Let’s Compare Aerial Pictures of the 10/2 & 8/28 Rallies
- Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:21am by
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Within hours of the 8/28 rally CBS News had posted expert analysis of the rally attendance and concluded that 87,000 people had attended.
I was pretty sure, given the hype around the “One Nation” rally, that they would do the same today. Not so far:
I’m not sure that there is an “official” aerial photo of the “One Nation” rally, but this is the one that The Huffington Post is using:
It is not clear exactly when that photo was taken on 10/2 — but it is the only aerial shot featured in the HuffPo playlist.
Here now is a similar vantage shot from the 8/28 rally:
So if CBS News believes that 8/28 drew only 87,000 people — then I’m sure they will soon be posting expert analysis that the “One Nation” rally drew 25,000. Right?
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Comments (321)
Aither
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:21amFinally an aerial shot to show how big of a failure 10-2 was compared to 8/28. This picture is probably the best part about 10-2 yet, cause it shows the massive fail. LoL
Of course Ed is probably going to get on and say. “We had just as much if not more people than 8-28.” How much do you want to bet?
Report Post »Snookkatcher
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 7:29pmThe aerial shot from 8/28 doesn’t even do the actual crowd justice to boot….somehow should have backed up the camera angle to show the THOUSANDS MORE that were between the WW II Memorial and the Washington Monument!! There was almost a solid crowd of people to the bottom of ‘Monument Hill’. Proud to say ” I was THERE.”
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:19amI hope that’s what Obambi”s support looks like when we vote in November!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:16amSorry if this is a double post :
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma_Oy2y79SE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZCWFBJ1nwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AoZsp4_xw
Workforit
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:14amHope, faith and charity! I for one am excited that America has really turned a corner!
I‘m so glad this thing fell on it’s face,
Communism, socialism, liberalism… BUH BYE!
Report Post »totellthetruth
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 8:33pmamen!
Report Post »Suzanne Winter
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:13amDoesn’t look as though the forced attendance worked them. No one must have been too interested in the big day for the Progressives and their Kompatriots. What a shame.
Report Post »Rattler1776Clothing
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:12am“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Report Post »This is what they have done to the Tea Party. They first ignored us, stating we were only a few nuts. Then they attempted to discredit us, laugh at us etc. That did not work, so we believe that they are at stage 3 they will attempt to fight us. That is when we win. Remember what Mr. Beck says we are peaceful. But we will fight on the battlefield of ideas and the truth will set us free. God bless all of you.
http://www.Rattler1776.com
Jeanne in Texas
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 7:19am““First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
BEAUTIFUL QUOTE and so TRUE
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:25amWell said and love the quote. The rally from the opposition yesterday was good in that it gave undecided and/or uninformed voters, a glimpse into what the other side stands for.
Report Post »OneVision
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 11:06amWell said, Rattler. Keep spreading that Gospel, my friend.
Commie scum are vastly outnumbered by hard-working, freedom-loving Americans. Come November and then again in 2010, we will send the Commies/Socialists/Marxists scurrying back to the underside of the rocks from which they dared to crawl out. We, the No-Longer-Silent Majority, have shown that we are in this for the long haul, and when all is said and done, we will triumph.
Report Post »Jeetman
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:10amThe Yahoo news is SO dishonest. They have supposedly 88 pics of the Communist’s rally. Well, after the 34 pic, the rest are ALL from the 8/28 rally (that my 3 children, wife and I PROUDLY attended). In some of the pics the captions on the right side are completely dishonest. For example, the pic of Sarah Palin says that she attended the rally but unless you click on a “more” button, you will NOT see that it was the 8/28 rally and all the 8/28 pics are under the Commie’s rally.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/One-Nation-Working-Together-rally/ss/events/us/100210dcrally
If a person doesn’t take the time to press the “more” button, and read them, they will believe that Sarah Palin went to the Commie party. Go look for yourself!
LadyIzShy
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:07amfor shame for shame this is why i dont go to yahoo
Report Post »Reagan was Right
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:08amThat buffoon Shultz saying,”Say NO to corporations!”
Hey dufuss,you work for a corporation!
NBC is a corporation owned by a even bigger corporation GE!
They pay this nimrod probably 7 figures and he acts like he is one of the little people.
