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hey, i'm all in favor a restoring honor to america.
how about we start by not making up vicious lies and spreading hatred?
....i'm sure they were totally behind that.
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Snorri
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| Sam the Eagle wrote: | | Willem wrote: | | This just in: Go to church and everything will be fine. Also, give them your money. |
Just curious : Old Europe isn't lacking of far-right politicians too. Whatever the country, they're back in fashion sadly. So why turn to the other side of the pond while there is so much work to be done here?. |
But ours aren't as funny.
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| Major Tom wrote: | | in other 'news', townhall.com reports attendance "somewhere in the neighborhood of 500,000"; tpm.com obtained an estimate built off of aerial photographs of 87,000. |
Just watched a lovely explanation by beck explaining that "they" are intentionally lying about the real number (now up to 800,000!) because if word ever got out about how many people showed up, the nation would explode in instant revolution, and the smithsonian has already been asking for memorabilia of this historic event so that generations to come may bear witness.
In related news, if you've just been watching beck/palin marches on washington, don't read historical novels about people laughing at the beer hall putsch before you go to bed. try warm milk instead.
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I wonder how many Beck supporters considered the inverse - whether Beck had anything to gain from overestimating attendance. I mean, one really has to question who had the greater motivation... but then one is generally just saddened by the whole thing.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| what saddens me is that, like chronic pain reinforcing pathways and converting pain to itch, beck and his followers strive for victimhood which becomes at once their reason, justification and vindication. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| TPM.com wrote: | | Appearing on Laura Ingraham's radio show yesterday, Bachmann said: "The crowds were overwhelming, and if you saw the aerials on the Drudge Report this weekend, there was an aerial photo. Unofficially, off the record, we talked to one of the guys from the National Park Police who told us he thought it was 1.6 million. There had to be over a million people there. People were packed in from the Washington Monument all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. |
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| Major Tom wrote: | oboy
| TPM.com wrote: | | Appearing on Laura Ingraham's radio show yesterday, Bachmann said: "The crowds were overwhelming, and if you saw the aerials on the Drudge Report this weekend, there was an aerial photo. Unofficially, off the record, we talked to one of the guys from the National Park Police who told us he thought it was 1.6 million. There had to be over a million people there. People were packed in from the Washington Monument all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. |
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If 800,000 is enough to spark a revolution, than 1.6 is enough for judgement day. To your shelters everyone. |
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Willem
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure they'll enjoy fighting the other 308.400.000 Americans out there.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| most of whom are too busy watching Dancing with the Stars to care either way |
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| Major Tom wrote: | oboy
| TPM.com wrote: | | Appearing on Laura Ingraham's radio show yesterday, Bachmann said: "The crowds were overwhelming, and if you saw the aerials on the Drudge Report this weekend, there was an aerial photo. Unofficially, off the record, we talked to one of the guys from the National Park Police who told us he thought it was 1.6 million. There had to be over a million people there. People were packed in from the Washington Monument all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. |
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serioulsy though, how much can one bullshit? they're not just saying that it was a greater crowd than MLK drew, they're saying that the crowd was at least 4 times as big.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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bigger than obama's inauguration (edit below)
{edit} Whitestock, for comparison:
...so, idon'tthinkso
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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is that from the rally?
....that's depressing.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| no, that's from Obama's inauguration |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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...anyone have the rally, for comparison?
yes, i could look it up myself. but i find the whole subject just too depressing...i'm afraid i will run into yet another article that will convince me most of the american public is too stupid to live.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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This has CBS' methodology, and the end of the article links to apparently ~400 photos of the crowd: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20015214-503544.html
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