Boy, the Capitol sure is beautiful...

[Crankie Avalon]

...and hopefully very soon, it'll be occupied by a Congress worthy of meeting in that august looking building through finally resuming its constitutional duty and again taking up its role in the separation of powers.

(Just thought I'd try a thread where people can take a moment's break from beating each other up.)

[badgerpup]

1. The Lincoln Memorial is just...awesome.

What that word meant before all the juice got sucked out of it.
There's a grandeur, a melancholy majesty about it that's just humbling. It's not just the size of the sculpture of Lincoln that makes you feel very, very small...but not exactly insignificant.
:wow:

[Crankie Avalon]

2. Tried to find a picture of it to post, but of course, none really do it justice...

Still, here goes:




And here's a nice one I found of the Lincoln Memorial Building (oh, with a couple of other sights in the background, it looks like. ;-))