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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:36 PM
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Porta potties, crowd estimates, jigsaw puzzles, prayers, clowns, etc
Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 12:59 PM by Jackeens
I am here on the ground and there are so many people it’s almost overwhelming.


They are predicting 50,000 people attend the Washington events over the weekend. If that is the case, they cannot ignore us. This will make this one of the largest events in the history of Washing D.C. Great job guys!!! I wish I could be there.


did DC bother to put out some porta potties for this massive crowd???


the gal I spoke to here in Michigan that organized 3 buses out of Madison Hgts had stated that she needed a count of attendants so that there would be enough porta potties to cover the event in DC. She was suppose to forward this info to the DC police.


can’t keep from tearing up! This is just incredible!!!!! Prayers of God’s protection over this couragous group. May the momentum build and a SWEEPING RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION be felt all over this country today!


This is epic. Absolutely epic. No porta-potties, though


No PORTA POTTIES? Who dropped the ball on that one? The city?


Piss on em. You know the city workers are unionized and were instructed not to put them out, even though they were paid for.


Are there really no porta potties there? Who is responsible for placing porta potties at events like this? Do we need to call the city and demand they get some down there?


This is inspiring beyond words. The numbers are growing by the minute on the cam! Tears of joy streaming down my cheeks!


Can you imagine how huge the crowd would be if all the people who wanted to be there but couldn't were there???


fox just said 10’s or thousands. why are they under counting?


OH MY GAWD!!!! Prayers are being answered! Fox News Interactive has a live stream going RIGHT NOW of all the people just streaming to the site ... there are HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people there! Twitter is reporting that DC Police are saying it's 1.5 MILLION people and still growing.


I see from that link that someone is saying there may be more now then there was for the Inauguration..


Estimated over 1.5 MILLION and growing according to the DC police .. tens of THOUSANDS of people are still streaming to the site.


This crowd is already much larger than seen in Tehran during their protests yet the media managed to overcome the Mullahs oppression to free speech and cover it. Now, not so much. Telling.


Fox Banner is now reporting “thousands” Grrrrr!


That is absolutely a MASSIVE crowd!!


Bigger than anybody dreamed!! Completely unbelievable. This has to be approaching a million.


The 100,000 are merely a representation of those who would have liked to have been there, but could not. Maybe they should multiply the 100,000 by 5 or more. We are Freaks for the Republic.


What is themedia saying? There are so many people u have never in my 50 years seen anything like it!


A half-mil, easy; likely many more.


I’m sooo wondering when was the last time there was such a crowd in DC of ordinary americans?


Do you remember the tons of trash left on the Mall after O’s inauguration? Don’t think the Americans in DC today will leave such a sight.


I gave up many shows. I no longer watch the alphabet networks. I even gave up some shows on Fox - House and Bones - because they were going too ‘gay’. Now I basically just watch FNC - and not much on it. I get a lot more reading done.


YES, even American Idol now hires Ellen Degenerate!!! Even with this CRAP! FU Gay Idol not watching anymore, U R FIRED.


I had the privilege to see Sarah live during the campaign last fall - the crowd was electrified when she appeared! With the crowd today, the ROAR would be a ‘sound tsunami’ and heard on the west coast!!!


The impact Sarah has with just her Facebook is outstanding.


Indeed. She’s dumb like a fox. Now that she’s out of the governor’s office, she can take of the gloves and hit, er I mean, pummel Mr. O.


As I said, I do a lot of reading. I also do a lot of jigsaw puzzles.


How are those people going to last without a potty?


The question of the day. Maybe someone donated some mobile potty trucks. I hope.


No clue if this is accurate or not, but people are tweeting that DC police are estimating 1.2 million.


isnt that in the area of number of people who showed up for Obama’s speech?


I just saw a sign that read “Bury Obamacare with Kennedy”.


Is it likely to be the largest crowed ever assembled in Washington for a rally protest ?


We need to get porta potties down there too. Who was responsible for that screw up I wonder? Is it true?


That stupid lady said about 50,000? I dont know gang what do you think?


WOW!!!! I have never seen a crowd of that size before!


With the way the LIB media counts numbers of people, it is no wonder the budget is so hosed up!


I just hope and pray that there are no anarchists, union thugs and DUmmie infiltrators prepared to start throwing things and causing trouble in a crowd so large.


are there NO PORTA POTTIES? If not, who the HELL dropped the ball on that? I know I would not last without being able to go every 30 mintues!


Speaker just said crowd estimated at 1.5 million & growing


Which is fast approaching the number that ACORN/SEIU/ObamaBots were claiming for the Radical-in-chief's Immaculation in January.


I was afraid to take my children because of the threats from the communists.


