http://www.washingtongue.com Alternative Views and News of Our Nation's Capital Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:02:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Responding to rider complaints about buses missing the notoriously short lights of Washington DC, the DC Metro is looking to use a newly developed transponder to help the system move more efficiently. Though currently installed on a select number of express buses, DDOT hopes to expand the technology to its ... http://www.washingtongue.com/?p=10 Because it's a close race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, don't expect that people will unite around the eventual nominee. At this point, there will likely be a residue of lost support within the Democrats for either candidate. Perhaps this will ... http://www.washingtongue.com/?p=8 A lot of cities in the USA have countless auditoriums, bars, clubs, and restaurants where one can find live performance music. Of course, many establishments charge an admission, or have a cover charge when musicians perform. The District of Columbia and the surrounding area has many opportunities for listening to ... http://www.washingtongue.com/?p=6 Whenever the 'conservatives' run out of issue's gas or have a need to obfuscate other pressing national political concerns, they bring up the idea of a Constitutional Amendment about desecration of our Nation's Flag. 'Liberals' generally try to ignore these attemps as irrelevant. We think this is a mistake. Why ... http://www.washingtongue.com/?p=4 In some circles it is known as the 'Bloatway'. We're talking about that section of Interstate 95/495 that encircles our nation's capital. This highway was either designed by madmen, or deep in the psyche of those designers lurked proto 'Al Qaeda' terrorist tendencies. Certainly, since its completion, this highway, in ... http://www.washingtongue.com/?p=3 We are not about journalism. On the other hand, we are not purveyors of wanton disrespect or slander either. We are attempting to balance on the knife's edge between the important and the banal. We walk a thin line where on one side lies seriousness and the other side lies ... http://www.washingtongue.com/?p=1