IOTW publishes this amazing photo click image for full panoramic view
Mr.Pinko has obtained an exclusive from the Photographer Michael A. Beck and FreedomWorks.org. Pinko sat on this image for days before just now getting the green light to publish.This is a RARE photo of the 9/12 Rally taken in extreme High Resolution from atop the Capitol Building. Mr. Beck was personally escorted to this rare vantage point by a congressman who will remain anonymous. This panoramic view offers the viewer documentation of the epic scale of this peaceful demonstration of democracy in action.
As you will note the lawns to the east and west are full. As I watched the live-stream coverage of the event, every once in a while someone would keep asking the crowds streaming up the mall to fill in the lawns to the sides, so as you can tell those are packed, as well as filling the sidewalks as far as the eye can see.
(Thank you, royf)
UPDATED: Photobucket won’t let me link to the high res photo… view it here
Comment by jon on 9/16 @ 7:31 am #
Still, because of some well-placed idiots who lied, anything less than two million still undermines everything that this event stood for. Hooray for liars! May they forever undermine things I don’t agree with!
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 7:44 am #
Still, because of some well-placed idiots who lied, anything less than two million still undermines everything that this event stood for. Hooray for liars! May they forever undermine things I don’t agree with!
If you say so, genius.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 7:46 am #
I’d say jon’s post is a pretty good QED.
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 7:53 am #
Following up on jon’s comment, because there may have been someone in the crowd who once told a joke about fried chicken and watermelon, the whole thing is a miserable failure.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 7:57 am #
Bahaa haa haa. Jon is an idiot.
Keep digging.
Comment by Spiny Norman on 9/16 @ 7:59 am #
Claims that this is a fake in 5… 4… 3…
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 8:01 am #
Still, because of some well-placed idiots who lied, anything more than 70,000 thousands undermines everything that ABC stands for. Hooray for liars! May they forever undermine things I don’t agree with.
Hey, no, this is fun!
Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 8:02 am #
But Darleen, Charles Johnson says there were only 60,000 there…is CJ having a Rather moment?
CJ has also said nothing about ACORN. I guess until they slander Darwin or protest vaccines, child prostitution is okay in CJ’s world.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 8:06 am #
Who gives a fuck about Charles Johnson besides Joe? Anybody? Speak up then, demand more Charles Johnson!
Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 8:07 am #
CJ is being touted at the voice of “moderates” by the MSM. There is a method to CJ’s madness.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 8:14 am #
Joe, the media touts all sorts of bullshit every day, and yet everyday you bring Charles Johnson or his disputes with one blogger or another here and on that evidence we are supposed to believe that makes Charles Johnson salient, a really important component of the big picture? Are you kidding?
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 8:16 am #
I quit reading CJ well over a year ago, and wouldn’t even know he was still blogging if people didn’t keep bringing him up.
Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 8:18 am #
What I am curious about is on Obama’s Sunday morning blitz (all shows except FoxNews Sunday) will he be questioned about ACORN and the child protestution angle. My guess is one of the hosts will break the silence if only to take advantage of the media hype that will come from it (and to show how independent they really are). But there is still a good chance they will maintain their silence.
Comment by Spiny Norman on 9/16 @ 8:21 am #
Joe, I suspect that “no questions about Acorn” was a precondition to granting the interview.
Comment by Spiny Norman on 9/16 @ 8:24 am #
Any wagers that Queen Nan will launch an investigation to root out this anonymous congressman?
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 8:57 am #
Message for the Left, “This is Tea Party Actual.”
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Comment by socialism_is_error on 9/16 @ 9:22 am #
Begging your pardon, but the URL appears to indicate low resolution
Comment by Old Texas Turkey on 9/16 @ 9:29 am #
Looks fotoshopped to me – fucking wingnutters. Was it green helmet guy on the roof?
I hear that is what George Bush does with his spare time these days. Fotoshop
/sarc
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 9:41 am #
Looks like about 20,000 tops in that picture…you can make out individual people.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 9:48 am #
monkeyboy! yay! Balloon pictures?