Report Post »dressseller
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:29amYou are so right. That’s one thing that has always left me scratching my head in amazement. The very system that these people demonize have made them WEALTHY. They hate capitalism and yet they have profited enormously from capitalism and so far as I can tell.. they’ve given very little of the credit to where credit is due. So. I’ve decided that in light of their apparent hypocracy there is only one way to understand this. The elite or ruling class wannabees who espouse such hatred for our economic system and our constitution don’t actually hate capitalism as it pertains to THEM. They figure somehow they are worthy of all the rewards of it but that no one else is. Yes..they want to be in a class where they are exempt from the same rules as you and I. They want to benefit from capitalism they just don’t want us to. In their warped and evil way of thinking.. they deserve all the power and money and opportunites that they can muster from our system. But you and me as ‘regular people’ deserve only to be beholden to them and should only be allowed to ever have the tiny crumbs that they see fit to flip off the table at us.
In a couple of words it’s basically a power trip. They want and deserve prosperity. You and I are too common and unworthy of the freedom of choice and capitalism. They only cloak it in terms of it being FOR you and me and equality so that they can dupe more people into helping them ride into power.
Report Post »BlueknightUSA
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:55amOne thing I have noticed here. The 08/28 rally also served another higher purpose did it not? Drawing attention to and awareness of the Special Operations Warriors specifically and all our troops generally. If I am not mistaken several million dollars were raised by the time the 8/28 rally concluded. Did the folks at 10-2-10 have anything like this?…not that I am aware of. Their one goal seems to be “Beat Glenn Beck in numbers”…how sad
Report Post »redskins1999
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:53amThis does not suprise me. They always have to win even when they are wrong. We all know 8/28 was bigger, but that does not matter. What matters to me is the message that they are making. Restoring Honor was not part of the message.
Report Post »DisgruntledDemocrat
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:53amThe organizers of this demonstration made a huge mistake. They went really far and openly to the far left. Remember the November election will have two results: Elect better people than those now in office and scare the Democratic Party so badly there will be a movement on the part of many people to eject the far-left forces and abandon the policies that are leading it (and the country) to disaster.
Report Post »Berticus33
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:51amI too was there, when a 1,000 people + (from my edumecated guesstimate) 700K, chose to fly, rent their own buses, or drive themselves across the Nation, as I did, to a Rally of true grassroots persuasion. Not some 400 or more organizations, who were paying for buses, or train tickets, buying boxed lunches, and proffering free T-shirts for those in attendance. How is that not the definition of “astro-turf”? Then to leave the National Mall in complete and utter dis-array, is beyond contempt for those that profess so loudly that they love their Country. Shame on them, and shame on any who support them. I‘m just sayin’
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:06am………… And don’t be surprised when you find out how much of your Tax dollars were shell gamed to help pay for the “Whatever”-fest meeting.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:50amIn a breaking news tonight , aliens from an unknown galaxy stated that they saw with their own eyes a big meeting for Unions in DC . The aliens stated that they never seen such a huge crowd of Unions like this before since billions of years .The unknown aliens also stated that their legs start tingling when they heard Van Jones .
Report Post »Toady
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:49amSo few people yet so much more mess, how will the spin this one. Looking good for November!!
Report Post »bubbie
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:46amWe still must pray for God‘s help and also do our part to get everyone we know who still don’t know the TRUTH(stand in the truth) to get out and vote those on the left out of office and vote for the canidate that truly loves this great republic and teach it to our children! God bless America and her troops!
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:55amYes God helps those who help themselves. We work hard and He will do the rest. Expect miracles
Report Post »Fudd the wabbit hunter
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:41amOh, man, am I underwhelmed!!!
Report Post »Damage6
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:41amJudging by the shadows it was mid-afternoon. Judging by the fact that the stage area is full and reports that the crowd was dispersing well before the end of the ralley I would assume the event is in full swing. The big problem I foresee is the progressives attempting to utilize their patently questionable counting skills this Nov.
Re-mix there is footage linked to in one of the earlier threads on the “big event” that show the area to be absolutely trashed.
Report Post »peterholthoffman
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:12pmI was looking at the shadows and I think it was about noon. The reflecting pool runs directly east-west. At noon any shadows will point due north. If you look at the shadow at the WWII Memorial, it is perpendicular to the long edge of the reflecting pool. Hence, my estimate of the time.
Another reason to conclude that is this: the rally was scheduled to run from 12:00 to 4:00. Therefore, one would expect the peak crowd to be there at 12:00 and so you would schedule your aerial photo for that time.