I just got a call from my Dad and he is there with his wife. The crowd was so loud it was hard to hear him. He is very excited and they are all estimating the crowd at 1.5 million and still growing.


Would you ask him, for the benefit of us worriers, what they are doing for bathrooms? Thanks.


Good point - I’ll ask when he calls back!


Fox “10s of thousands”


CNN “pretty sizeable crowd”


How much coverage did Iran give to the protestors during the last election? Obama ignoring what is happening today reminds me of that.


black pastor doing a pretty god job..good to see one not blaming whitey.


The crowd size at link http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=5 appears rather small. :-(


Yeah, I don't get it -- whats up?


We were going to book a campsite near DC and go. Dad dumped his motorcycle last week and had surgery on Friday. God knew we wouldn’t make it.


Isn’t it a junction of three streets where they are at? If they are still filing in the part where the Washington Monument is would seem empty compared to others.


Fox is calling the crowd “tens of thousands” over and over. How many are there?


Looks like more than a million to me.....(he types through watery eyes of joy..)


Last I heard DC police are estimating 200K and growing. Think the lamestream media will cover this?


We had people on this thread saying 1.5 mil...and Fox saying tens of k’s, Pence saying several hundred.


I’m hearing from serveral sources 1.2 million. I think Pelosi was floating the 2 million number so she could say it was a failure, she’ll be eating her hat.


Doing a bit of math, since 2 million is double for those who attended Obama’s inauguration about 9 months ago, that means 500,000 more Americans are protesting his administration than who came to celebrate its start. No wonder he flew to Minnesota today — no reason to be distracted by the “little people”.


Fox doen’t have the budget to do aerial shots. The best they can do is from the top of their camera truck.


I’m here in DC and a cop said it was 1.2 million


”Yeah the last few speakers have sucked. Seriously. And this current singer is not very good. “
Yeah - the Dems have always had the edge when it comes to slick packaging - especially when they don’t have any message....


not his fault, I’m sure his monitors are bad and he can’t hear himself singing


WOW I have not seen that many people since....January 20th Inauguration day. This is FANTASTIC! Probably thousands of the same people.


look what this ABC reporter chick just tweeted - says she is covering the rally - http://twitter.com/yunjid - yunjid that sounds about right RT @nicopitney: I’d put crowd at 10-20k. Only crowded area is b/w Capitol and 3rd. First part of mall is 1/4 full.



aBC REPORTING 2 MILLION....ACCORDING TO TWITTER


abcnews.com story says “thousands”...


FOX keeps spewing “tens of thousands” line...finally turned them off. Beck will set them straight at 1 p.m.


I wish Brian Wilson would stop underestimating the crowd. I like him, but geez Louise!


Brian is awful today. Maybe hundred thousand? Please


Obamabots are short-ciruiting all over the place.


400,000?


If all these people are on the Mall now it certainly is not showning up. Where did they go? 3rd and Constitution traffic cam doesn’t show many right now so they must be off camera.


I was pretty good at estimating crowds when I worked at the ball park, to me this looks like 100-200k so far, but an overhead shot would be better. That’s a pretty good crowd.



I've been to loads of March for Life events and this crowd to me looks like the one we had the year of President Bush's first inaugaration. I'll tell you one thing, anybody referring to that crowd as "tens of thousands" or "thousands" is a lying sack of crap.



I am so proud of those wonderful Americans. There are two Americas. They are part of mine.


GLENN Beck IS NOW ON!!!!!!


Glenn BEck calling it 60k.


Beck up live.He says 60,000


Glenn Beck says the official estimate is 60,000


Beck says official count is 60,000??? Sheesh- then how can ABC be reporting 2 millionish?


Michelle Malkin confirming from her website: 2:34pm Eastern: Police estimate 1.2 million in attendance. ABC News reporting crowd at 2 million.


The mall covers 309 acres. If the average density of people is 10 sf per person, 1.2 million could make sense.


It’s more than 60k, but the 2 mil figure is irresponsible and being throw around to discredit the event.


Am already disappointed in Glenn, it’s not about him.


Glen is ill informed then. You can’t fill Pennsylvania Avenue with 60,000 people.


Beck needs to know that there are wildly different estimates. Just to blindly repeat 60,000 as “the official estimate” is crazy. Can somebody get through to Beck. Let him know Michelle Malkin’s report. He trusts her.


Why did Glen Beck have a clown reporter circulate through the crowd 5 minuutes ago on FOX? That down right embarrassing


I would never believe Glenn Beck could or would do something embarassing. He is a media icon. Say it isn't so.


Does it matter in the grand scheme of things to pin the exact number down to the exact degree of K????


who counts for the “official estimate”—Acorn?


