a pril among many

april showers something something. watching the tax day protests down at the federal plaza.

looking north into the courtyard on my way home from work
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LED TV on the side of the bus. sigh.
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taxes are caused by acorns
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taxes are caused by thetans
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taxes are caused by russians
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no big government
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taxes are caused by shiney plastic apples
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not really tax related
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reverse the change
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ron paul 2012?
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this cheque is missing its routing numbers
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note, turning left or right would prevent driving off said cliff
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there was a reporter on site from cnn
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she was trying to get coverage of the event
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but was being hassled pretty hard. 'communist news network' and the like
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about an hour beforehand
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not all of the protests were tax-related
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a small but dedicated core
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at noon there were ... more... people
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abolish theirs should probably be the irs.
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i'm still not sure what hail ants means
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more crowd cover
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basic property identification
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looking southwest from the northeast corner of the plaza
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don't tread on me
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there were a lot of gadsden flags
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the guy with the bullhorn was mooing at people
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so then there was this guy.
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who wasn't about taxes at all
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i don't even know where to begin
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you can have our guns when you pry them from our cold dead flags
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no touch
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right wing extremists
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protesting government structures that you are ignorant about
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jesusmerica making a showing
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more taxes = fewer jobs, other than for signmakers
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join or die, because this is.. prerevolutionary... chicago.
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a couple folks dragged their kids into this
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and made them their own little pawns. which made me sad.
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among many other things
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you can tell he's the taxman, from the $face
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again, not really a tax protester
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finally, someone who wants to pay his taxes
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vote with your wallet
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vote with your ballot
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looking through the post office
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rand was right(wing)
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reminded me of 12 monkeys
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bob was robbed. in broad daylight.
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the face of socialism
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stop spending
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defecit spending
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tax and spend
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some folks weren't republicans
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there was infact very little tea. and no cucumber sandwiches.
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there were some lolteabags
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how many zeros are there in a trillion? 12.
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a fair point
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the reverse is also true, happily
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this isn't a real sign
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