Report Post »Riteaidbob
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:37amI mean come on…how many REAL card carring Communists do you think there are in the USA? I think the # that showed up was about right… (snicker)
Report Post »capitalideals
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:28amRiteaidbob, there weren‘t that many ’card carrying’ communist party members in the USSR either, it’s the leadership that is the problem.
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:02amYou may be right, but the real issue is that these people are ACCEPTED and ALIGNED by and with the democrats. They are welcomed into the fold with open arms knowing EXACTLY what they want. The democrats are either using them (which could lead to severe violence when they learn that they were just used) or they accept the communist version of utopia and are striving for it. Either way, it’s not a good thing.
Report Post »HEARME_NOW
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 9:13pmMore than you think. Many of the socialist and communists are teaching our children in lower, middle schools all across America. Teachers were not around during the early years after WWII and have no idea what they are all about. To them it only mean s high pay, free hand out and high pensions after only a few years employment. There are more Communist employed by our government than you will ever know until they take over our freedoms Since Obama entered the White House he has employed an additional 200,000 and you can bet a large number are communists and belong to government unions..
Report Post »cjbeckmann
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:34amHere is my theory,
the organizers were successful in getting tens to hundred of thousands of people to Washington with the free trips and “astro turfing” but then once they got their they went and had a vacation, taking advantage of the freebies given to them for their own gain with no sense of responsibility to how they got there. Just as they take advantage of the handouts that their leaders so aggressively fight for.
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:01amI’ll tell you what I saw the same thing. Once they got there and stayed for 10 or 15 mins. they went and played elsewhere.
Report Post »Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:19amEXACTLY! and isn’t this really the point?
Report Post »We were also at 8.28….people arrived early and stayed all day….
10.2, even if we give them the benefit of the doubt with the numbers….everyone showed up late and left early….FACT…because like many suffered thru that rally, but the end was clear…only 100′s stayed the whole rally.
no comparison really.
DaytonConserve
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:33amMy wife and I were proud attendees at the Honor Rally on 8/28. What an embarassment for those that put on the 10-2-10 thug fest. I believe it was Ed Schultz who said he could easily draw a larger crowd at the Mall than Glenn Beck. Ed, you were the opening act, where were they?
Report Post »dressseller
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:15amMy family of 5 were at the 8/28 rally also. Got there at 7:00 am and if I could do it all over again I’d spend the night on the mall to get a better position than we had because it cannot be overstated how many people were underneath those trees. We were about mid-way to a little past mid-way down the reflecting pool under the trees stage left. It was INCREDIBLY packed under those trees not just for part of the way but the entire length of the trees on both sides of the stage for as far as you could see and then spilling out over on the other side of the trees. We had chairs that of course we could not set up because the crowd was so tightly packed under those trees with people just like us trying to get as close as they/we could to catch a glimpse of what was going on on the big screens. You could not turn around without literally being nose to nose. I stepped on a kind and gracious man‘s shoes more than once through the day and he would just smile and say that’s ok. Several times I nearly fell on him when a vehicle needed to pass and we all had to pack even tighter together to let the vehicle pass. Yes…there is a ROAD under those trees..with dirt/ground on either side of the road. .. That’s how wide the space is under those trees and the place was PACKED. The photos and aerial shots in no way do this space justice. All you can see in the aerial shots is a swath of trees that from a distance doesn’t look that big or impressive. But on the ground I can assure you that that area is massive and every square inch of it was tightly packed in with human beings who were good hearted, understanding and helpful to one another even as we all became each others support for literally moving around at all. The only photos I could get were ones where I just held my camera above my head and shot over the crowd. I got some pretty good shots that showed just how packed we were. I sent them to the GB team and maybe we‘ll get a better portrayal in the upcoming photo book if mine or other people’s photos are published who stood underneath those trees.
It was an INCREDIBLE day 8/28. With all the relative physical discomfort of standing from 7am until well after 1pm in a crowd where you could just barely wiggle any body part…… I’d have to say it ranks up there with one of the most inspiring, uplifting, bonifide memorable and greatest moments of my 45 years. The people were amazing. The place was spirit filled. Words truly cannot describe what it was like and what we all took away from that event. If you were there or watched on TV and had your heart tempered with the meaning of the event, you get it. If you attended 10/2 and were angry and disillusioned with what our government is or isn’t handing out to you, you surely don’t get it.