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 9:58 am #
Good Allah, this snotnose is painfully dull.
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 9:59 am #
It does help to make out individuals when they don’t all dress in “Barney” purple to become one mass, one folk, one people, for the One.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:08 am #
This would be a good time to review USA Today’s Capitol crowd estimator.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:18 am #
Metro ridership was up by 200K over the previous Saturday. Which doesn’t count the thousands who came by bus. The Astroturf, that is.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 10:20 am #
Looks like about 20,000 tops in that picture
Repeat after me snowcone.
There are no American Troops in Baghdad.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:20 am #
Oh, and Metro bus ridership was up by 84K.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:21 am #
The 200K is figure is just Metrorail.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 10:23 am #
Not to mention that the city wasn’t shut down to other forms of transportation Pablo, so private bus services, taxis, private autos, and even *gasp* walking and bicycling could move people to the event.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 10:24 am #
eh, it was probalby just free ice cream day at the Lincoln Memorial.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:30 am #
The greens were roped off, Cathy. No permit for the Mall.
And that photo of yours is 1.5 million or so. Dumbass.
And your video doesn’t play. That’s strike 3. Now sit down.
Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 10:34 am #
No permit for the Mall.
The Man is holding us down!
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 10:34 am #
Cathy A
“Look at the green, it’s still green.”
I see you get your information out of your ass, just like most lefties. You see the rally was kept off the grass areas by order of the Capital Police. Hence no one was on the grass areas, which is why the areas under the trees, the grassy areas to each side as well as the feeder roads on both sides of the Mall were packed with people.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 10:35 am #
Wanna see pathetic william yelverton the guitar player? Look in a mirror.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 10:37 am #
um, just cause it has “Christian” in the title?
Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 10:38 am #
Maggie,
The CSM has done some good reporting out of Iraq and Afghanistan, so therefore it must be part of the VRWC. Simple as that.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 10:38 am #
Cathy is Elllllen and TehAss and Andre and all of the other sock-puppets that Wee Willy Yelverton the racist hilljack has made up.
Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 10:44 am #
What’s odd is that Cathy and her trollkin really want to believe that there is no popular uprising brewing against The Anointed One. She and hers seem to think that if they keep belittling and insulting all those who stand up for their rights and liberties, they’ll succeed in cowing anyone from standing up in the future.
Guess what, Cathy? We’re not going away. We’re just starting to hit our stride, and all of your snide “teabagging” remarks and accusations of racism are not going to stop us.
We’re not Republicans. We’re not Democrats. We’re just ordinary Americans who don’t think that we and our children and our children’s children should be impoverished so that the Democratic Party can consolidate their power and assume mastery over those who should be their masters.
So go ahead and whisper and point and giggle all you want, but know this: you’re wasting your time.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:48 am #
Yes, that picture is 750,000 Promise Keepers. That’s not good news for you either.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 10:58 am #
Absolutely Squid this isn’t about anything but Americans standing up and saying we are not going to be turned into a fucking communist third world country. So moonbats do your Baghdad Bob routine all you want, the fact is this is a huge true grassroots movement and its just getting started.
And you know what else Cathy A there were hundreds of tea parties in cities all across the USA in conjunction with the 9/12 Rally. Their attendance far exceeded expectations as well.
You see the truth is Americans are waking up and don’t like what they are seeing.
Comment by Bender Bending Rodriguez on 9/16 @ 11:03 am #
Losers on the left feel an insane need to be “the popular kids.” They need to believe that everyone thinks like they do — that’s why they LOVE protest marches so much, while conservatives haven’t taken much stock in them until very recently. Hence, the idea that hundreds of thousands of people, with no media build-up to speak of (unlike lefty protests, which get a week of free publicity on the network “news”), came out to protest against Their Guy stings them to the quick.
