Posted on 09/16/2009 2:11:28 PM PDT by Jack Black
Using the latest photo of 9/12,taken from the top of the capitol, we can begin to do some comparisons with historical photos.
Top: 9/12 taxpayer rally.
Above: MLK "I have a dream" speech. Estimated for that one, 250,000.
Below: Aerial view of the Mall.
The MLK speech was at the far end (top of picture) between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.
The 9/12 rally was at the near end, between the capitol and the Washington Monument.
The latter space is, as you can see, quite a bit larger.
yikes....912 was huge
“yikes....912 was huge”
it was hugh...and series...we need a bigger one, though...
Beautiful!
75,000... YEAH, RIGHT!!!!!!!
Ping for fresh photo analysis. Not CWII related, a beg your indulgence. (Well at least not directly related, yet)
ping
Here is a satellite image of the Obama Inauguration which had an estamate of 2 million people. 
As you can see, although it looked packed from the ground, it was very sectionalized. (a giant version here: http://www.farhadmanjoo.com/ObamaInaugurationHighRes.jpg )
Thanks. So we say “at least as big as King’s “I have a Dream” speech... here is the photo comparison.
And here is the historical comparison. Both marked the emergence of long simmering movements that required to fundamentally change the established order.
“The Dream” eventually did away with Jim Crow, and ushered in voting and civil rights for all Americans. In a similar way “9/12” marks the beginning of a movement that will transform America and do away with oversized, broken, nanny state government that rewards the super rich, politially connected, and favored minorities while punishing average Americans and bankrupting the country.
The corrupt current day system has to go, just as much as Lestor Maddox had to go in 1963.
Consider that the 9/12 marchers had a permit for a street march, not the mall, so mall shots will show only a fraction of the 9/12 crowd.
The distance between the White House and the Capitol is 1.9 miles, and the procession continued for three hours. There are more wonderful pictures at this link from glennbeck.com. Please take time to view the final video from sophiaelena.com. It shows the parade in fast forward, with the throngs of marchers passing a stationary camera.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/30493/
Best photo I’ve seen.
MLK Speech...
250,000 estimated
175,000 actual
145,000,000 number of leftist claiming to have been there
I noticed that is low-res. I’d love a high-res to print out and hang across my 15 foot office wall.
Big, Big thank you! I have sure wondered about these comparisons! Good Job!
That last video on the Beck page is remarkable. Really gives you a sense of the crowd.
bttt
“The best estimate of numbers comes from the cam that showed folks marching for 3 hours down 8 lanes for 1.9 miles. That has to be close to two million.”
I’m calling it the Million REAL Man March...
Would have been better if permission were sought and granted to make use of the Mall. Maybe next time. And yes, 5 million would be a good start.
Where? I can’t find it.
“Next time we will have to have 5 or 6 million and flat shut DC down so the Brown Shirt Media will “hear us.”
I’ll tell you what, there are miles of open fields not far from DC (especially out near Gettysburg) that would accommodate a lot of trailers and RV’s...
Thanks for the ping. Great photos!
Thanks. Proves just more lies coming out of Washington, as usual.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/30493/
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the video captioned something like ‘Excellent Look at the 9/12 DC Crowd”.
Thank you!
Interesting....Amazing that the networks are practically spiking this story. When are the rallies on Media Row?
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