Too Quiet South of the Potomac
Aug. 16th, 2025 07:43 amThe big event in our neighborhood this week was the workers coming in to fix the gas pipes. The middle of the week saw the loss of a section of our fence to their efforts. Then yesterday the completion of their work seems to have resulted in the loss of most of our hot water, and there's all too good a chance we won't be able to get that back until Monday at least.
Mom apparently got the chance to ask a handful of them what they thought about DC being occupied by the National Guard. To her dismay, they didn't seem to care much. It's certainly no use to ask the neighbors. Too many of them are Trumpites anyway, and most of the rest are likely convinced they'll never come invade this upscale neighborhood. They probably genuinely won't for a while, at least.
I've heard precious little mention of it in the Pentagon either. Outside the offices of those directly involved, I fear we're all just keeping our heads down about such things at this point.
Mom apparently got the chance to ask a handful of them what they thought about DC being occupied by the National Guard. To her dismay, they didn't seem to care much. It's certainly no use to ask the neighbors. Too many of them are Trumpites anyway, and most of the rest are likely convinced they'll never come invade this upscale neighborhood. They probably genuinely won't for a while, at least.
I've heard precious little mention of it in the Pentagon either. Outside the offices of those directly involved, I fear we're all just keeping our heads down about such things at this point.