From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >>>Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>>>Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >>>>>bryan_styble  wrote:   
      
   >>>>>>* Yes, I'm aware that a good while back The CBS Evening News relocated   
   >>>>>>to the District of Columbia its flagship studio.  That was indeed an   
   >>>>>>easy but still bold network decision which now distinguishes that   
   >>>>>>polished CBS production from the less-burnished Muir- and Holt-helmed   
   >>>>>>newscasts O'Donnell is head-to-head against.  And it was a shift I   
   >>>>>>applauded when it happened because, why SHOULDN'T a national newscast be   
   >>>>>>situated in the national capital?  But O'Donnell's bosses' offices DO   
   >>>>>>remain high up there on some double-digit floor of Black Rock.   
      
   >>>>>I am always resentful when the national headquarters of anything   
   >>>>>decamps from the country's original capital to that jury-rigged   
   >>>>>Johnny-come-lately fractional-size city on the Potomac.   
      
   >>>>You refuse to recognize Philadelphia? bonk   
      
   >>>I am not aware of any particular trend of national organizations   
   >>>moving their headquarters from New York to Philadelphia,even if it   
   >>>sometimes happens,and it is less objectionable to me than relocations   
   >>>to Washington.   
      
   >>I'm pointing out that while the seat of national government was in a   
   >>number of places temporarily before Washington DC was established,   
   >>including New York, the Continental Congress sat at Philadelphia when   
   >>the 13 colonies declared independence in 1776 and when the Articles of   
   >>Confederation were debated.   
      
   >>New York was not the country's original capital.   
      
   >It was the first CONSTITUTIONAL capital.   
      
   >Where the first president of the USA (of the constitutional   
   >and not congressional variety) was inaugurated.   
      
   The constitution of 1789 was our nation's SECOND constitution.   
      
   Now you're not recognizing the Articles of Confederation as our nation's   
   first constitution?   
      
   You made me look it up. Yes, the 1st Congress's first two sessions met in New   
   York and George Washington was sworn into office in New York, but then   
   the 1st Congress's third session was in Philadelphia, and then the   
   capital remained Philadelphia till a handful of buildings (but there   
   were no streets) opened in Washington DC during 1800-1801.   
      
   During the 6th Congress, the first session was convened in Philadelphia   
   December 2 1799 till May 14 1800. The second session was convened in   
   Washington, November 17 1800 till March 3 1801.   
      
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