Hundreds of Thousands at Tea Party on Washington

[runningman]

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Toasty didn't you see the link? I'm not making it up. I'm glad you will give me 10's of thousands but I'm pretty sure it is in the hundreds of thousands. I would say 400,000. Not 2 million or 60,000.

You see it is all about compromise. Also next time you want to call me out on shit make sure you check the links provided.

[|Thrax|]

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its a pic from 2004

[Garrick]

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i dunno... there were a shitload of people there for sure... look at this fast forward throughout the day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPud1TeubM&feature=player_embedded

[floridaorange]

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Bet that annual million man march in October is going to be rather record-breaking...

[|Thrax|]

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The image is real but it does not represent the Tea Party protests but one that happened before 2005:

There's another big problem with the photograph: it doesn't include the National Museum of the American Indian, a building located at the corner of Fourth St. and Independence Ave. that opened on Sept. 14, 2004. (Looking at the photograph, the building should be in the upper right hand corner of the National Mall, next to the Air and Space Museum.) That means the picture was taken before the museum opened exactly five years ago. So clearly the photo doesn't show the "tea party" crowd from the Sept. 12 protest.

[superdave]

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I think both sides are lying. I'll guess it's in the tens maybe hundereds of thousands at most. The liberal media which is pretty much all the media in America underreported and Michelle Malkin was saying it was in the millions which I doubt as well.

Btw, anyone else sick of these conservative political books taking up all the shelf space and attention recently at the book store? I tried to buy a book the other day for a trip and all I could find were guys like Dick Morris, Malkin and that lunatic Glen Beck. Obama becoming President was the best thing to happen for these "authors".

[toasty]

Re: Hundreds of Thousands at Tea Party on Washington

Toasty didn't you see the link? I'm not making it up. I'm glad you will give me 10's of thousands but I'm pretty sure it is in the hundreds of thousands. I would say 400,000. Not 2 million or 60,000.

You see it is all about compromise. Also next time you want to call me out on shit make sure you check the links provided.

You want to compromise on how many people were there? If I think 2+2=4, and you think it equals 6, we do not just agree to settle on 5.

I did see the link. I also saw the other link that listed a much smaller number. And I saw photographs that purport to be from this event but that are actually from a different event entirely. Again, though, I really don't care how many people there were -- clearly, there were a lot of wingnuts out there that day, so more power to them. I'm just in this thread because I enjoy the thoughtful dialog you provide.

[runningman]

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thanks I'm glad I could provide you with info.. that is what I do on here.

Again here we go with the the left vs. right.. "wingnuts" are sick of socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. wingnuts are sick of seeing Obama and Bernanke say the economy has stabilized when foreclosures are up and unemployment is constantly going up. Wingnuts are sick of empty promises like pulling out of Iraq only to move them to Afghanistan.

Do you see where I am going with this Toasty? Probably not so I will spell it out. The guy is a liar and they are sick of it. I have said it many times on here. The "wingnuts(aka American citizens)" have lost faith in their gov't.

Also when wallstreet goes up 3000 points in 6 months and we live in a boom bust world what do you think is going to happen next? One word Correction.

[Miroslav]

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So just a rhetorical question here... when we say this is a great example of the media lying and we post up picture of stuff from 4 years ago... then which side is it exactly that is doing the lying here??

[Lorn]

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So just a rhetorical question here... when we say this is a great example of the media lying and we post up picture of stuff from 4 years ago... then which side is it exactly that is doing the lying here??

I'm a little confused here...what picture are you referring to? RM didn't post any pictures that I can see. He posted a youtube video which has an off angle shot of the pic Thrax is talking about. Is that what Thrax is disputing? The link to the article I posted had a picture in it which is clearly not the photo Thrax is referencing in his post.

Also, the article I posted the link to has changed its headline and its text. It still calls the number 1 million but not "up to 2 million".

I understand everyone here has their issue's with RM but I'm witnessing a bit of uncalled for ganging up in this particular thread.

The original question, which is still going through my mind, is why the huge discrepancies on the reporting of numbers within the media? Simple question and I'm not jumping to any radical conclusions nor do I want to be jaded towards the media and their bias. It would just be nice to have a feeling of confidence in what is being reported and not have to resort to my own verifications. Sad really.

Here is a time lapsed video from a traffic camera on 14th street. Again don't know how to verify this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sjvc6baor8&feature=player_embedded

[runningman]

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Also Toasty something else to consider anout these so called wingnuts;

Bush's approval rating as a whole was around 30-35% that means that 7 out of 10 americans republican or democrat didn't like him either. So these protesters aren't just right wing radicals angry they lost the election... just some more food for thought.

[|Thrax|]

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yea, I think something got fucked in teh post.. or I thought you were talking about another pic..

I dont browse the news, I aggregate it. it comes to me


so, if that is an error in my photo reply, sorry.. but its just what I found to be highly informative

[Cj Tari]

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Also Toasty something else to consider anout these so called wingnuts;

Bush's approval rating as a whole was around 30-35% that means that 7 out of 10 americans republican or democrat didn't like him either. So these protesters aren't just right wing radicals angry they lost the election... just some more food for thought.

there is a big diference with "approving" of his work and not "liking him". Also, when you get into numbers you would have to take out of those numbers people that didnt vote, yet theyre still out there complaining about shit they dont seem to know anything about.

im just amused at how ignorant some of these crowds can get, at least the leftwingers protested simple shit like "war" nothing to complicated about that, but some of these folks talking about nazism and facism and how the Obama is becoming Hittler.....

[toasty]

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Fun Fact: 99.9% of protesters who use the word "fascism" have no idea what it actually means and/or misuse it.

[subterFUSE]

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Fun Fact: 99.9% of protesters who use the word "fascism" have no idea what it actually means and/or misuse it.

And 95% of all statistics are made up on the spot.