Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive - 10/30/10 DC

[angrymissy]

http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/

http://www.keepfearalive.com/

I'm getting my posterboard and markers ready for signs right now!!!

Seriously, I'm going. This looks like it's gonna be shitloads of fun.

[Furtherman]

I think I'm going to go as well. Looks great.

[A.J.]

I'm thinking a "My book about a made-up deity is better than your book about a made-up deity" sign is in the works.

[Kevin]

DUDE!

Reason is one
letter away from
Treason.

USA USA USA USA.

[Misteriosa]

i def would like to go, however, i have no way of getting there.

[angrymissy]

i def would like to go, however, i have no way of getting there.

I am going to try to get a car pool together!

[Kevin]

I am going to try to get a car pool together!



SHOT GUN FOR JEZO!!










I'm being serious, he will have a shotgun and kill us all.

[A.J.]

http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/.

Then we'd like you to join us in Washington, DC on October 30 -- a date of no significance whatsoever -- at the Daily Show's "Rally to Restore Sanity."

Not true:

1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

This is going to scare the country the same way!

[TripleSkeet]

I would love to go to that, Im betting it will be hilarious.

[Willmore]

Fuck, I really wanna go.

[angrymissy]

I need to acquire one of these to bring:

http://www.ycbj.com/english/UploadFiles/20094211156664.jpg

[Misteriosa]

you could go old school...

http://www.aaawt.com/web_images/348-98_school%20teachers%20hand%20held%20chalk%20board _1.jpg

[brettmojo]

God I wish I could go to this.

[Syd]

Definitely going since I live in Maryland. Poster is likely going to be "EVERYTHING I DISAGREE WITH IS HITLER"

[Earlshog]

My wife has her friends shower in the D.C area the week before... Don't know, two weeks in Redskin Country is tough but this looks really good will have to think about it...

[Zorro]

My wife has her friends shower in the D.C area the week before...

Why DC is the water better than Hoboken?

[Dudeman]

"Stewart and Colbert have filed a single application for a permit to host 25,000 people on the Washington Monument grounds, National Park Service spokesman Bill Line said Friday."

hope there will be more

[Kevin]

"Stewart and Colbert have filed a single application for a permit to host 25,000 people on the Washington Monument grounds, National Park Service spokesman Bill Line said Friday."

hope there will be more



They can always say its a million.

[furie]

Stewart/Colbert 2012

Lets make this happen

[Dudeman]

Colbert/Stewart 2012

Lets make this happen

fixed

[Death Metal Moe]

The sad part is more will get done at a joke rally than Beck's "serious" one.

[angrymissy]

They can always say its a million.

Can't wait to see the same people who were desperately trying to say Beck had a million, to scramble to claim there were like 100 people only at this rally.

[Death Metal Moe]

Can't wait to see the same people who were desperately trying to say Beck had a million, to scramble to claim there were like 100 people only at this rally.

Oh you must mean Wackbag. The NeoCons, Teabaggers and other assorted Anthony parrots over there are bitching about this already.

[hanso]

i def would like to go, however, i have no way of getting there.

Too bad these things don't get free backing on bus rides. Like the Neo-Cons get.

[Caseyelan]

Dave has to work, but I will def be going.... Missy, Imma make us a mixtape.

[KnoxHarrington]

Can't wait to see the same people who were desperately trying to say Beck had a million, to scramble to claim there were like 100 people only at this rally.

It will be interesting to see how Fox News plays this. I met they mostly ignore it, except for one snide report after it's over where they show it from an angle that makes it look like about 200 people showed up.

[Death Metal Moe]

It will be interesting to see how Fox News plays this. I met they mostly ignore it, except for one snide report after it's over where they show it from an angle that makes it look like about 200 people showed up.

...but that doesn't sound Fair and Balanced...

ZOMG!!!!

::mind blown::

[hanso]

DUDE!

Reason is one
letter away from
Treason.

USA USA USA USA.

Screaming is one
letter away from creaming.

[Furtherman]

I already have my sign.

MO RANS
MO PROBLEMS

[StanUpshaw]

That's very appropriate, since the original "Morans" sign came from a mock patriotic rally back in '03.

http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=1590

[Furtherman]

They were ahead of their time.

[KnoxHarrington]

I wonder if these two rallies will be at the same time. Because if I had to choose, I'm definitely going with Colbert's. That one will be the fun one.

[sailor]

That's very appropriate, since the original "Morans" sign came from a mock patriotic rally back in '03.

http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=1590

Shit, never knew that. I hope those that used it to slam the right didn't know it either.

[Kevin]

Shit, never knew that. I hope those that used it to slam the right didn't know it either.



I think that person was posing as a future (then ) teabagger...

Where were the teabaggers when wars were getting started for no good reason and gas was like 5bucks because of the gov policies?

