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Tens of thousands attend broad protest of government in nation's capital

REO SpeedDealer said:
70K? You're kidding.

What a joke!:2wave:
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It's allot more as I have posted already the Park Service has already said that it is the largest march in DC History. Also as I stated they use (Park Service) varoius source including Sat Images from USAF and NSC/NSA.
 
Scorpion89 said:
It's allot more as I have posted already the Park Service has already said that it is the largest march in DC History. Also as I stated they use (Park Service) varoius source including Sat Images from USAF and NSC/NSA.
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The largest march in DC history????

Surely you're selling whatever it is that you're smoking!

Link please.
 
REO SpeedDealer said:
The largest march in DC history????

Surely you're selling whatever it is that you're smoking!

Link please.
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The link(s) are already in this thread I suggest you go back and start from the 1st post and go from their. The Park Service Spokeperson is the one who has made this statement.
 
Scorpion89 said:
It's allot more as I have posted already the Park Service has already said that it is the largest march in DC History. Also as I stated they use (Park Service) varoius source including Sat Images from USAF and NSC/NSA.
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Again, you have not found an unbiased source for that. It certainly is not from the NPS website.
 
Redress said:
Again, you have not found an unbiased source for that. It certainly is not from the NPS website.
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It's the ****ing Spokeperson from the NPS who has been quoted on many different News Station what you want me to go over to NPS building on Wends. when I'm at the Pentagon and ask to have him speak into my Vid Camera for you or you going to just take the fact that all the news station have used his quote.
 
Scorpion89 said:
The link(s) are already in this thread I suggest you go back and start from the 1st post and go from their. The Park Service Spokeperson is the one who has made this statement.
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Sorry...but I have neither the time nor the inclination to wade back through this ridiculous thread. If you have an actual link to Park Service data concerning this matter please repost it. Otherwise stop wasting my time!
 
Scorpion89 said:
It's the ****ing Spokeperson from the NPS who has been quoted on many different News Station what you want me to go over to NPS building on Wends. when I'm at the Pentagon and ask to have him speak into my Vid Camera for you or you going to just take the fact that all the news station have used his quote.
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Ummm....okay.

Never mind.:2wave:
 
REO SpeedDealer said:
Sorry...but I have neither the time nor the inclination to wade back through this ridiculous thread. If you have an actual link to Park Service data concerning this matter please repost it. Otherwise stop wasting my time!
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Hmm great come back there I can see we have a winner here folks let me guess your one of those Mr. Obama RoseCoveredEye Glass's followers.

So let me clue you in on how it works in this forum when we post something in the Breaking News Section the OP person is required to post a link to said topic so hmm lets see maybe instead of being a complete jerk on this subject you might want to take the time and go back to the first page and read it before making a dumbass comment. :2wave::shock:
 
REO SpeedDealer said:
Ummm....okay.

Never mind.:2wave:
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Never mind what, it's not like the NPS would lie about numbers they aren't a Political Arm of the Govn. they call it on how they see it. I guess you don't know how things work in DC.
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPud1TeubM"]YouTube - 1.5 to 2 million march on Washington D.C Tea Party protest rally September 12 2009[/ame]
 
I attended the march and would say that the number easily surpassed a million. I judge this by the fact that I spend many fall weekends in a football stadium which holds 95K.As far as being an organized event,it was very poorly organized and for those of you around in the 60's I liken it to a "happening". The speaker system and porta potties were inadequate,the march had to start 2 hours ahead of time because the crowd,which was supposed to stage at freedom square and March at 11:30 was forced by police to march much earlier because the square was overwhelmed by people. You can't lump these people together and call them wingnuts or racists,any more than you can say that all democrats are gay. They were there for a variety of reasons,but in general feel threatened (probably economically) and let down by their gov't. in that respect they are a very determined group to be reckoned with. Many of the people around me were sleeping on the ground because they had driven all night to be there. The more interesting point was that almost all I spoke to said they knew many who wished to come but couldn't. this tells me if there is another event, the number will easily double.The question in my mind is who will manage to take control of this movement as it appears out of control and looking for leadership at present, a cause for concern. My favorite sign? "Make me Wine Czar"
 