We are on the right track America. I am one who believes that even if we win elections in November and in 2012… America still has some hard dark days ahead. We have just let things get out of control and there will have to be a period of re-setting this economy and this country. But I am also one who believes that when we get through that period we can be and will be stronger as a Nation than ever before if we stick to the principles of Faith, Hope & Charity.
ConservativeBeckandPalin12
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:33amThe One Nation Rally has a huge spot of grass on the whole left side empty. They had 400 groups sponsoring this event and yet they can’t even fill the space up. The One Nation Rally image is of a minority of people who are increasingly becoming unpopular while the Restoring Honor Rally photo is of a group of people who represent the future of the United States.
Report Post »unionrockstar
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:33amThese comparisons must tell us something. Taking into consideration that the one nation rally was comprised of over 400 organizations who forced there members to attend
Report Post »These images give me much hope that victory is ours.
It’s crunch time guys; the enemy has exposed itself.
Please , Please vote in November.
Damage6
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:45amrockstar I don‘t think there is any question that the Blaze folks are going to vote the big rallying cry needs to be BRING SOMEONE TO THE POLLS WITH YOU WHO WASN’T GOING TO VOTE!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:15amGot my ballot today …. going to volunteer to drive on November 2nd (I won’t even have to stop to vote myself since it will have been taken care of!)
Report Post »RobPhenix
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:00amIn fairness, I have to say that I‘m a member of one of the teachers’ unions that attended, and I was not pressured in any way to attend. It was suggested to all of us but no one was made to feel in any way like you had to go. Having said that, they made it really easy to go. $10 for the bus, a light breakfast and a snack on the way home. Presumably the rest was subsidized by the union. (By comparison, I paid $65 to attend 8/28 with Massapequa Tea Party, and I considered that a very reaasonable price.)
Also, I watched part of the One Nation rally on CNN today, and they certainly had more people than are represented in this photo. It must have been taken early in the day. On CNN, the reflecting pool seemed to be fairly well surrounded. However, I noted that (at least during the time I was watching) the camera was kept tight to that area and did not show the field next to the pool (which as we know was quite full at the Restoring Honor rally).
I’m only pointing these things out in the spirit of looking fairly at the truth. Meanwhile, I‘m trying to figure out how in the world I’m not in a nightmare, and my union is at the same rally with the Communist Party of America.
ron the veteran
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:16amnothing could keep me away from the voting booth in november. we cant get lazy now we must be as bold and strong in november. God has spoken through us……
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:48amDon’t only vote but dedicate yourself to bring others to the polls. Except if your friends are progessives then dedicate yourself to bring them to the bar. You can be the dedicated driver and they can be the dedicated drunks,
Report Post »Jackson
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:10amRobPhenix: I agree that there was an ebb and flow to the crowd, but I‘m amazed that it’s the main story. Like you, I wonder how so many have become aligned with communist. When, where and how did that happen? I choose to stay focused on the message of 10-2-10 and how destructive it was. In every press release I read, they state “a colation of groups… unions, activists etc”. Not a single article mentions communists or any other radicle anti American group. I’ve taken it upon myself to email the entire list to every person I know with the message “pick your friends carefully”. And I know a lot of dem’s.
Report Post »FreeToGovern
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 1:56pm@ROBPHENIX – I too am a mamber of a teachers union (NEA) and have made a pledge to leave the union and fight to have my required association dues put to better use. Please join me in an effort to fight the union for our right to opt out and not be forced to support something we don’t agree with. I will no longer just accept my dues going to fund a group that is aligned with communists and socialists and disparages the tea parties. I hope you will join my effort, and possibly get more teachers to do the same.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:28am2+2=5……………….. I cant be out of money …………..I still have checks………………………
Rally=epic fail
obama policy=epic fail
november= time to let them know who we are
Report Post »TheBob912
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:25amAnd “let them know”, WE WILL!!!
Report Post »remix
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:28amI was at 828.. there was about 100 people there give or take 500,000.. 10/2 was a joke.. unless you enjoy dancing to hip-hop at an astro turf rally.
What I’d TRULY like to know is if there was more trash left behind than actual attendees haha can I see an arial shot of that?
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:44amI saw three pictures of the trash, there was a mess left behind.
Report Post »SteveSD
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:42amYou want to see what it was like? Check out these:
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/10/15-photos-from-onenation-rally-youll.html
And this video, which is just sickening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcwXlvb74Y#tcot
Report Post »Post-Progressive American
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 4:41amI was at 8.28 also. Even the satellite pictures, we do not show all those that were under the trees or still trying to get there on the paths, do not do the attendance justice…especially when one remembers that these were average Americans, most of whom have not been politically active, who came at the own expense for a rally whose specific agenda wasn’t even published…who just wanted a chance to be a part of something positive in (and about) America, for once.
