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Sat Sep-12-09 11:27 PM
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Now, reputable sources citing maybe 30,000 for Beck's Folly |
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:29 PM
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1. I've been reading these posts . . . |
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all day. Why do we really care? Ignore them!
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:29 PM
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2. I knew it. Pics don't lie. Over three times as many filled Beaver Stadium today. |
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Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 11:30 PM by Avalux
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:38 PM
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8. The Big House in Ann Arbor, too |
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:44 PM
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Think of how many college football games were played today and the total number in attendance. That march on Washington didn't deserve the press it got.
And by the way, my Nittany Lions are gonna kick Wolverine butt in the Big House. ;-)
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:46 PM
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My boys are back! They're looking really good and will not have a season like last year.
On the bright side for both of us, though, OSU is 1-1, thanks to USC!
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:49 PM
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13. Yeah, you had a good win today. |
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And it is good OSU lost, although I wanted USC to lose too, lol. :hi:
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:54 PM
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17. Hey Hey no dumping on the Buckeyes |
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Wait till their get their hands on those Wolverines!!!!
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:31 PM
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just looking at the photos and the ground-level videos, and one time-lapse view at a traffic light on 14th Street.
And I was being generous at 30,000.
One clown here, who claimed to have been there (sure he was) swore up and down that there were at least 1.5 MILLION, but he was pretty sure there weren't 2 MILLION!
Doofus.
As I've posted elsewhere, it was just another Saturday in DC - no roads into the city were closed, no Smithsonians closed, no inordinate PortaPotties dragged out, and no extravagant crowd control measures required. Tourists continued their visits, people went downtown for lunch, everyone went about their regular Saturday business, and life was normal.
In short, no big deal.............................................
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:32 PM
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4. If we can get an accurate aerial view we can use this to measure it |
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:33 PM
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5. I'm shocked they got that many |
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:35 PM
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6. if reliable source says 30k, meaning people that would support beck then really |
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probably more what the police say and 30k is a generous number
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:37 PM
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from my own personal estimates (proven very reliable over the years) by examining both overhead photos and up close photos of the same event (establishes both the area and the density).
Could be 25K because my "overhead" was shot from the steps of the Capitol and I had to guess a bit on the extremities of the crowd.
50K would be out of the question.
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:39 PM
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9. freepers going crazy because Fox News reported it in the "tens of thousands" |
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:40 PM
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10. wow, if Fox Noise said that, then |
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it must've been 5,000 max
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:53 PM
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Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 11:53 PM by Lagomorph
Authorities in the District do not give official crowd estimates, but Saturday's throng appeared to number in the many tens of thousands.
I can't find the 30K number.
Anybody?
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:49 PM
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14. I wonder how many were counter protesters? |
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I am thinking a few showed up and added to the numbers.
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Sun Sep-13-09 12:12 AM
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18. There was another event on the Mall today |
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The NCNW had their annual "family reunion" out there. There were thousands out for that. :shrug:
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Sat Sep-12-09 11:49 PM
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15. I heard a South American tourist accidentally got caught up in the crowd... |
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so estimates are at 1 brazillion, 25,000. I'm sorry. Someone linked to a Hasselhoff video and I unwittingly clicked on it. It fucked me up in the head. Please don't do that, people.
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Sun Sep-13-09 01:07 AM
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19. WTF!!!! MSNBC claims it was Hundreds of Thousands??? |
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I saw the pics, even the fake million man march ones that the morans were trying to say were from the teabagger rally. Theres no way it was more than 50,000. NO WAY!!! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/32813988#32813988
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