jackalope said:
If you want people to treat 'your' protest people as 'real' Americans, then please extend the same courtesy to those who attend protests you don't support. Or back up your claims to the contrary.
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I didn't call them un-American or question their patriotism, only their numbers and tactics, and they most certainly weren't grassroots. Also, fighting for the constitution is on a higher plane in public discourse than fighting for gun control which directly violates the constitution, bingo for more government control, handouts, "reparations", etc. The closest to legit dissent out of all of the examples of left protest would be the actual grassroots portion of the anti-war left, certainly not Code Pink or the very well funded Cindy Sheehan.
 
apdst said:
Regardless of what the actual numbers were, that was a big ass turn out.
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I have a feeling this is just the start of something MUCH bigger.
 
Scorpion89 said:
Never mind what, it's not like the NPS would lie about numbers they aren't a Political Arm of the Govn. they call it on how they see it. I guess you don't know how things work in DC.
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If you had an actual number from the NPS you'd post the link. Nice try, chump!
 
REO SpeedDealer said:
If you had an actual number from the NPS you'd post the link. Nice try, chump!
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Hmmm let see the link sattes that the NPS says this was the largest March in DC History Park Service Est. that the crowd was between 1-5 to 1-9 Million Folks.
 
disneydude said:
Wrong. The official estimate was 60k. Look at the overhead photos. Only a moron would try to argue that the crowd was even a fraction of some of the marches that have taken place.
Some right-wing blogs are trying to inflate the numbers to avoid the embarassing turn-out.

60k is still a significant number. But obviously not what the promoters had hoped for.
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The official estimate from which source??

Now, I also don't think that it was in the 2 million people either... but looking at the rooftop video there's not a chance that it was less then 150-200 thousand people.. what I saw was the full street of people from edge to edge that went on for about 6-7 blocks. Maybe an upper-area of 500-600 thousand... but no way less then that.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sjvc6baor8"]YouTube - 9/12 Protest Washington DC Time Lapse Footage 0800 - 1130[/ame]


F107HyperSabr said:
If these protestors want to "take our country back" I would like to now who took their country away and where was it taken to ?
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Who took it away?? Elite bankers, along with various cartels (oil, drugs, microsoft, etc)
Where did they take it?? To the cleaners, they've taken everything that wasn't bolted down and if they haven't already gone for the exits they are on their way.

BTW this is my country also and I did not know that it was missing!!
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It's missing that fiery american spirit once called 'freedom' now called 'terrorist'... it's everything productive from the country being sold off to the highest bidder with the lowest standards. It's about having the best technology for health care on the planet and being given an aspirin for a heart attack. It's about paying more for getting less... it's not much different then a robbery.

It's about the coming 'new world order'
 
I just heard Glenn Beck say that the University of Indiana (I believe) did a crowd estimate based on the video and aerial pictures, and determined the crowd to be 1.7 million.

But who knows... either way, the liberal media will never try and figure it out, because it isn't in their interest to even talk about it.

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Scorpion89 said:
Well since you seem to be not under stand the seacrh link in threads here is the links page to this thread showing the various reports,

http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...broad-protest-government-nations-capital.html


http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...rnment-nations-capital-13.html#post1058253996

Please note next time do your own homework and research.
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You should do your homework. The only references to the guy supposedly making the comment from NPS is on blogs and message boards. While it does not mean that there is not an NPS estimate, it does raise real questions.
 
The DC police did release one very significant figure though...

For an "angry mob" of that size, they were happy to report that there were a grand total of "0" arrests. That's right, not one arrest took place at this event, which is a testament to the class of people that attended this protest, versus the class of people who have attended protests there in the past.

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