Surely, even Cathy and Slowcone realize that something is fundamentally messed up with their side’s psyche when they have to send their shills to try to convince people not to trust their own eyes, and that only 30K people were there.
The funny part is, it doesn’t matter what level of cognitive dissonance Cathy and Slowcane can conjure up. They can convince themselves that they only saw five protesters, if they want. What matters is that every member of Congress, and Barack Obama Hisownself, knows that the 9/12 march was just the start of what can happen if they continue to take America in The Stupid Direction.
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 11:05 am #
And it was outed as a fake within 45 minutes after the Twitter guy “coffee260″ posted it. He later took it down from his TwitPic page after being pounded over his perfidy. He also deleted a couple days of his Twitter page because he had been pounded so badly.
One asshole did that. It was his “contribution”, a stupid one.
Over here it was questioned by SBP as soon as the picture came up.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 11:06 am #
Where do you live, Luke? I’m sensing an epicenter of stupid in your neighborhood.
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 11:07 am #
Talking about the “promise keepers” picture in #46.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 11:08 am #
Quadrupling the National debt. seems kinda stupid when you complained about it all during your campaign.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 11:08 am #
I was going to say if anyone knows where stupid is it would start with “Luke Gunner”.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 11:12 am #
1. President Obama Cut Your Taxes — no he didn’t
2. The Stimulus is Working —- where? For who?
3. First Ronald Reagan Tripled the National Debt… —- yawn.
4. …Then George W. Bush Doubled It Again—- and Obama did what?
5. Republican States Have the Worst Health Care—-apples to orange comparisons at that link
6. Medicare is a Government Program — nuts? you say
7. Barack Obama is Not a Muslim — you’re really an idiot, aren’t you?
8. Barack Obama was Born in the United States —- Sure he was. And Sarah Palin gave birth to Trig!
9. 70,000 Does Not Equal 2,000,000 —- Honestly, Crooks and LIars is your source for this?
10. The Economy Almost Always Does Better Under Democrats —-under Democrat/Republican what?
11. Most ‘red states’ get more from the federal government than they pay in taxes— States shouldn’t be getting any money from the Federal Government. It’s called Pork. I’d be happy to eliminate it. You?
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 11:13 am #
Which way to Middle Tennessee State U. from where you are Luke?
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 11:14 am #
This is one of my favorites. cry me a river cause blue state congress critters are not as effective. BWAH HA HA HAaaaa
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 11:27 am #
Carin the guy isn’t serious he’s here to paste talking points. Anyone here could blow his weak sauce up, but would it be worth the trouble? Nah……
I will say one thing about red and blue lifestyles though. The Dems have controlled most major cities for decades. What do they have to show for it, Well their schools don’t teach, There are nothing but closed factories because businesses flee there high tax rates and violence/crime has exploded and grows yearly.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 11:29 am #
“…your life is provided to you by a government standard or regulation. ”
And right there is your stupidity, that stupidity you were looking for, Luke.
Comment by RIP Ford on 9/16 @ 11:31 am #
“As corrupt and inefficient as your government is, it’s the only thing keeping you alive moment to moment.”
Which side is the one accused of peddling scare tactics again?
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 11:32 am #
because the best way to make profits is to kill your customers. mmm hmmm.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 11:33 am #
Time was such drivel was referred to as Totalitarianism. Nowadays it’s just Obama’s political preference.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 11:37 am #
As corrupt and inefficient as your government is, it’s the only thing keeping you alive moment to moment.
Get a clue.
well, ok. let’s focus on this one little talking point.
You’re defending “Pork” as keeping me alive? REally. I mean, ’cause that’s fascinating. Which of following do you think currently is keeping me alive:
$4,545,000 for wood utilization research
2,192,000 by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee member Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), then-House appropriator JamesWalsh (R-N.Y.), and Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.) for the Center for Grape Genetics in Geneva.
