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Beck Rally - photos to help estimate crowd size.
Self | 8/28/2010 | Self

Posted on 08/28/2010 4:58:59 PM PDT by sbMKE

People keep asking for photos of known crowds for comparison sake and help in estimating the size of the crowd for Glen Beck's rally today. Here goes - using Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor Michigan for a nice even crowd size.

What does it look like to you?


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To: sbMKE

Not only that, but the Beck rally people are all morbidly obese white people who take up a lot more room - at least the space of three normal sized people.


41 posted on 08/28/2010 6:09:47 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: huldah1776

I think I could say I guarantee that for every person who went there were probably 15, maybe more, who couldn’t and watched it on TV/Internet.

I’m one of them.


42 posted on 08/28/2010 6:10:36 PM PDT by EggsAckley ( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
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To: Stosh

The stadium and aerial of the DC mall are the exact same scale. Because of the angled seating and close proximity, I’m willing to say that no more than 100,000 can fit in the footprint of the stadium seating while on flat ground.

The stadium overlay also covers the “shade areas” so that’s moot. The only question is how many more stadiums are present in the fringes.

There are at least 200,000 on site during the time of the crowd photo. the question is how many more.


43 posted on 08/28/2010 6:13:42 PM PDT by sbMKE
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To: FoxPro

Obama inauguration satellite images.

http://www.fortheloveofgeeks.com/2009/01/21/the-geeky-side-of-the-inauguration-of-barack-obama/


44 posted on 08/28/2010 6:18:44 PM PDT by sbMKE
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To: netmilsmom
I am downloading a few of my photos.The people went up to the Washington Monument, although more sparse in places.

When I get the photos done, I will post them.

45 posted on 08/28/2010 6:19:50 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Venturer

“So how many showed up to march with Sharptongue?”

I would say DOZENS OF DOZENS.

That is what the MSM Stasi surrogate stenographers actually said were the number of tea partiers at the last DC event this Spring.

They could pull out that dozens of dozens estimate for today’s Sharpton rally and this time have a very accurate precise count.


46 posted on 08/28/2010 6:19:56 PM PDT by A'elian' nation ( I miss Calvin Coolidge.)
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To: mware

Thanks!


47 posted on 08/28/2010 6:22:12 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am inyenzi on the Religion Forum)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Don't know if either of these were working for Beck, but someone was observing and documenting the crowd from above.


48 posted on 08/28/2010 6:22:58 PM PDT by OwenKellogg (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: mware
This photo was taken an hour before the rally, on the hill that the Washington Memorial stands on.

Photobucket

It is difficult to see but the world war 2 memorial is actually between them.

49 posted on 08/28/2010 6:23:33 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Aria

CBS outsourced to an aerial photography company:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014993-503544.html

Note the pics. To me they looked cropped somewhat in an attempt to hide the real number of people.


50 posted on 08/28/2010 6:24:08 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: sbMKE

That’s a great photo.

There must have been Billions for Beck.


51 posted on 08/28/2010 6:25:01 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am inyenzi on the Religion Forum)
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To: netmilsmom

The gAYssociated Press says anywhere from “dozens” to “scores” and also mentioned “some say” “hundreds”.


52 posted on 08/28/2010 6:30:17 PM PDT by wolficatZ (Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold")
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To: sbMKE
At least 30x larger than the size of Sharpton’s “rally”.
53 posted on 08/28/2010 6:30:45 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: FoxPro

I think you are close.


54 posted on 08/28/2010 6:33:26 PM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: Rebelbase
I for one will never shave again until the numbers are released.

Of course I haven't shaved for over 5 years but what the hey...

55 posted on 08/28/2010 6:36:35 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
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To: Aria

Washington Post gave a conservative estimate of “between 2,000 and 3,000”.


56 posted on 08/28/2010 6:45:56 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: sbMKE

The stadium photo is misleading. It only proves you can put two-and-a-half stadiums inside The Mall.


57 posted on 08/28/2010 6:51:50 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: fatnotlazy

I really smiled at Palin’s one sentence, and no one is reporting on the uptake from it.......

“Two-score and seven years ago....” (in re MLK’s speech, at the Lincoln Memorial). But you knew that.

I don’t remember too much of her speech after that. She had me right there.

This reminds me of another saying: “You had me at Merlot.” That’s another story, though.


58 posted on 08/28/2010 6:55:34 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: tobyhill
At least 30x larger than the size of Sharpton’s “rally”.

Definitely.  You could put all the attendees of the Sharpton rally, the invited speakers, the R&B/Soul band, the sound system and the 6 rows of folding chairs on the  back of a flatbed trailer which doubles as a stage and still have room for other stuff.

59 posted on 08/28/2010 6:56:50 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: OwenKellogg

That balloon is likely the one used by the company (AirPhotosLive.com) that CBS hired to make the 87,000 estimate.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014993-503544.html


60 posted on 08/28/2010 6:57:26 PM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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