I guess America has honor then..

There was a white rep president then..

[Dude!]

There was a white rep president then..

christian, too

[sailor]

I think that person was posing as a future (then ) teabagger...

Where were the teabaggers when wars were getting started for no good reason and gas was like 5bucks because of the gov policies?

I guess America has honor then..

There was a white rep president then..

Any of that's fine, but it's been specifically used on here as an example of how the right are idiots.

[Dudeman]

Dave has to work, but I will def be going.... Missy, Imma make us a mixtape.

you can take Dave's "I'm a Right Wing Lunatic" poster for the Keep Fear Alive rally

[Kevin]

Any of that's fine, but it's been specifically used on here as an example of how the right are idiots.



Fair point.

People take that as a real example.

[TripleSkeet]

That's very appropriate, since the original "Morans" sign came from a mock patriotic rally back in '03.

http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=1590

I dont know...something about this doesnt seem right....

The street theater action was committed on April 4th in near blizzard conditions when 20 "fanatical pro-war" supporters occupied the opposite side of the downtown street to rally in support of the war and oppose of the peace activists who gather every Friday for the weekly peace vigils.

The 20 "pro-war" supporters dressed in suits, waved American Flags, chanted slogans in fierce support of war, death, and killing. Rush hour traffic drove by and honked in approval to the flags and signs that read: "Freedom Is The Enemy", "Bomb My Car", "Get A Brain Morans", "Iraq Out Of Iraq", "Draft My Child", "Send Our Infants", "Soccer Moms For Blood", "I Want More Meat", "War Is Peace", "I'm Pro-Life And Pro-Death", "Stop Reporting The Facts", "Peace Is For The Afterlife", "Bush Is The Savior", "This Is No Time For Thinking", "Pro-Bush Lesbian", and "Ask Me About My Baby Killing Honor Student" among other slogans.

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4589/cbmorans.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/cbmorans.jpg/)

Hmmm....

[Kevin]

I dont know...something about this doesnt seem right....



http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4589/cbmorans.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/cbmorans.jpg/)

Hmmm....



MidwestJeff?

[epo]

I dont know...something about this doesnt seem right....



http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4589/cbmorans.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/cbmorans.jpg/)

Hmmm....

The fake protest happened in Milwaukee in April.

That photo is NOT Milwaukee in April.

[Dude!]

That photo is NOT Milwaukee in April.

obviously...
there is no snow

[razorboy]

Heh. Stupid Cards fan.

[epo]

obviously...
there is no snow

Generally the snow is gone by late March, but the grass is grass and everyone is in summer apparel.

[Kevin]

Generally the snow is gone by late March, but the grass is grass and everyone is in summer apparel.



And the people in that pic are not nearly white enough.

[Furtherman]

Any of that's fine, but it's been specifically used on here as an example of how the right are idiots.

No matter if it was fake or real, it's not used to show the right as idiots.

It's used to show the far-right wingnuts are idiots. Huge difference.

[midwestjeff]

MidwestJeff?

In my defense, Sharpes don't have fucking spell check
and I was really high from sniffing the marker all morning.

[weekapaugjz]

In my defense, Sharpes don't have fucking spell check
and I was really high from sniffing the marker all morning.

i'm sure that's not the only thing you were high from.

[razorboy]

In my defense, Sharpes don't have fucking spell check

Are you posting with a Sharpie?

[sailor]

No matter if it was fake or real, it's not used to show the right as idiots.

It's used to show the far-right wingnuts are idiots. Huge difference.

Not on here.

[StanUpshaw]

I dont know...something about this doesnt seem right....



http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4589/cbmorans.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/cbmorans.jpg/)

Hmmm....

Good catch. Looks like they were copycats, as I'm now finding references to the picture as far back as March 31 (http://www.dailyfreepress.com/2.8013/response-to-sean-robinson-s-letter-column-condescending-unclear-1.937033).

[A.J.]

For those of you coming down, this is very important to remember (ignore the "lemmings" part).

I wouldn't want any of you to earn the wrath of the locals.

http://blueollie.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/heylemmings.jpg

[sailor]

For those of you coming down, this is very important to remember (ignore the "lemmings" part).

I wouldn't want any of you to earn the wrath of the locals.

http://blueollie.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/heylemmings.jpg

Why the heck is the metro so far underground?

[A.J.]

Why the heck is the metro so far underground?

It depends on the stations. Some are above ground. Some stations (like Bethesda and Rosslyn) are deeper than others presumably because of power/water lines.

[sailor]

It depends on the stations. Some are above ground. Some stations (like Bethesda and Rosslyn) are deeper than others presumably because of power/water lines.

I think we used to use the van ness station. Whichever it was seemed like it took weeks.

