Good boy. Now roll over and play dead for the enemedia.
Posted on 09/15/2009 9:33:35 PM PDT by JSDude1
“How big is it?” is certainly one of the world’s most dreaded questions.
In fact, after the Million Man March in 1995, Congress restricted the National Park Service from even making estimates — a restriction that was maintained for 14 years and then quietly rescinded this January for the Obama inauguration.
I’m talking about crowds, of course. I can’t take you people anywhere.
There have been a lot of estimates, from the “official” one of 60 to 70 thousand, up to the rumored 2 million. Let’s see if we can make a plausible estimate with some rigor and some idea of possible error.
I surely hope we’re not going to take the topic of crowd est.into next week here on FR
Looks like the MSM decimated in their reports the million plus that actually showed up. Guess these paid shills for 0bama can’t actually afford to tell the truth now, can they?
What would you be afraid of if it were?
Two million, easily.
Penn Ave is three lanes wide in each direction, and there was a river of humanity from the White House to the Capitol, which is sixteen blocks.
Saturday was the biggest rally DC ever held. Ask the cops and the subway workers. And it was certainly larger than the Obamunist jamoboree last January, and that’s got all the lefties mumbling to themselves this week.
I could only compare by using the old football stadium method, and I guessed there was 800,000 to 1,500,000.
Not very scientific, but I will say that any estimate less than 500,000 is FLAT OUT WRONG.
Why? If you don’t want to participate in the discussion, you don’t have to click on the link.
Having been at both the GOE in 2007 and this past weekend, and having seen the way the media covered both, I would say it is an important issue.
Getting hung up on the number is nothing but a media deflection, and the right-wing websites are taking the bait: hook, line & sinker.
The smallest number mentioned is a LOT of patriots. Move along.
Why hasn’t anybody collated the numbers of people between state capitols, local districts + those in DC? I bet there were over 5 million nationwide.
good vid. 9/12 Quincy, Illinois: Dana Loesch Uncut - Snake Oil Salesmen & The New Revolution 15min http://www.pjtv.com/video/Specials/9%7C12_Quincy%2C_Illinois%3A_Dana_Loesch_Uncut_-_Snake_Oil_Salesmen_%26_The_New_Revolution/2440/
The smallest number mentioned is a LOT of patriots. Move along.
Yes, the liberal media is trying to deflect the importance of the huge crowd by lying about the number attending. Some "right wing" posters are taking the bait hook line and sinker and rather than confronting the liars they want to just "move along".
Good boy. Now roll over and play dead for the enemedia.
I used Google Earth ruler and get 155 ft from outer pedestrian crossing mark to outer pedestrian crossing mark on Pennsylvania Ave. To make sure Google's ruler was accurate, I used it to measure the Washington Redskins football field and it was within 5 yards.
they’re walking, marching, at something between 2 and 4 miles per hour because that’s how fast people march. Let’s choose 3 mph: that would mean a line of people marching past a single point for three hours would be about 9 miles long.
I doubt that in a demonstration setting, with people of all age and sex carrying banners, placards and signs that the crowd could have done 3mph. Probably more like 1mph-1.5mph
bttt
You got it right. It’s not the numbers, it was the message. Something BO got loud and clear when he high-tailed it out of town to the more friendly Minnesota.
Getting hung up on the number is nothing but a media deflection, and the right-wing websites are taking the bait: hook, line & sinker.
The smallest number mentioned is a LOT of patriots. Move along.
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Truth and facts matter. We have taken it on the chin from the lefties long enough, and we’re not going to take it any more.
That doesn’t mean obsessing. It does mean demanding common courtesy and respect.
The massive crowds (9/12 pic left) are VERY significant---b/c the MSM measures crowds by the
size of civil rights protests (right pic); which MSM points out extended AROUND the Reflecting Pool.
“paid shills for obama”
It’s obama that can’t let the numbers get out. Who do you think ordered the fire department to release that “official” number? The numbers would be a sure tip off to another of the many coverups this administration must do to increase it’s power over the citizens. Only “we the people” who were there that day can speak the truth.
I am taking a guess, 2 million!
By looking at the pictures I have seen, I go with 2 million.
I was in that crowd, probably in the first 1/4 of the crowd. My estimate of our speed was around 2 mph. I'm sure that it slowed down later on, and I'll admit that we did pass a few folks on the way.
I spoke with a man from Pajama Media - his estimate was around 700,000 people, but I have no idea how good a judge of crowds he is. I know that it was a heck of a lot bigger than the typical 100,000 you'd see at a typical college football game.
I'll put it this way - if Ford only sold 70,000 Focuses in a year, they'd drop the model from their lineup. Likewise, at 700,000 per year, they'd be happy. And at 1 million per year, they'd be ecstatic.
The MSM is trying desperately to marginalize the conservative movement - they know that we stand between this communist president and his goals. It's no secret that the media is in bed with the left, and has been since Walter Cronkite declared the Tet Offensive a loss in 1968. At 70,000, they can call this a 'fringe' group. At 1 million, they can't get away with that.
The real issue is it symbolizes the beginning of taking our country back, one way or another.
And why is that?
I surely want to know???
Going to bed, so I can wake up early to go to work, you see, but I WILL check on you and your response ASAP.
Look forward to your response here on FR...
it would just be wasting time in not concentrating on the multiple news issues on hand
You must be mistaking me for someone else.
Looking for some good overhead picture shots of the crowd posted on a photo hosting site. anybody know of some links.
Where can I find some more photos like this one........
They’re all over FR. Look for articles about the 9/12 March. Many have pictures of the day.
Let’s argue about the number of drops of water in a tsunami!
Glen Beck, at
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=15562532&ch=4226725&src=news
says that someone from the University of Illinois did a satellite look and estimates 1.7 million were there.
Cheers ...
Nope!
how is that?
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