Weekend in D.C.

Here are some photos from our little trip to D.C. We went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Holocaust Museum, Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, White House, etc.

The Saturday we were there, there was a huge protest against "big government," health care reform, Obama, etc. People from all over the country were there, wearing American flags and other patriotic attire. Many people were wearing t-shirts with really rude and sometimes just plain ignorant messages. One shirt I saw said, "Kenya called. They want their socialist back." Barack Obama isn't even from Kenya. Sure, his father may have been, but geez. To me, it's reminiscent of the whole sending-black-people-back-to-Africa racist movement. It's absurd. Another shirt said something like, "Everyone welcome King HUSSEIN," with a picture of Obama. Exploiting someone's middle name to instill a false fear of terrorism is just immature. There were thousands of people there, but I personally didn't see a single non-white protester.



This guy below was a counter-protester. I'm glad someone was there fighting against the ignorance.