[PapaBear]

I think we used to use the van ness station. Whichever it was seemed like it took weeks.
Some of them are strange. It's been a long time, so I can't remember the exact configuration, but the station at Arlington National Cemetery is an odd one. If I remember right, I had to go down to one level, then take another escalator buck UP a level to get to the train.

Now that I think about it, it's possible that it was a different station, and maybe one train let me off at one level, then I had to go up to another level to catch another line.

[A.J.]

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[Misteriosa]

CNN op piece on Restoring Sanity:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/22/avlon.jon.stewart.rally/index.html?hpt=T2

[angrymissy]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/28/sanity-bus-arianna-offers_n_742739.html?ir=Politics

On Tuesday night's The Daily Show, Arianna announced that HuffPost will provide buses from New York for all those attending Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity, scheduled to take place in Washington on October 30.

[Willmore]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/28/sanity-bus-arianna-offers_n_742739.html?ir=Politics

travel-wise, it might be cheaper to take a flight to NY and take the free bus ride to DC.

[A.J.]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/28/sanity-bus-arianna-offers_n_742739.html?ir=Politics

On Tuesday night's The Daily Show, Arianna announced that HuffPost will provide buses from New York for all those attending Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity, scheduled to take place in Washington on October 30.

It's like a new generation of Freedom Riders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Rides)!

[StanUpshaw]

Too bad these things don't get free backing on bus rides. Like the Neo-Cons get.

Wrong again, looks like.

[keithy_19]

Eh.

[hanso]

Get aboard the Huffpo Express.

[TripleSkeet]

If it wasnt the day of my daughters birthday party I wouldve driven down for this.

[Willmore]

If it wasnt the day of my daughters birthday party I wouldve driven down for this.

How old is she? Because before age 11, they have no clue and you can essentially shift their birthday by a few weeks, as needed.

[TripleSkeet]

How old is she? Because before age 11, they have no clue and you can essentially shift their birthday by a few weeks, as needed.

Shes 3, and its not really her that would kill me in my sleep, its my wife. lol

[Willmore]

Shes 3, and its not really her that would kill me in my sleep, its my wife. lol

DC has jewelry stores. :thumbup:

[Judge Smails]

My son turns 13 on Halloween and is a big fan of Stewart and Colbert. I'm thinking of taking him out of school the day before and driving him down there as a birthday gift. It should really piss off my parents who are big Beck fans.

[Serpico1103]

My son turns 13 on Halloween and is a big fan of Stewart and Colbert. I'm thinking of taking him out of school the day before and driving him down there as a birthday gift. It should really piss off my parents who are big Beck fans.

Will the basement door be locked when you get back? :smoke:

[TripleSkeet]

Pretty awesome to see Obama plug the rally today.

[Bob Impact]

Pretty awesome to see Obama plug the rally today.

Yech.

[angrymissy]

So who is going to actually be going? I'd like to meet up that day... I've got a group myself but would be cool to meet up with ya'll

[PapaBear]

So who is going to actually be going? I'd like to meet up that day... I've got a group myself but would be cool to meet up with ya'll
I wish I was, but I'm working. That, and there is no Metro service close enough to Winchester, Vagina.

[A.J.]

So who is going to actually be going? I'd like to meet up that day... I've got a group myself but would be cool to meet up with ya'll

I'm actually considering going into DC for this. Let me know where you guys are meeting up Missy.

[Misteriosa]

im seriously considering going to this too. i'll need to shuffle some other things around, but i may be able to make it... :o

[Furtherman]

So who is going to actually be going? I'd like to meet up that day... I've got a group myself but would be cool to meet up with ya'll

I'm actually considering going into DC for this. Let me know where you guys are meeting up Missy.

I'm going too.

[RoseBlood]

All aboard the Shin Wu Chinatown bus!

[DonInNC]

I will likely be going.

[Furtherman]

Two days! I'm pretty stoked about this... should be a great day.

[Misteriosa]

anyone in the nyc area going down there? if i can get a ride there i can go :o

[A.J.]

For those of you coming down, this is very important to remember (ignore the "lemmings" part).

I wouldn't want any of you to earn the wrath of the locals.

http://blueollie.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/heylemmings.jpg

Once again: PLEASE remember this lesson. It's for your own good.

And I'd like to invite any of the smokers who are coming down to pop on over the river to the Commonwealth of Virginia where we have cheap smokes! A carton of Marlboro Silvers is about $47 at 7-11!

[Furtherman]

anyone in the nyc area going down there? if i can get a ride there i can go :o

Sorry Misty, taking a bus trip.

Once again: PLEASE remember this lesson. It's for your own good.

And I'd like to invite any of the smokers who are coming down to pop on over the river to the Commonwealth of Virginia where we have cheap smokes! A carton of Marlboro Silvers is about $47 at 7-11!