The message of Faith, Hope and Charity combined with Individual Responsibility and healthy (not fanatical) patriotism was inspiring (although one word really does not adequately summarize my feelings). My son and I drove 30 hours (15 hours each way) and spent 4 hours getting to the mall and waiting for the event…and it was well worth every minute.
I was happy that our opponents wanted a counter-rally because free speech is a great thing and it would provide insight into what they are really after. I was disappointed, however, that it was envisioned to be a counter to the Restoring Honor rally; after all, how many could you actually to do that? I realize this event morphed into something else (to appeal to a more diverse group to bolster attendance) and have heard the claims now that it was planned over 1 year ago (prior to Glenn’s announcement), but that all just distraction and obfuscation.
I was surprised that the attendance was so low, especially given all the sponsorships, professional activists and protestors and political organizers involved and the fear and intimidation tactics that lead up to it…one would think that with all of the free buses provided that it would have dwarfed 8.28.
Maybe America has actually turned the corner…
Limited Federal Government, lower taxes, restoration of States’ Rights and Individual Liberty…is that too much to ask?
Report Post »DrPepper
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:44amGood grief as much as they talk about the environment there sure were a lot of plastic bottles laying on the ground. This symbolizes the cut and run attitude of the left and in all fairness possibly they thought the help would clean it up.
What would have been cool if we had an 8-28 clean up crew on hand. So after they left we could have shown true Americans cleaning up after them, man that would have stung.
Report Post »lzee11
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:13amI was at 8-28 also and the aerial photos taken could not begin to show the thousands that were under the trees. Every square inch around the mall was taken up, packed to the max, and yet everyone was polite and helpful. With the unions and other organizers arm-twisting their members to go, providing free buses and free lunches, it’s hard to believe the turnout for the OneNation event was so low. My family made hotel reservations for 8-28 in February and we drove 12 hours one way to be there. No one gave us a free ride to be there…it was by our choice and on our dime to attend an event of historical importance! No arm-twisting required! Plus we arrived on the mall at 1:00 in the morning to be able to get a decent place to sit and didn’t leave until hours after it was over. I don’t think many left 8-28 until the very end unlike the OneNation attendees who left in droves halfway through the pitiful “entertainment”.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:40amI too was curious about trash left behind. Thank you STEVESD for your video. It verifies what I suspected. I would also like to hear interviews with restaurant/hotels managers, vendors, park police/maintenance, bus rental owners…. It think we‘ll find that they came and left a mess and didn’t spend a dime in DC. Also, where were their portapotties? Glenn’s picture shows a long line of them on the left of the picture. In that same location on Ed’s picture, there appears to be a row of union buses parked.
Report Post »AZpatriotmama
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 11:16amPEACHYINGA, I think you’re right – it looks like buses lined up on the left where the portapotties were at Beck’s rally. Are they parked on the grass? Classy.
Report Post »FreeToGovern
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 1:45pmPEACHYINGA- I also thought those were busses on the left side of the picture, but when I looked at the picture closer (zoom in to about 200%), I believe they are porta pottie lined up perpendicular to the way they were at 8/28 in rows of about 6 stalls each. If I am right, then I guess there were no lines for the porto potties. It looks like one stall per 10 people in attendance. This tells me VERY FEW people drove themselves to the rally, where as with 8/28 MOST people drove themselves since they base the number of porta potties on the number of registered busses.
Brian Brenon
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:26amThey had all the gathering might of the unions behind them and THAT was the best that they could do?!? Pathetic, truly pathetic!
DaytonConserve
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:38amSour puss Ed Schultz claimed he could fill the place. LOL.
Huff-a-Ton Post
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:40amBest rally I ever saw. A perfect compliment to the Beck rally. America, this is who wants to tell you how to live. On a side note, I wonder how much union bosses make?
Sicboy
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:42amObviously G.B. as his cronies doctored the pictures. Or all the commie socialist were in the porta pottys smoke’n dope when the pics were taken. You decide.
cruisemates
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:52amI had the entire rally on my computer all day. It was nothing but one union leader after another complaining about the economy, saying they deserve more jobs and benefits. That’s all it was. When one guy came out and said “And tell Glenn Beck and his TeaBaggers that we officially have more people than he did” you could barely even hear any applause. It was a joke.
