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2 million IN D.C., LARGEST PROTEST AGAINST OBAMA SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE - September 12 2009 -
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Posted on 09/13/2009 1:09:45 PM PDT by MaxCUA

2 million people march on Washington D.C Tea Party protest rally September 12 2009 9 12 09 Thanks Glenn Beck 9-12 project Freedom Plaza Saturday crowd


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: 912; 912project; education; healthcare; islam; military; obama; palin; teaparty; third100days; veterans; washingtondc
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To: Gargantua

bump


21 posted on 09/13/2009 2:14:43 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (The way to destroy a countercultural movement is to have white people start liking it.)
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To: quintr
And I’ll just bet that the grounds weren’t trashed when they left either.

I've been wondering about that too. It'd be nice to see after rally photos of the grounds.

22 posted on 09/13/2009 2:15:46 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: quintr

You’ll love the pics linked in this post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338806/posts


23 posted on 09/13/2009 2:18:37 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( I am a proud citizen of GlennBeckistan. Kneel before me, comrades. ))))
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To: MaxCUA

Bump for when I get back home and can respond on the laptop and not the iPhone in traffic.


24 posted on 09/13/2009 2:22:20 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Venturer

Doesn’t it always go to show that there’s someone around ANYWHERE to rain on the parade? Cripes, even on the Free Republic you got somebody who has to contradict even conventional wisedom....Mindbender26 is a PARTY POOPER!


25 posted on 09/13/2009 2:22:31 PM PDT by matginzac
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To: Two Kids' Dad

http://constitutionallyspeaking.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/trash-and-other-debris-scattered-across-the-national-mall-after-obama-inauguration-ceremony.jpg?w=410&h=268

http://constitutionallyspeaking.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/9-12-posr-rally2.jpg?w=384&h=288


26 posted on 09/13/2009 2:27:43 PM PDT by American Dream 246
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To: American Dream 246

trash and other debris scattered across the national mall after-obama inauguration ceremony

Mall after 9/12 rally


27 posted on 09/13/2009 2:29:35 PM PDT by American Dream 246
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To: Venturer
I heard 1.5 million estimate from ABC. Thats what they’d admit anyway. I was there from 8:30 on so I can believe at least that number.
28 posted on 09/13/2009 2:31:58 PM PDT by RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
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To: rob777
According to a British news source, who actually checked with the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, the number was near two million. The two million number comes from the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.

Read the story again. The two million figure is not actually attributed to Homeland Security. What the Daily Mail did was take an Associated Press story that had a lede saying "tens of thousands" and write a different first sentence to say two million. They then follow with the reference to Homeland Security. Neat trick.
29 posted on 09/13/2009 2:57:32 PM PDT by drjimmy
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To: MindBender26

I think you are wrong. Penn ave is 200 feet wide and 1 mile long. 200 * 5280 = 1,214,140 square feet/ 44,000 feet in an acre=27.6 acres * 22,000 people per acre 607,000 people just in ONE shot of a full street. The street was full for many hours. It is entirely possible there were between 1.5-2.0 million people there.


30 posted on 09/13/2009 3:07:07 PM PDT by politicalmerc (If Birthers are so silly, then why not show the BC and put them to shame?)
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To: drjimmy
"Read the story again. The two million figure is not actually attributed to Homeland Security. What the Daily Mail did was take an Associated Press story that had a lede saying "tens of thousands" and write a different first sentence to say two million. "


Yup, that is what happens when I speed read!
31 posted on 09/13/2009 4:43:55 PM PDT by rob777 (Personal Responsibility is the Price of Freedom)
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To: MindBender26
Pictures say it all!
32 posted on 09/13/2009 4:52:17 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: drjimmy
Actually, the first draft of that letter, originally posted on ABC's own website... was as seen in the Daily Mail article. A "sanitized" version then came out reading "Tens of thousands...", and that was picked up and then parroted by both the Obamabot alphabet soup media and FOX News.

Why on earth did FOX sell their souls on this one? They were doing so good telling the truth, and now this. Very disappointing.

;-/

33 posted on 09/13/2009 4:52:17 PM PDT by Gargantua (Sarah Palin: The only Republican to take on Zer0bonehead and WIN!)
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To: MaxCUA

2 million? I thought Fox said it was 75,000.


34 posted on 09/13/2009 4:54:19 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Venturer

Same place his flying monkeys come from.


35 posted on 09/13/2009 5:26:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: politicalmerc
SNIP- - 200 * 5280 = 1,214,140 square feet/ 44,000 feet in an acre=27.6 acres * 22,000 people per acre 607,000 people

5280 x 200 = 1,056,000 sq. ft.
43,560 sq. ft. in an acre gives 24.24 acres
2 square feet per human requires each person occupy a square area that is 17" on each side.

Possible, but extremely tight.
Try taping four 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of standard copy paper together to make a 17" x 22" sheet and stand on it .
That's 2.6 square feet and yeilds 16,753 per acre or 406,092 humans in that 200 x 5280 area -
- but very few of them have room enough to tie their shoes.

36 posted on 09/13/2009 5:32:37 PM PDT by skeptoid
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To: politicalmerc

Your math allows two square feet per person.

The reality is, tight pack standing, (very rare) is 4x2 = 8 sq feet.

Regular pack standing, 5x3 = 15 sq feet.

Normal walking, 5x4 = 20 sq feet.


37 posted on 09/13/2009 6:33:09 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Does "We All Weed Up" Indicate Obama Is Now Channeling Bob Marley?)
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To: MindBender26

I’m using someone else’s estimating square footage.


38 posted on 09/13/2009 8:06:00 PM PDT by politicalmerc (If Birthers are so silly, then why not show the BC and put them to shame?)
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