I may have to commandeer the bus.

[angrymissy]

we're driving down now and seeing lots of cars with rally signs already

[hanso]

It's on now. Comedy central.

That's how you play tuba.

[HBox]

John Legend and the roots? DAMMIT! Now I wish i went!

[Dude!]

looks like ronfez.net
is sending it's B-Team

[hanso]

Think I see Obama dancing on a balcony.

[sailor]

Looks like fun from afar but you have to be mentally unstable to go to something like this. It will be a logistical nightmare.

[IamFogHat]

Jamie from Mythbusters is not good in front of crowds.

[HBox]

This wasn't a good choice to follow the Roots.

[IamFogHat]

I don't think the young people know who Father Guido is.

[hanso]

They do now.

[Dudeman]

I don't think the young people know who Father Guido is.

or cat stevens

but he sounds good

[A.J.]

LOL! OZZY! That's awesome!

[IamFogHat]

LOL! OZZY! That's awesome!

Hey A.J., how's traffic today?

[hanso]

G&R night train next.

[A.J.]

Hey A.J., how's traffic today?

I heard the Metro was slammed all morning. The problem isn't just the rally -- it's also that the Marine Corps Marathon is tomorrow. The city is pretty full right now.

[A.J.]

G&R night train next.

LOL: O'Jays Love Train!

[HBox]

This is awesome and hilarious.

[hanso]

LOL: O'Jays Love Train!

Well Ozzy cut in...That was asking too much.

[Barnaby Jones]

I really wish the Tweedy/Staples album sounded that stripped down! That was great!

[IamFogHat]

This is awesome and hilarious.

I am thoroughly enjoying it. They've had some technical issues but it's a giant event so you can't really give them shit for that. What an awesome idea this was.

[IamFogHat]

That was kind of touching.

[A.J.]

Furtherman and I are probably the only ones who appreciated that Corbomite riff.

[Dudeman]

now officially great

http://www.lakersuniverse.com/pictures/kareem_abdul_jabbar.jpg

http://www.bgu.ac.il/noar/students/interhug967/gil/tv-movie/airplane/murdock.jpg

[sailor]

peter pan?

[IamFogHat]

Stewart for president.

[Bob Impact]

Well done on Stewart's speech with the exception of this:
So what exactly was this? I can't control what people think this was, I can only tell you my intentions. This was not a rally to ridicule people of faith or people of activism, or to look down our noses at the heartland or passionate argument, or to suggest that times are not difficult and we have nothing to fear. They are and we do.
Yes, it was. Be honest with yourself at least. Other than that one bit, well done.

[hanso]

Missed that part as I dozed off. My hope is this will be online and I can get it. Then watch what I missed.

[angrymissy]

it was awesome. Im on my way home will post pics of the best signs later

[angrymissy]

I don't think the young people know who Father Guido is.


there were a shitload of old people there, and they all got excited for that

[PapaBear]

there were a shitload of old people there, and they all got excited for that
Who you calling old? :furious:

[Barnaby Jones]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs964.snc4/75726_1563668623787_1597508928_1320655_14896_n.jpg

[Meatball]

Balok was played by Clint Howard.

I hated the ROOTS and John Legend - and can not understand why Stewart...who can get anybody, didnt get a decent musical act.

[IamFogHat]

Balok was played by Clint Howard.

I hated the ROOTS and John Legend - and can not understand why Stewart...who can get anybody, didnt get a decent musical act.

The Roots are amazing. Are you on a sarcastic tear tonight or what?:huh:

[hanso]

http://www.10pix.ru/img1/2681/2460311.jpg

For the young hipsters

[Meatball]

No, i recognize that people have their own tastes. I never heard of this band, and google searching for info about them revealed that i am probably not alone on this.

That said, i watched/listened and didnt find them entertaining. So naturally i wondered why they couldnt get a really famous band that would have made everyone go nuts!

[hanso]

That's Jimmy Fallon's house band. The're pretty good.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

SOOOO.... tell those of us too lame to go there!

Best sign?

Worst sign?

I heard Jon Stewart's end note. He was spot on and sincere. I so hope this makes a difference.

[PapaBear]

I just saw some on Facebook. Two of my favorites were "MY RENT IS MARGINALLY HIGH BUT ACCEPTABLE", and "I SPELL CHECK MY PROTEST SIGNS".

[IamFogHat]

SOOOO.... tell those of us too lame to go there!

Best sign?


A good one I saw in a cutaway was "Teabagger for Gay Marriage" which I thought kind of was a nice summation of what Stewart was going for.