This rally was like a bad Saturday Night Live skit – the kind where they repeat the same non-funny joke so many times you want to shoot yourself. This is the left swan song, if this is your version of “reality” I am sure the media is about to stop fawning over you. The truth is, there is no “there” there. You do not exist as “average Americans,“ or ”the demo” or whatever it is you had convinced the media you were. The real America was at the Beck rally, and the mainstream media is about the desert the left like rats in a fire.
Even the “Communications Workers of America” (stage hands) can’t make this disaster look like a success. Pictures don’t lie. You can probably actually count the number of people at the One Nation rally from the pictures – they are spread out enough.
Ellie
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:01amI believe that we have them surrounded because we far out number them.
CatB
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:11amLOL … looks like they couldn’t even bribe enough people to make a decient showing.
CatB
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:13am25,000 would be stretching it if they think 87,000 was the 8/28. Maybe 8/29 …LOL !
CatB
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:13amThey must be wetting themselves .. November 2 we take out the TRASH!
SteveSD
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:39amYou guys are missing the real story here, there was a miracle that happened this week, and if any care to see it, the Hand of the Lord was revealed. He really is fighting our battles. We really are on his side, as Glenn has repeatedly said. Read this:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/01/dead-drenching-rains-aim-new-england/
And tell me that a huge portion of the liberal-coast wasn’t stopped from coming to D.C. by Divine Providence.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 3:44amLaughable.
Report Post »Hey…. dont forget there’s a BOAT LOAD of people in the trees to the right on 8/28.
Pericles
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 4:22amI guess the Unions are not as powerful as what Glenn Beck leads everybody to believe. I think we have been misled by the actual power of the Unions and that they do not have the popularity or the ability to ruin the country. Glenn Beck has deceived once again. Well, I guess that he is only an entertainer and nothing else.
ron the veteran
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:41amed filled the place alright the place was full of the b/s drivvil out of eds mouth. its time for you commies to kindly get the hell out of our nation. we dont need your lies and hogwash. go live in venezuela with your commie buddy hugo. we dont hate you we just want you to go! america and americans are not going to change for you. its time for you all to find another country, this one isnt it.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:16am@Pericles
Nice try with your spin but no one is buying it. It’s a lame attempt to use a lame event (One Nation) as an example to discredit Glenn Beck. You said Glenn is an entertainer and nothing else. If that’s your opinion then you should have nothing to worry about. You can rest assured we are all entertained by Glenn Monday through Friday every week.
Enjoy the rest of your miserable life.
grandmaof5
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 7:22amI guess the usual Mall foot traffic stayed home. How many was that now that walked on any given Saturday? I can’t hear you!
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:57amIn an odd way the crowd at the “10/2/10 Rally” makes me feel better about the Republican’s chances come Nov. 2nd.
I can only imagine the tamped-up planning going on for the Stewart/Colbert comedy show on the national mall on 10/30/10 – they are gonna want to lock-in a large number of buses… Was the HuffPo offer for buses this weekend or for the Stewart/Colbert rally?
Report Post »FreeToGovern
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:25amI was unable to watch the rally yesterday, so I am currently watching it on cspan.org. I have watched over 3 hours of the rally, with another hour to go. Please God, please, please, make the next hour move as fast as possible. Ugh.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:32amI watched to observe so that I could verify for myself and not rely on the press. My worst concerns were confirmed. Socialist, Unions, Communist, Social justice activist all marked by color coded T-shirt regiments from their respective faction. It was sad and getting sadder for them because they operated just fine in the shadows but have exposed themselves for who they are and I believe the traditional democrat is going to scurry from this association with these progressives.
sodun
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:36amI know a million people probably said the same thing but…eh-hem…(cough-cough)…Now I know what 87,000 people REALLY looks like!
drbage
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:56amDaytonconserve, remember we always need to read between the lines or see what the other hand is doing. Mr. Schultz promised that he “could fill the place,” but he did not bother to complete the sentence with: a. hot air, b. trash (you choose which meaning); or c. radical America haters.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 9:57amWhile I agree the turnout is encouraging, one has to consider:
1) the apparent hand of God in the east coast storm
2) Communists prefer to operate in the background, a rally such as this just adds to your FBI file.
3) Just like the 8/28 rally, there are many more who did not attend who sympathize.
Take heart, but take NOTHING for granted, we are still ON to rally the VOTE !