$206,000 for wool research in three states (Montana, Texas, and Wyoming) by Reps. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas). Since 1995, CAGW has uncovered 13 earmarks worth $3,417,453 for wool research, always in the same three states. While 47 states have figured out that wool can be best used to make a warm sweater, Montana, Texas, and Wyoming apparently are still trying to work out its practical utilizations.
41,500,000 for three projects funding presidential libraries: $22,000,000 by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts; $17,500,000 by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York; and $2,000,000 by Senate appropriator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
Comment by Bender Bending Rodriguez on 9/16 @ 11:40 am #
Beyond parody, beyond belief, beyond hope. Our forefathers would weep that America could produce such a weak individual.
Comment by RIP Ford on 9/16 @ 11:43 am #
“1. President Obama Cut Your Taxes”
Where did this nonsense come from?
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 11:47 am #
So when is Baracky going to deliver my guns?
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 11:49 am #
I must say, I like the way Luke quoted Carin and then rebutted her argument with a completely unrelated rant.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 11:51 am #
As grievously as Luke offends American political sensibility it is refreshing to see a left proponent speaking his mind truly for a change, rather than pretending to be something (a moderate like the campaign Obama) he isn’t.
Comment by Mark A. Flacy on 9/16 @ 11:55 am #
Sounds like you’d be interested in reducing the amount of money flowing through the federal government to those nasty red states.
I’m curious to find out if you think that each state should only get less from the federal government than its citizens pay in federal taxes.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 11:57 am #
right becuase 555 million to expand a program that can’t be sustained is just like asking for a loan that will have to be paid back.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 11:57 am #
Luke, if the Federal Government TAKES our money, the states have every right to fight back for every penny. Regardless of whether or not Texas gets the money … they’re on the hook for the bill just like every other state. Perhaps, just perhaps, that’s part of the problem? That the spending (or asking) for funds is so wholly removed from the process of TAKING our money.
So, let’s back up the argument just a bit more.
Back to the part about how much the Federal Government takes from us. And, what falls under the auspices of Federal spending and what should remain within the state.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 12:00 pm #
“…the Federal Government takes from us…”
No, no, no, Carin, you’ve got it all wrong. The Government gives you your life, it gives you everything you are or could hope to be. Jeez woman, get with the program!
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 12:03 pm #
The government is the only thing keeping you racist wingnutNazis alive !!!!
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 12:07 pm #
Notice, the blue states of the NE give a lot more to the Federal Gov’t in taxes than they receive. How much you wanna bet that many of these teabaggers are from the conservative states that GET far more money from the federal gov’t than they give? Reality is a tough thing for conservatives.
Teabaggers don’t get ANY money from the federal government. “Teabaggers” pay taxes. Period.
Hey, I’ve got a fun little bet. I bet those BLUE DETROITERS get more back from both the State and the Federal government than they give.
What do you think?
And, you can stop repeating the “Reality is a tough thing for conservatives.” it was lame the first time you used it.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 12:08 pm #
I’ll thrown in one thing about Texas, It costs Texans billions of dollars every year because the Federal Government won’t exercise one of its Constitutional Duties which is to control the US border. Most of those expenses are never paid for by the Feds.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 12:08 pm #
Ok, someone else is going to have to beat up on Luke. I gotta go work out and drive the chillens around for a few hours.
Comment by Mark A. Flacy on 9/16 @ 12:09 pm #
Once again, Luke Gunner:
Sounds like you’d be interested in reducing the amount of money flowing through the federal government to those nasty red states.
Do you think that each state should only get less from the federal government than its citizens pay in federal taxes?
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 12:09 pm #
Y’know, william yelverton the guitar teacher, you are one seriously deluded fellow. But since America is more or less a free nation yet, you are welcome to your delusions, right up to the point you attempt to institute your program of enslavement. At that point, you will be killed quite dead by that enslavement thing you love. And that event will constitute an actual instance of a species of minor tragedy, you being consumed by your own ignorant pursuit.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 12:10 pm #
Uh, oh. Video from the Capitol, albeit from a lower vantage point, taken by Congressman John Culberson.