[PapaBear]

A good one I saw in a cutaway was "Teabagger for Gay Marriage" which I thought kind of was a nice summation of what Stewart was going for.
I saw a pic of two guys dressed as the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

[epo]

No, i recognize that people have their own tastes. I never heard of this band, and google searching for info about them revealed that i am probably not alone on this.

That said, i watched/listened and didnt find them entertaining. So naturally i wondered why they couldnt get a really famous band that would have made everyone go nuts!

I'm sorry, but the Roots are a pretty freaking awesome band.

[IamFogHat]

I'm sorry, but the Roots are a pretty freaking awesome band.

Don't be sorry, he's the outlier here.

[HBox]

The Roots are as good a live band as any that exists on the earth right now.

[IamFogHat]

Don't be sorry, he's the outlier here.

Excuse my language. What I mean is, he's the world's silliest goose.

[sailor]

SOOOO.... tell those of us too lame to go there!

Best sign?

Worst sign?

I heard Jon Stewart's end note. He was spot on and sincere. I so hope this makes a difference.

he's hilarious, but i've never heard him called sincere. ha.

[KnoxHarrington]

According to CBS News, this rally drew more than twice as many people as Glenn Beck's Crazy-Palooza: 215K for Stewart/Colbert, about 89K for Beck.

Beck's meltdown about this tomorrow will be epic.

[Tenbatsuzen]

According to CBS News, this rally drew more than twice as many people as Glenn Beck's Crazy-Palooza: 215K for Stewart/Colbert, about 89K for Beck.

Beck's meltdown about this tomorrow will be epic.

He'll just say the liberal media cooked the numbers.

[Dude!]

He'll just say the liberal media cooked the numbers.

and he'll be right...
National Parks Service said
Beck had 300,000 - 325,000

[Bob Impact]

and he'll be right...
National Parks Service said
Beck had 300,000 - 325,000

He filed for a permit for 350K, that doesn't mean he drew that.

[disneyspy]

by using ariel photographs of the two events CBS says...

CBS has a completely different tactic. It commissions a company to take aerial photos and then comes up with an estimate later. In August, CBS estimated Glenn Beck's attendance at 87,000. National Park Service estimates between 300,000 and 325,000 people attended the Glenn Beck rally.

Rally Permits: 60,000 to 150,000

Whatever the estimated attendance figures from the rally end up showing, Comedy Central's permit was for 60,000 people. It ordered 500 port-a-potties for the event, which are recommended at a ratio of one for every 300 people. Using those figures, the estimated crowd would have been 150,000.

[IamFogHat]

The Mythbusters looked at the crowd and estimated visually 150,000 people were there. Beat that.

[disneyspy]

The Mythbusters looked at the crowd and estimated visually 150,000 people were there. Beat that.

i know crowd sizes by working at the magic kingdom on july 4ths,i saw the rally on tv and estimate the crowd at 92,124 or 92,125

[Barnaby Jones]

To me, both events looked like they drew around 110,000-125,000 people each! I'm terrible at guesstimating, though!

[StanUpshaw]

National Park Service measures from the balls.

[IamFogHat]

There's some really great ones in here.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity

[A.J.]

Best sign?

Two I read about:

"Tea Parties are for little girls and their imaginary friends"

"God hate Figs"

[A.J.]

There's some really great ones in here.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity

Some of those are just plain brilliant.

[foodcourtdruide]

I don't know if this is the right place for this, but today I saw a "Tea Party" event on Staten Island. It was really odd. There were basically 20 people standing on the corner in front of the mall with signs about Nancy Pelosi and Obama. It made me understand how much the vocal super-minority influences the politics of this country.

[Furtherman]

Furtherman and I are probably the only ones who appreciated that Corbomite riff.

Indeed.

Through some unfortunate circumstances, I was not able to make the rally. Looked like a great time though. I'm just happy that there are so many out there who don't fall for the shit it was making fun of.

[A.J.]

One curious thing from yesterday that I forgot to mention at the time. Whenever they introduced and referred Cat Stevens as "Yusif", they never mentioned or used his full name: "Yusif Islam". I wonder why that was.

No, I mean I REALLY wonder why that was.

[disneyspy]

One curious thing from yesterday that I forgot to mention at the time. Whenever they introduced and referred Cat Stevens as "Yusif", they never mentioned or used his full name: "Yusif Islam". I wonder why that was.

No, I mean I REALLY wonder why that was.

maybe he was too pussy to use his real name

[IamFogHat]

One curious thing from yesterday that I forgot to mention at the time. Whenever they introduced and referred Cat Stevens as "Yusif", they never mentioned or used his full name: "Yusif Islam". I wonder why that was.

No, I mean I REALLY wonder why that was.

You do? I think it's fairly obvious.

[A.J.]

You do? I think it's fairly obvious.

But I thought the whole point of the rally was to dissuade that shit. Hence, the appearance of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, aka Roger Murdoch.

