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Sat Sep-12-09 09:02 AM
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ATTN: DUer Experts At Estimating Crowd Sizes, Need Your Services On Teabagger Crowd Shot |
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Here's a traffic cam overlooking the teabaggers: http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/camera/9087/index.htmlHow big do you think? I'm saying maybe 15,000.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:05 AM
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1. It looks like a lot of people, maybe 25k to me. |
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Not the 2million they are especting but it is still early.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:12 AM
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7. IT got bigger since I first looked at it |
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I agree, 25K at the most right now.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:05 AM
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2. I bet that flag at half mast in the foreground |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:06 AM
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:07 AM
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4. There were 50 times that just lining the streets and overpasses at Teddy |
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Sun Sep-13-09 03:33 AM
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51. Maybe where the pics came from ??? Flags were at half mast that day!!!!!!!!! |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:09 AM
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5. The "Million" White People March |
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will look embarrassingly like a few thousand.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:12 AM
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8. Rational people are asking where these hypocrites were |
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hiding for the past eight years. Fuck them. I can't wait to watch their ignorance on display with their dumb signs with 'moran spelling' and Rethug grammar. Did I say fuck them? Fuck them!!
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:11 AM
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6. What I've done in the past |
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is used overhead (helicopter or high vantage point) shots, then I use google planimeter to precisely draw a polygon around the people. That gives an area that they occupy. The a close up shot can give you an idea of density (distance between clusters, blankets spread out, sitting or standing, etc). A little bit of math later and you have an estimate. Need a direct overhead that gets all of the crowd, even if it stretches down the street.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:13 AM
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:17 AM
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:14 AM
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10. Including the KKK members, I estimate a few thousand people. |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:15 AM
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11. Remind me again why are they there? |
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What's the point of their march? What are they hoping to accomplish? Who benefits? How is the country going to be better off?
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:32 AM
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35. they want the hypnotic state achieved by Sep 11 to continue forever |
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Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 09:33 AM by librechik
and the return of the Bush Monarchy.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:16 AM
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12. That's a lot of stupid assholes, looks like the aggregate IQ of a lot of the country shot up some |
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And DC's has been lowered considerably.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:20 AM
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16. Just looking at some of the signs... |
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carried by these "people" (CNN)....I am sorry, there is NO WAY you can deny that this is fueled by racism. NO WAY.
Picture of some sort of African Zulu King with Obama's face pasted on....at the bottom says "Obama Scare" with the commie sign in place of the "S"......
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:18 AM
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14. Showing the same cam image on MSNBC |
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Crowd is much less dense than it appears on the internet.
Looks like about 2000 people in that area.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:25 AM
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25. I noticed that the people in the crowd seem to be keeping their distance from each other. |
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Possible reasons?
- fear that if someone accidentally jostles the wrong person, thereby threatening or insulting them, gun play will ensue
- lack of attention to or ignorance of routine bodily hygiene
- these people really do hate everybody but themselves
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:30 AM
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31. You are wrong about that. |
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they hate EVERYONE, but especially themselves. Basic pysch profile.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:27 AM
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27. Nah, this crowd is DENSE, just not in the way you mean. - n/t |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:19 AM
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15. Did they have to get permits for that? |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:21 AM
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:22 AM
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18. I can't give you a number, but that is a lot of selfish, dumb |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:22 AM
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19. So when are the liberals going to do the same? Give 'em a REAL showing.... |
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of course the Ministry of Propaganda would have to actually show the same type of photos and video.
My guess is the mediawhores will more than likely completely ignore any liberal counter protest activities, as usual.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:23 AM
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I'm wondering what the National PArk service says.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:23 AM
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21. Alex Witt thinks there's 100K there, and she's scared already. |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:25 AM
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24. Do you hear the Republican spokemodels on this? |
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A lot of them aren't Republicans...
Try to disown the creatures you spawned, go ahead.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:28 AM
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28. They are not spokesmodels. |
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They are news actresses. :evilgrin:
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:31 AM
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32. I was thinking more of the guy, actually |
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but yeah, it's all the same!
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:33 AM
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38. Okay, news actors too. |
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But either way, they do make for great comedy, don't they? :)
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:35 AM
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41. They do. Or horror. Or both. nt |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:29 AM
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29. Her voice got all high-pitched when she exclaimed it looked likes hundreds of thousands. |
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Guy on ground said tens of thousands but she doesn't believe him. :wtf:
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:31 AM
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34. Well, that much stupid in one place IS pretty scary! nt |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:34 AM
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39. There she goes again. "Gotta be more than 30 thousand!" n/t |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:23 AM
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22. And divide your estimate by .5 |
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to account for all the half-wits
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:31 AM
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:33 AM
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37. Mathematically incorrect but funny. |
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Multiply by .5 or divide by 2 to account for the half wits.
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Sat Sep-12-09 10:00 AM
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46. Yes that's what I meant |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:24 AM
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23. No fewer than 3 million. |
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:26 AM
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Somebody call the police on that riff-raff.
:rofl:
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:30 AM
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WHAT DO WE WANT...we don't fucking know.... WHEN DO WE WANT IT .....now
WHAT DO WE WANT...we don't fucking know.... WHEN DO WE WANT IT .....now
WHAT DO WE WANT...we don't fucking know.... WHEN DO WE WANT IT .....now
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:37 AM
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43. thats ALOT of people!! N/T |
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we can rag on these people all day but the bottom line is they are out there, protesting for what they believe in. when are WE going to do the same?? for every person in DC today there are hundreds more who believe as these protesters do. a significant number of Americans are not happy with our government. we need to get a handle on this pretty quick or we could be in real trouble... FFT....
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:45 AM
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44. Faux news has brainwashed thousands. |
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Including my elderly parents. The latest call from my Dad was about ACORN! Glen Beck is Dangerous.
I am hoping there is a Big Protest against Glen Beck when he gets the KEY to Mt. Vernon WA on the 26th of this month.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:33 AM
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36. 6 months in the preparing, nation tv to promote beck said.... thousands |
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THOUSANDS i say, i laugh adn laugh. thousands. a nation of millions and 6 months in the making, nation promotion and he could only gather thousands.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:35 AM
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40. Meanwhile all across the USA, Mom's basements being fumigated |
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Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 09:38 AM by Kingofalldems
And Cheeto stains scrubbed.
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Sat Sep-12-09 09:45 AM
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45. Anyone want to take a guess at the combined IQ? nt |
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Sat Sep-12-09 10:17 AM
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48. Well, let's say 30,000 warm or almost warm bodies... |
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Combined IQ would be 300,000.
No? Ok, seriously, 2,550,000. (Yup, that's a real number)
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Sat Sep-12-09 10:21 AM
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49. I need Overhead photos! |
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and a few closeups. That's what I need to estimate crowd size.
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