GET ME THE FAUXTOGRAPY DEPARTMENT!!!!
Comment by RIP Ford on 9/16 @ 12:11 pm #
Do you understand the difference between a loan and a grant, Luke?
Texas will repay the money, not be on the hook for the strings attached to the grants, will be able to keep it’s $7 Billion rainy day fund and balanced budget.
Go fish.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 12:11 pm #
“…what I saw in DC on 9/12…”
You were in DC on 9/12? Really?
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 12:12 pm #
um no, you have employer provided health care.
Comment by RIP Ford on 9/16 @ 12:12 pm #
“Notice, the blue states of the NE give a lot more to the Federal Gov’t in taxes than they receive. ” That’s three years old, what do you think it looks like today?
Comment by McGehee on 9/16 @ 12:15 pm #
Luke Gunner, I have Captain Ahab on Line 2. He says you took off his leg.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 12:17 pm #
“…Americans waving Nazi signs…”
Ah, so you are at least willing to admit that you haven’t a clue what was going on in DC on 9/12. That is swell of you.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 12:17 pm #
which is fine because that’s authorized by the Constitution. Understanding conservatvies is hard for Luke Gunners.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 12:19 pm #
Luke, rather than blame the “teabaggers” – you should be angry with the MSM which misidentifies and over-represents the Nazi signs at the protest.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 12:21 pm #
“…Nazi signs…”
Well there is where you go wrong, see, those were ANTI-NAZI signs, damnit.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 12:21 pm #
Holy shit! Talk about fear mongering. That statement may be true for you luke, because you are a complete and utter dumbfuck. But for most people that statement is as false as your other ones. No one wants to do away with government, it’s the size, the scope, the intrusion. Again, you may need government help, because without it, I’m betting you die a quick death.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 12:24 pm #
Someone mentioned something “ignorant”? Sucession, Luke? Luke needs the state in a bad way, because maybe his own momma and daddy wouldn’t take credit for the little shit.
Comment by McGehee on 9/16 @ 12:25 pm #
I smell a Yelverton.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 12:25 pm #
I don’t have a dog in this health care fight but I’ll tell you, there was a lot more hate involved in the rally than just healthcare.
Well, isn’t that nice. Don’t have a dog in the fight. Then why don’t you stfu? I mean, honestly. You know who else don’t have a dog in this fight? All those politicians, since they certainly won’t be affected by changes to everyone else’s coverage.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 12:26 pm #
Right Luke, you’ve got a firm grasp on the Racer’s creed: I think it, therefore it is.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 12:28 pm #
Damn, Luke, how much more racist can you be?
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 12:29 pm #
I bet those BLUE DETROITERS get more back from both the State and the Federal government than they give.
What you meant to say is “I bet those BLACK DEMOCRATS FROM DETROIT ON WELFARE get more back from both the State and the Federal government than they give.”
Right Carin?
I said what I meant to say. It directly went against the gist of your argument; that (somehow) Rebublicans were the net benefactors of government largess.
It t’aint true.
Detroit ge’s money for many other things besides welfare. I thought Mr. You Owe Your Life to Government certainly should be aware of that. All the grants, school funding, yada yada yada.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 12:33 pm #
Try reasoning with a rock, a dumb rock, next time Carin. You may have more luck is my guess.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 12:33 pm #
Luke has entered its asspull portion of his afternoon hatefest, where he gets to attribute ideas not held, and actions not taken, to his ideological opponents. Basically, now it is just making shit up.
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 12:34 pm #
For example:
In 2009, Detroit got almost a million for “energy Efficiency Street lighting, and $700,000 for “replacement buses” – why does the Fed government have to pay for our city buses?
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 12:34 pm #
Wall Street is in a blue state too, ain’t it?
Let’s run those numbers again.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 12:37 pm #
whatevs, Pablo, Luke has three year old charts!
