Comments on: Disturbing Incidents on the Met Branch Trail

By: Apa

Apa — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:33:03 +0000

The fact that you have “admittedly limited observations” more or less discredits everything else you say in your comment. Thanks for playing.

By: Hair Care

Hair Care — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:24:35 +0000

I agree.

There should also be no mortgage tax exemption, FHA 3% loans, or subsidized student loans either. If you can’t afford a house or graduate school out of pocket you must be some sort of lazy loser.

Also, why the hell are women and men who don’t own property allowed to vote?

Fun fact: The mortgage exemption on federal income tax costs the US Government ~$165 billion in revenue every year. Public housing and rent assistance (the dreaded “Section 8″) yearly totals are less than $23 billion.

Wanna balance the budget? Stop being a welfare queen and stop taking a mortgage deduction.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:49:45 +0000

My advice? Stay off that stupid brand new trail, it’s not safe! Any woman could tell you that looks like a good place to get assaulted. The fenced in nature of it and the crappy neighborhood it goes through…kids will be kids and they weren’t targeting you, you just happened to be the next sucker that came biking by who looked like someone they could outrun. Were you wearing a stupid looking bike racing outfit by any chance?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:30:48 +0000

There’s a reason I am morally opposed to any type of affordable housing. Isn’t FHA and Fannie/Freddie financing enough already? What are you teaching by giving away homes people would not normally be able to afford?

All in all, if we improved the public schools (kept Michelle Rhee) I have a hunch it would help solve many of these problems. I know I was far to busy from K-12 to get into any trouble, especially anything like this.

Of course forcing this demographic of people out of the city to PG county has made the police force look great for the past few years, why give them opportunities to live in the city if they don’t contribute to any good?

Discuss?

By: DC_Chica

DC_Chica — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:34:25 +0000

It sounds like residents need to demand police patrolling- I recall seeing bike cops on the capital crescent trail in the Palisades, so it’s not an unreasonable request by any means. Who knows how to get that accomplished? (Other than voicing concerns at PSA meetings?)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:54:53 +0000

more assaults:
http://www.theedgewoodcivicassociationdc.org/edge-of-the-woods-to-eckington-edgewood-civic-blog/continued-assaults-on-the-met-branch-trail

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:08:21 +0000

Not that you haven’t already taken your beating, TD, but I pile on. Other than these kids, the problem is the people who practice your brand of poorly-reasoned apologetics. You empower them and the people who enable them. It’s society, there are rules. This type of activity doesn’t even come close to a gray area where greater social capital might be part of the solution. You’re really going to tell me you’d think it’s your fault if you came home stinking of kid-piss off your evening bike commute?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:57:57 +0000

“racist” is a different and very loaded term. did you ask them what their definition of it was?
racism is about the power structure. not one on one interactions.

By: DT

DT — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:53:33 +0000

i just need a handlebar-mounted pepper sprayer, and we’ll be all set!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:52:30 +0000

Must be nice to be tall, fat, and/or unattractive.