...for a health disparities symposium. I presented a paper yesterday on the relationship (or the lack thereof) between black political empowerment and beneficial health outcomes (looking at infant mortality rates in this case).
Last night i hung out late after the victory. Was at a Salsa club on Connecticut Avenue. Came out to walk back to the hotel...and heard sirens.
Then saw three police cars, six policy motorcycles, an ambulance, another six or so motorcycles, a few more police cars, and bracketed between them, two limosines, and a nondescript black Explorer.
Bush doesn't as a rule go to bed later than around 10 or so. I thought it might have been the VP...but it didn't seem right.
Then I find out that Prime Minister Tony Blair is in town for only one day.
One of the arguments that conservatives made during the Clinton hearings was that CLinton was just a guy like the rest of us, and he shouldn't be treated any different.
See one of those motorcades in the middle of the night drive by, makes one think a bit differently.
If you spend any time near Capital Hill, you'll hear/see that sort of thing on a regular basis. Most natives learn to ignore it. There are motorcades for the DC mayor, prominent Congressmen/Senators/Cabinet Secretaries and almost all foreign dignitaries. Some motorcades are larger than others but most contain sirens.
Posted by: elg at June 8, 2005 08:16 AM