doctoral candidate in rhetoric and scientific and technical communication
invisible empire
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”
~ Woodrow Wilson ~
I’m standing in front of the Capitol Building, talking to my brother on the phone. I’m complaining that I can’t get a good reflection in the reflecting pool because of the wind.
He says to me, “I heard on the news that Congress has only been in session 9 days since January.”
I think about that. Nine days. One day less than my vacation.
And they get paid what? $150,000 + a year. Of OUR money.
For what? To implement rascist immigration laws. To attack a woman’s body. To inact regulations that are aggressively against our civil and personal rights.
Nine days.
How would you like to do an ineffective job 9 days out of 90 and get paid a princely sum? I know I would.
I think that my time in D.C. really gave me a different perspective on how disconnected our congresspeople are from us. They have no clue what it’s like to be a normal citizen of the United States.
And really, it makes me question if we are given equal representation or if only those who have power and money are represented.
for a good reflection on rippled water–if you can slow your shutter down (use a tripod of course) to 1/2 second or so, you can usually get a good reflection. DUring daylight, this can be hard, but I use to do it with 25 ASA film, a polarizer filter and a high f-stop.