you a cine style ticket for admission. First come-first	leveymg	May 2013	#35
Hersheypark=The US Capitol?	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#46
There was a shooting at the U.S. Capitol in 1998.	CBHagman	May 2013	#9
In 1996, we walked thru metal detectors before entering the Rotunda...	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#12
He just shot the guard and walked through	Recursion	May 2013	#21
I guess so, but maybe bullet-proof vests might've been more in line?	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#22
I worked in the Capitol in '93; it wasn't exactly laissez faire back then either	Recursion	May 2013	#23
I really LIKED the Visitor's Center!	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#24
Well, the real fun part of DC is several blocks north	Recursion	May 2013	#27
Believe it or not, another place I made a beeline to was A Mitchell Palmer's old house...	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#34
I used to work right near there	Recursion	May 2013	#36
I just LOVE DC! That's why I was so sad to see so much locked down.	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#39
In 1999, my uncle worked for out Representive	Drale	May 2013	#10
When I first got to DC in '87, I used to drive around DC and even right in front of the White House	MrScorpio	May 2013	#13
That's the thing... even in Wartime Washington did things get this weird.	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#19
I recall rubbing elbows with Muskie and McGovern...	MinM	May 2013	#14
I bumped into both of them when I was working in DC in the 90s.	leveymg	May 2013	#31
PA Ave was closed when that jackass flew a plane into the white house lawn	Recursion	May 2013	#20
To vehicular traffic, but not to pedestrians...	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#26
Oh, sorry, I misread that. Was Lafayette Park open?	Recursion	May 2013	#28
I believe Lafayette park was also closed.	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#37
In 1996, people used to queue up along that wall by the mile zero marker	n2doc	May 2013	#38
It saddens me so to see my beloved	Carolina	May 2013	#40
I mirror you sadness...	Cooley Hurd	May 2013	#45
Yes, that bastard	Carolina	May 2013	#47

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