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 12:38 pm #
You do know Luke that Fascism is a form of socialism? And the combination of state and private ownership of important industries instead of total state ownership is what sets communism apart from fascism.
So tell me Luke when the US Government takes over control of the financial, automobile and health care industries what exactly would you call it?
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 12:39 pm #
Why are you so overtly racist, Luke? It is so very not pretty. Quite ugly, in fact. Your hate hate hate is palpable.
Comment by Rick on 9/16 @ 1:04 pm #
“As corrupt and inefficient as your government is, it’s the only thing keeping you alive moment to moment.”
Margaret Thatcher noted that the facts of life are conservative, underscoring how counter-factual the quoted hallucination is.
Cordially…
Comment by MDr on 9/16 @ 2:24 pm #
Incredible photo!!!!!!
Comment by newrouter on 9/16 @ 4:32 pm #
i like this luke. nutjobs like it are so cute
Comment by Rusty on 9/16 @ 5:11 pm #
Is Luke telling us to quit paying taxes?
Comment by LTC John on 9/16 @ 5:15 pm #
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Government my soul to keep, should I die before I wake … make sure the estate tax takes everything, OK?
Sounds like a Luke approved version, right?
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 6:06 pm #
I said what I meant to say. It directly went against the gist of your argument; that (somehow) Rebublicans were the net benefactors of government largess.
It t’aint true.
Yes, it is.
Do you know how much it taxpayer money itcosts to keep Red states like Mississippi and Alaska afloat?
Comment by meya on 9/16 @ 6:12 pm #
That’s a nice photo. But how do you reach the conclusion that it is hundreds of thousands of people? I know metro ridership was higher that weekend (higher than the previous holiday weekend), but there were other events on the mall. See those tents in the background? That’s The National Council of Negro Women “Black Family Reunion”
http://www.ncnw.org/events/reunion.htm
Their website says they draw 500,000 to the mall. Maybe you only want to count 3/5th’s of that.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 6:26 pm #
Their website says they draw 500,000 to the mall.
Well meya the “Black Family Reunion” main gathering was on Sunday, and yes that was why the 9/12 rally wasn’t allowed on the Mall grass areas. So when you look at that picture do you see even 1000 people on the grassy areas? The people who went said there was at most a few hundred people at that function. There were also 4500 charter buses and many people drove or flew in. But hey believe whatever you want to believe.
Comment by B Moe on 9/16 @ 6:28 pm #
You start with a functioning frontal lobe…
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 6:30 pm #
It could easily be 2 to 3 hundred thousand but it certainly isn’t 2,000,000.
Comment by Rusty on 9/16 @ 6:37 pm #
#111
All the more reason to abolish the withholding tax. Thanks for seeing it my way.
Comment by Rusty on 9/16 @ 6:38 pm #
#112
Nobody cares what what you think. Take a hike.
Comment by SDN on 9/16 @ 6:44 pm #
Do you know what percentage of that money is for national defense, which is actually Constitutional?
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 6:50 pm #
Well there was a spike in local metro and bus traffic of almost 300,000 people plus there were the 4500 charter buses. 4500 buses w/45 passengers each is 202,500 and that still doesn’t account for the people who drove. I think a reasonable low end number is 450,00 and it could have been twice that.
Comment by Mark A. Flacy on 9/16 @ 7:50 pm #
Well, Luke Gunner, I’m a former soldier myself. 1980-1992.
Is there any reason why you don’t answer my questions?
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 7:51 pm #
#120 Because he is an incompetent liar?
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 7:52 pm #
Maybe you only want to count 3/5th’s of that.
You do know that the 3/5 thing was put in by the ANTI-slavery folks, don’t you?
Of course you don’t. Because you are pig-fucking ignorant.
Comment by Patrick Chester on 9/16 @ 11:28 pm #
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Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 7:52 pm #
Maybe you only want to count 3/5th’s of that.
You do know that the 3/5 thing was put in by the ANTI-slavery folks, don’t you?