[IamFogHat]

But I thought the whole point of the rally was to dissuade that shit. Hence, the appearance of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, aka Roger Murdoch.

Oh I totally agree with you. My point is it's a good example of who still runs shit, not the creative people, but rather the people with money who get nervous about losing money.

[TripleSkeet]

There's some really great ones in here.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity

They are just hilarious.

[angrymissy]

and he'll be right...
National Parks Service said
Beck had 300,000 - 325,000

Sorry, National Parks Service no longer does estimates. They haven't done estimates for a few years, actually. The cops that were on site were telling me that it was way bigger than Beck's though. They said they hadn't seen a crowd that big since the Inauguration. This pic explains it best:

http://imgur.com/AoxXh.jpg

What really amazed me when I took a walk around was the amount of people filling the streets around the mall for blocks and blocks back. It was really packed. I walked away from our spot to try to go 3 blocks back where they had a refreshment stand that I thought MIGHT take credit card (I had no cash on me). It took me a full hour to get back to my spot because it was impossible to even move.

[underdog]

http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2010/10/30/17/enhanced-buzz-3278-1288472933-5.jpg

[Dan 'Hampton]

http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2010/10/30/17/enhanced-buzz-3278-1288472933-5.jpg



No shit. I ordered fajitas last Saturday and only got three small tortillas. Obama must be behind it.

[underdog]

No shit. I ordered fajitas last Saturday and only got three small tortillas. Obama must be behind it.

It really is infuriating. We need more tortillas to go with our fajitas.

[Dan 'Hampton]

Fajita prices are too damn high! Wrong thread?

[Barnaby Jones]

One curious thing from yesterday that I forgot to mention at the time. Whenever they introduced and referred Cat Stevens as "Yusif", they never mentioned or used his full name: "Yusif Islam". I wonder why that was.

No, I mean I REALLY wonder why that was.

Since he started releasing "mainstream" music again several years ago he's gone by the professional name "Yusuf!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens_discography#As_Yusuf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadsinger

Glad to be of help!

[PapaBear]

There's some really great ones in here.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity
Some of those pics were taken by my friend that I mentioned earlier!

[hanso]

The Mythbusters looked at the crowd and estimated visually 150,000 people were there. Beat that.

They used the crowd wave calculation.

[hanso]

Since he started releasing "mainstream" music again several years ago he's gone by the professional name "Yusuf!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens_discography#As_Yusuf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadsinger

Glad to be of help!

Note the ! point. Take that Wham!

[A.J.]

Since he started releasing "mainstream" music again several years ago he's gone by the professional name "Yusuf!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens_discography#As_Yusuf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadsinger

Glad to be of help!

Sellout.

Note the ! point. Take that Wham!

And Tony! Toni! Toné!

[foodcourtdruide]

I find it odd that both sides are throwing crowd numbers at each other to make their points, but everyone (ESPECIALLY the media) ignored the high crowd numbers of anti-war protestors around the time of the invasion.

[Barnaby Jones]

Sellout.



And Tony! Toni! Toné!

And !!!

[A.J.]

More signs courtesy of the Washington Post. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/10/25/GA2010102501514.html#)

[Misteriosa]

more signs

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity

[sailor]

I find it odd that both sides are throwing crowd numbers at each other to make their points, but everyone (ESPECIALLY the media) ignored the high crowd numbers of anti-war protestors around the time of the invasion.

It's funny because most people are idiots, so who cares how many people support any rally? Do arbitron ratings tell you what tv shows are best? Do box office numbers tell you the best movies ever made?

[foodcourtdruide]

It's funny because most people are idiots, so who cares how many people support any rally? Do arbitron ratings tell you what tv shows are best? Do box office numbers tell you the best movies ever made?

The other day, someone on my facebook said Avatar got robbed not winning best picture because of how it did at the Box Office.

[Misteriosa]

more signs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/30/the-funniest-signs-at-the_n_776490.html

[CountryBob]

Well, did anything come out of this rally? I was hunting all weekend and didnt get to watch or hear about.

[Furtherman]

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[pennington]

Paul Mulshine fron the Star-Ledger went to the rally. Here's his report:

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2010/10/mulshine_stewart-colbert_rally.html

Consider all the people who stopped on the way in to have their pictures taken with the guy holding the big "Vote the lawyers Out" sign.

His name was Dave Carlin and he lives nearby in Maryland.

Carlin informed me — and anyone else who would listen — that there are 57 lawyers in the U.S. Senate and that they go out of the way to make life more lucrative for their fellow lawyers.

That didn’t stop lawyers from stopping to get their pictures taken with Carlin. "My wife’s a lawyer," said one snapshot-shooting hubbie. "But she’s a good lawyer."