Do people here understand how insane 2 mil is? Most stadiums hold 50k-70k. 2 mil is 15-20 times that many. Using those numbers is irresponsible and when the real figure comes out will only create a huge let down. Let’s try to keep it realistic. On the high side of realistic...


but she is generally solid on her facts; I keep wondering why some TV producers don’t just make a couple phone calls, for drying out loud.


Sadly even the banner on Becks show says “thousands”


Many people are under the tree line lining the mall for a mile down the mall corridor.


It’s as if FNC is being ultra conservative in their crowd estimate. I think they have been intimidated.


Word is the dems put out that 2 mil number to deflate the joy when the actual came out. Pelosi was saying yesterday they were concerned that “2 million” would protest. Libs are vile snakes


With thanks to Freeperland for the afternoon's entertainment :-)
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:39 PM
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1. By using the Taliban method
of determining popularity, it turns out that 35.6 million people showed up for the Tea Party.

My Porta-Pottie floweth over!



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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:39 PM
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2. 60,000*? I think it's more like 600,000.
Collective IQ, that is.


*Assuming it's actually 60,000.

Doubtful.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 02:28 PM
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17. Assuming each attendee has about 10 voices in his/her head
that would be about right.
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:40 PM
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3. Are You For Real?........
or are you being sarcastic?

How much is this march costing us taxpayers?
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:41 PM
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4. What are you talking about?
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:44 PM
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5. I think I just heard the "sound tsunami"!
Oh wait, that was a plane.

:rofl:

This one is great:

"are there NO PORTA POTTIES? If not, who the HELL dropped the ball on that? I know I would not last without being able to go every 30 mintues!"

Dude, get your prostate checked!
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:44 PM
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6. HOLY CRAP...the speaker from bankrupted Crysler just said " one last thing "DEATH.......
DEATH to the TERRORISTS" and he didn't mean middleeastern ones.

he was talking about the Liberal kind.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:45 PM
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7. That was so delicious Jackeens, many thanks. Have to find a potty..LOL....n/t
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:47 PM
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9. What is with Freepers and their potty obsession?
:shrug:
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:55 PM
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13. Do you want the Freudian analysis of that?
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Kaleko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:49 PM
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20. Bring it on.
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 04:40 PM
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23. Um...they're full of sh*t? n/t
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:45 PM
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8. Hilarious!
Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 12:47 PM by Scurrilous
Thanks. :thumbsup:

On edit: "Michelle Malkin confirming from her website: 2:34pm Eastern: Police estimate 1.2 million in attendance."

Looks like they inflated the time also.
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dalaigh lllama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:52 PM
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10. Hahahahahaha, Jackeens. This is priceless
No porta-potties, eh? No wonder "stream" keeps coming up so often in these tweets. A true stream of unconsciousness.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:52 PM
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11. Fox is using only tight shots and not giving a broad shot to show the whole crowd


Speaker is terrible.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:55 PM
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12. The funniest part of the whole thing is that the party of self reliance
is blaming the city for not providing the porta potties



Everyone knows that if you do your own demonstration you have to contract out the pp's yourself, it has nothing to do with the city.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:57 PM
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14. Seriously. The correct question is "who forgot to send the porta pottie bids?"
Are they honestly demanding socialist porta potties?
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:09 PM
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18. What?
They want G O V E R N M E N T port-a-potties!
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Raine1967 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 01:05 PM
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15. Twitter is reporting ?????????
:rofl:

Twitter is reporting that DC Police are saying it's 1.5 MILLION people and still growing.


Dude--- twitter doesn't report....

Now someone give those folks some socialistist Union Portapotties!! Or just hand then a plastic cup.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 02:20 PM
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16. ABC News online states "10's of thousands" as of 3:15 PM ----
I just read it there.

Some Publican said ABC said crowd is 1.5 mil....he is lying.



mark
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:43 PM
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19. No porta potties? Well, these pantloads will be walking around with pantloads, then.
So be it. Aren't they supposed to be rugged individualists?

:rofl:
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hileeopnyn8d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 04:16 PM
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21. WHAT!!!!11111
NO PORTA POTTIES!!!!!!!!!!

I do not understand their obsession. They pissed all over us for 8 years, now they can piss themselves!

They think they're going to get the biggest event ever in the history of DC? Starting from when, 7 am this morning? They don't know much about the history marches in DC, do they?

By my estimates they *may* beat out the KKK March of 1925 (35,000) but they won't come close to half a million.

And what the hell was that about jigsaw puzzles, and House and Bones being too gay?
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 04:22 PM
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22. "Where did they go?"
They're with Putin rearing their heads in someone's airspace. Probably the airspace of their mother's basement.
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vademocrat Donating Member (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 04:55 PM
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24. There were a brazillion hidden under the trees - hahaha
"Many people are under the tree line lining the mall for a mile down the mall corridor"

Too funny! :rofl:
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