Lobbying, outside the lobby

Descending into the metro, the ads remind you, Weapons Incorporated, is working for the war fighter. Ascending from the metro, posters announce Titanic Tech company was once a start-up, the incubator of innovation which is the future of the country. On television, Pan-Petroleum corporation announces they are in favor of pollution-free wind energy. At the bus stop, Egomania the Country reminds the US that it has always supported a nuclear weapon-free world, especially now that it has fewer than its neighbors. C-span is on at the convenience store. Fox and CNN are on at the sports bar. Here, Politico is a print newspaper. Tourists, unused to walking, unmovingly clog the escalators at the metro, dressed up in protest gear - hats, signs, t-shirts. The sound, the sight, the taste-smell-touch of Washington.