Of course you don’t. Because you are pig-fucking ignorant.
More importantly: I wonder if the proggs who keep bringing up the 3/5ths Compromise know who wanted slaves to be counted as a full person for the purpose of determining the number of Representatives a State could send to the House.
Comment by Patrick Chester on 9/16 @ 11:29 pm #
(Or, for that matter, who wanted slaves to not be counted at all under those circumstances.)
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 11:36 pm #
If you use meya’s math, which in no way resembles traditional math, she says there were up to 500,000 at this family reunion, yet they are barely visible. How many would that her version of math estimate the throngs of people that actually are visible to be?
Luke Gunner is a douchenozzle.
Comment by Barton on 9/17 @ 12:20 am #
Man, that sure is a lot of hicks. The thing is, we already had a plebiscite, it’s called an election.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 12:34 am #
Anyone that does not agree with rectal ramrod’s like Barton must be racist hicks.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 12:46 am #
WE WON. STFU YOU RACIST WINGNAZI HICKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by royf on 9/17 @ 5:57 am #
Well Barton we sure did have a election and it was won because the lapdog media did everything in their power to hide and cover for a man who is completely unqualified as well as being a liar and a Chicago machine politician.
What 9/12 and zero’s falling polls are trying to tell you is that Americans have started waking up and will not allow this group of thugs to change the USA into a socialist/communist thugocrasy.
But hey put your fingers back in your ears and repeat after me “there are no American troops in Baghdad”. I’m sure it will all go away.
Comment by royf on 9/17 @ 7:22 am #
Charlie Martin a commenter over at Just One Minute who is a Colorado computer scientist has done a breakdown on attendance at Pajamas Media. I know from previous experience he is very thorough. So here is the link to his article.
More 9/12 Crowd Data: Yeah, It Was Big
His analysis sets the low end of the crowd at 500,000 to 600,000. He states any number lower than that isn’t logical.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 2:27 pm #
Great link, royf. But Charlie is prolly a racist wingNazi.
Comment by Rusty on 9/17 @ 5:38 pm #
#126
126.Comment by Barton on 9/17 @ 12:20 am #
Man, that sure is a lot of hicks. The thing is, we already had a plebiscite, it’s called an election.
Only a hayseed such as youyrself would state the obvious. Yes. A plebecise is an election. Any other insites there, Zeke.
Comment by Ric Locke on 9/17 @ 5:52 pm #
Hey, we’ll give it back. In return we’ll keep the natural gas and oil that flows up the pipeline to keep you warm in winter, hmmm? See? Just and green — you need to reduce your carbon footprint anyway.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by royf on 9/17 @ 6:32 pm #
I had a similar comment a while back with meya I think, She was spouting the same BS and since I’m from Texas I went and found the statistics on refineries. Texas accounts for slightly less than 34% of the gasoline refined in the USA. Not to mention the 50 or 60 gas pipelines which supply the big cities around the Great Lakes. These simpletons know nothing.
Comment by SBP on 9/17 @ 6:41 pm #
Not to mention all those hicktard red states that produce irrelevant stuff like food. Also water, if you happen to live in California.
Comment by Rusty on 9/18 @ 5:28 am #
#134
They have no other experience than whining. They think just showing up is an accomplishment.
Comment by SporkLift Driver on 9/19 @ 11:59 pm #
I love the all that federal money going to Alaska meme. Any idea how much of that money is defense related? How much of that money is spent on those huge national parks up there? (hint they are large parks). How much is spent on the reservations? (relatively large Native American population there). How much of that money is corporate welfare for the oil companies, and is likelier to end up being spent in the city where the oil company is headquartered. The typical Alaskan taxpayer receives nothing from the fed and would have to provide a good or service to the military, Park Service, reservation or an oil company in order to receive any of this money. Providing a good or service is the definition of earning so no welfare there.
Isn’t much of our military stationed in red states? Doesn’t much of the money go to military personnel? Do they spend it all in the state they’re stationed in?