"I always get a pretty good response from lawyers," Carlin said. "They realize they shouldn’t be involved in making the laws."

That’s an excellent point, but one made more often by tort-reforming Republicans than Fox News-hating liberals.


I spied a guy on a curb holding a banner pointing out that the price of gold was $700 an ounce under George W. Bush and is $1,200 under Barack Obama.

Aha! I thought. I’ve finally found a libertarian. The Ron Paul crowd is obsessed with the price of gold. They never miss a chance to point out that a high gold price is a sign of a sick economy.

That was news to this kid. "This is an indicator that at least one thing went up," he said. "Hooray for Obama!"

[sailor]

Well, did anything come out of this rally? I was hunting all weekend and didnt get to watch or hear about.

Meat is murder, maaaaaan!

[hanso]

he's hilarious, but i've never heard him called sincere. ha.

You must skip over the interviews on his shows like I do.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Teabaggers. You have competition


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[Furtherman]

Not even close. But Dennis Miller would howl at that. Kenya! Keynesian! How would the average American NOT know the difference!?



Oh yea, the GOP hates education. Never mind.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Not even close. But Dennis Miller would howl at that. Kenya! Keynesian! How would the average American NOT know the difference!?



Oh yea, the GOP hates education. Never mind.

Keynesian doesn't even sound like Kenyan

Thats basic macroeconomics.

[Furtherman]

You'll have to do better than that.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

You'll have to do better than that.

I don't believe youre trying to defend those rubes who do not know the difference. Is Mairobi the Captial of Keynesia ?

[Furtherman]

I don't believe youre trying to defend those rubes who do not know the difference. Is Mairobi the Captial of Keynesia ?

Right. Because I could walk out into Times Square here and start asking people "What is Keynesian economics?", and they'd be happy to explain.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Right. Because I could walk out into Times Square here and start asking people "What is Keynesian economics?", and they'd be happy to explain.

You got me there since a lot of people walking around there are foreign tourists


The question asked is Obama a Keynesian and those dumb fucks thought it was another birther.

[StanUpshaw]

Reminds me of this:

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[Furtherman]

You got me there since a lot of people walking around there are foreign tourists


The question asked is Obama a Keynesian and those dumb fucks thought it was another birther.

I could walk down a main street in CT and get the same results.

[hanso]

Teabaggers. You have competition


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No one got abused in any way. What are you getting at?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

FIXED

I could walk down a main street in New Haven, Bridgeport or Hartford CT and get the same results.

[A.J.]

I could walk down a main street in CT and get the same results.

The only thing you'd get off of a main street in Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven is robbed.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

No one got abused in any way. What are you getting at?

They didnt know the difference btwn Kenyan and Keynesian!!!!

Sure progressives dont abuse anyone!!!!


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[angrymissy]

I've noticed on all the boards I go to, after not being able to deny the sheer number of people that attended, all the righties can do is post that one same video about Keynesian Economics. It was fun watching them flip out trying to claim the # of attendees COULDN'T be more than the Beck rally though.

You have seen the much, much, longer video where they ask the Beck rally attendees MUCH simpler questions, right? It's way scarier than people not knowing about Keynesian Economics.

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[Barnaby Jones]

They didnt know the difference btwn Kenyan and Keynesian!!!!

The average person anywhere wouldn't know the difference, especially if you were specifically bringing up Obama!!!! You're so easily swayed and convinced by everything!!!!!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

The average person anywhere wouldn't know the difference, especially if you were specifically bringing up Obama!!!! You're so easily swayed and convinced by everything!!!!!

So youre saying the avg American is deaf ?

[Furtherman]

No one will ever make the correlation of not knowing Keynesian is attributed to being a rube. It just won't happen outside of your futile attempt to do so. You can't compare such matters to the idiocy that is constantly shown at rallies such as Beck's.

[Dudeman]

I've noticed on all the boards I go to, after not being able to deny the sheer number of people that attended, all the righties can do is post that one same video about Keynesian Economics. It was fun watching them flip out trying to claim the # of attendees COULDN'T be more than the Beck rally though.

You have seen the much, much, longer video where they ask the Beck rally attendees MUCH simpler questions, right? It's way scarier than people not knowing about Keynesian Economics.


1. you could go to rally's for both sides and find several people who don't represent the group well.

2. asking about keynesian economics isn't exactly a reflection of a person's knowledge of the issues or general intelligence. Next time you go to your docotor, for example, ask him/her if she knows what keynesian economics is.

3. i'd like to see a true economist ask the right wingers (who think they know what keynesian economics is) a few questions and show that their knowledge is just at a wikipedia page level.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

1. you could go to rally's for both sides and find several people who don't represent the group well.

