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Message. so the story i decided to write was about the kind of obsession with image in d.c.. people want to control the image they have. and when somebody stumbles into their office and wants to write something it doesn't always go their way. >> so all these pressure tactics, didn't that succeed in making it a story that got about 100,000 times more attention than might have otherwise? >> absolutely. there is a chance you all i would have done is tweeted out a couple photos saying look at this cool office. >> should you have focused immediately on the cost and the fact taxpayers are footing th...

Message. so the story i decided to write was about the kind of obsession with image in d.c.. people want to control the image they have. and when somebody stumbles into their office and wants to write something it doesn't always go their way. >> so all these pressure tactics, didn't that succeed in making it a story that got about 100,000 times more attention than might have otherwise? >> absolutely. there is a chance you all i would have done is tweeted out a couple photos saying look at this cool office. >> should you have focused immediately on the cost and the fact taxpayers are footing th...

You get it. we have a bought government that is facilitating a system. >> what do we do about it? >> we have to vote the politicians out and demand transparency requirements. these politicians are more afraid of the special interests, if i want to run for office, i've got to have a bunch of parties with my rich friends who tend to be bankers and they invite their friends and get a cool office and call me a big title and people talk to me. the reality is if i betray the money machine that is the banking system for the political system -- >> what you're saying is that the interest of the america...

It brings them both together. >> mcwilliams is one of 23 wl dogs at colossalmedia, the largest hand painted outdoor advertising company in the world. it's a pretty cool office. >> it's not bad, right? >> in a digital age, these modern-day michelangelos receive upwards of 4,000 requests a year. paul lindall started the company in 2004. >> on average our paintings take about four days to complete. if you add in the preproduction time, it probably is worth another 40 hours of work. right now we're clocking about 450 murals a year. >> it would seem as if this is a product that's taken off in terms...