2. asking about keynesian economics isn't exactly a reflection of a person's knowledge of the issues or general intelligence. Next time you go to your docotor, for example, ask him/her if she knows what keynesian economics is.

3. i'd like to see a true economist ask the right wingers (who think they know what keynesian economics is) a few questions and show that their knowledge is just at a wikipedia page level.

Before Med school a doctor goes to undergrad. In most colleges/universities Basic Micro/Macro economics is a required course no matter what your major is

[Dudeman]

Before Med school a doctor goes to undergrad. In most colleges/universities Basic Micro/Macro economics is a required course no matter what your major is

wrong. (specific courses aren't required, just courses in general areas outside of your major- such as "humanities" for a science major. you could take history, sociology, econ, ... no legitimate college is going to require specific courses outside of your major.)

[Serpico1103]

Before Med school a doctor goes to undergrad. In most colleges/universities Basic Micro/Macro economics is a required course no matter what your major is

...by the way, you know, when you're posting? Here's a good idea - have a POINT.

[Furtherman]

He just really wishes his far right kin weren't seen as rubes.

[Barnaby Jones]

2. asking about keynesian economics isn't exactly a reflection of a person's knowledge of the issues or general intelligence. Next time you go to your docotor, for example, ask him/her if she knows what keynesian economics is.

Even that is giving WF's tangent too much credit! You'd have to be going up to people asking things like, "do you think Obama is a Kenyesian?" That totally frames the question in a certain and very intentional way in the hopes of getting the desired response!!!!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

He just really wishes his far right kin weren't seen as rubes.

There are tons of rubes on your side as well. Whats your point?

[Furtherman]

There are tons of rubes on your side as well. Whats your point?

My point was already made. You've been rambling on about Kenya.

[Barnaby Jones]

There are tons of rubes on your side as well. Whats your point?

Meaning you can't see the difference between flat out asking someone something like "do you think Obama is a Muslim?" or "do you think Obama is the antichrist?" and the like and then laughing at the responses and someone asking "do you think Obama is a Kenyesian?" and acting like it's the same damn thing!!!!

[Earlshog]

Meaning you can't see the difference between flat out asking someone something like "do you think Obama is a Muslim?" or "do you think Obama is the antichrist?" and the like and then laughing at the responses and someone asking "do you think Obama is a Kenyesian?" and acting like it's the same damn thing!!!!

Drill baby Drill!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

He just really wishes his far right kin weren't seen as rubes.

I really wish I wouldnt have to repeat myself but I feel I must. The far right doesn't want me in their camp. When it comes to a lot of social issues like Gay marriage, DADT for the military, I am in favor of that. When it comes to gay marriage let the voters in that particular state decide. Same with with prop 19. I feel that people should believe in whatever they want in regards to religion as long as they don't force it upon me. I don't know if God exists. Its possible that he does and its possible that he doesnt but I am not going to say that he definitely does or does not.

The Neocons wouldn't want me either. I don't believe we have an obligation to nation build and set up a Jeffersonian democracy all over the world.

I was for building the Park 51 ctr. Again the far righties would criticize me for that. Farm subsidies and corporate welfare for companies like ADM. Get rid of them!


Sarah Palin is just another MILF. Shes' not the messiah

Repeal the patriot act and disband DHS. (Thats wishful thinking I admit)

[WRESTLINGFAN]

No one will ever make the correlation of not knowing Keynesian is attributed to being a rube. It just won't happen outside of your futile attempt to do so. You can't compare such matters to the idiocy that is constantly shown at rallies such as Beck's.

There are dopes on both sides. 25% of Repubs think Obama is a Muslim. There is probably the same % of Dems who think 9/11 was an inside job

[Dudeman]

There are dopes on both sides. 25% of Repubs think Obama is a Muslim. There is probably the same % of Dems who think 9/11 was an inside job

proof?

(not that 9/11 wasn't an inside job, but that 25% of dems think that?)
http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_228454c97b46a6fc1c.jpg

[Barnaby Jones]

There are dopes on both sides. 25% of Repubs think Obama is a Muslim. There is probably the same % of Dems who think 9/11 was an inside job

Actually, most of the Truthers probably consider themselves Libertarians or "independent!"

[hanso]

WF posts a tea party video fight to show how. The Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive - 10/30/10 DC are alike with the tea party.

C'mon man
1 When you bring up your right wing garbage have a point.
2 Never compare tea party with stewart/colbert fans.

[StanUpshaw]

WF posts a tea party video fight to show how. The Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive - 10/30/10 DC are alike with the tea party.

C'mon man
1 When you bring up your right wing garbage have a point.
2 Never compare tea party with stewart/colbert fans.

All he was saying is that no ideology has a monopoly on idiots. They are in ample supply on all sides. On this very board, for example: One side has Dude! and the other side has you.