Report Post »Then we can begin to win the battles…
FreeToGovern
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:01amLook at the crowd shot at 3 hr 47 min of the CSPAN coverage. OMG, where did everyone go?
L4frdm
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:09amMaybe not pathetic, but a great honor to union workers, they are waking up. God Bless Them.
The lack of attendance at this rally represents honorable people who no longer wish to be the sheeples for the Union leaders. Maybe they are in mass awakening to the lies they have been fed by the Unions who took their dollars to create a ponzi scheme pension. Yes those of us not in a union have been lied to by our government elites, but God Bless the strength and character of the union workers who have been lied to twice by both government elites and their Union leaders. It is my belief that their honor and love for this country kept them from attending. A RALLY in REVERSE.
jimroc
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:34amThis is not the union.
Report Post »These are hired guns posing as unionists.
FreeToGovern
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:36amThank you God. I have just finished watching the WHOLE rally. For those of you who missed the One Nation rally and are planning on watching it, be prepared for “blood to shoot out of your eyes”. As a public school teacher, I am disgraced by the NEA and AFT. I am currently a member of the NEA since the contract under which I work states that if I don’t join the association then the Board of Education will “deduct the annual service fee from (my) salary … equal in amount to the proportion of Association dues uniformly required of members to underwrite the costs of collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance adjustment…” So, I have to pay anyway. But as of this moment, I will no longer be a part of the NEA and will fight for my right NOT TO belong to a union. I encourage all public school teachers that are fed up with the unions to join me in this effort..
Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:42amMy take? GREAT. Brings hope to my heart that there were so few compared to 8/28
Report Post »DrammyCoke
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:44amThis is great!!! Gotta love it!
Report Post »dteam270
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:44amthey couldnt even pay enough people to come.Fail
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:45amSteve, I’m with you. I predicted early on that God would intervene. Just didn’t know how? Thank you God.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:54amOne more observation: Remember Ed Schultz claiming on his show that geese flying in a V over the reflecting pool was a very common occurrence? I have yet to hear or see video of the geese doing a fly-over at the start of the 10/2 rally, or any other time during the rally.
Report Post »fateddieschultz
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 10:58amI did fill the place, because I am great. Did you hear my speech? We want to take America back too, for the progressive communists who have made this country what it is today! Not only did I write my own speech, but I also re-wrote history. Suck it conservatives!
Gigantopithecus
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 11:11amNot surprised, the libturds and lame stream media rarely get anything right.
Report Post »farmwife
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 11:52amThis is for SICBOY who claims that Glenn Beck altered the photo of the 8/28 rally. I did what Glenn tells us to do, don’t believe him, do your own research! So, I went to the website http://www.airphotoslive.com from which the 8/28 photo was credited, and reviewed the picture and the gallery and looked at the press tab. I highly doubt that this same company who also estimated the crowds at President Obama’s Inauguration doctored the photo for 8/28.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 12:20pmHey, JJ Coolay, I see that boat load and I think GB is going to need a bigger boat.
pattyto
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 12:57pmDon’t forget that it was mandatory that union memebers attend and the unions pais the travel costs. GB rally the people paid their own way and it was voluntary attendence. The left will never give up. We will always be fighting for what is right. But that’s ok.
Report Post »bobcharlton
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 2:46pmEd Shultz said tha crowd for the 8/28 event was just a typical days crowd on the mall. If that’s the case people must have been staying away in droves on 10/2.
Report Post »zaphodb
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 4:18pmCome on.
Report Post »Everyone knows there aren’t as many smart people as us tea-baggers.
josie
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 5:43pmyes CATB——— come November we take out the trash !
Report Post »Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Czar
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:37pmLOL at ED … “I could pull 300,000 easily”
whatever idiot.
conservativeraiderfan
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 8:52pmWhat we MUST stress in the coming days is Barack Obama’s link to this gathering of COMMUNISTS, MARXISTS, SOCIALISTS, FASCISTS, ANARCHISTS, and otherwise just plain haters of America. The people need to know that we OFFICIALLY have a sympathizer with all of these groups in our White House!
Sailor45
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 4:59amUnfortunatly here in California it’s not a right to work state. There is around 250 people in the company I work for and someone decided they wanted be part of a union so we ended up haveing a vote. For this vote everyone was sent to vote on wether we would have a union or not. Of course it passed with alot of miss information spread around the work site. After this it took 8 months to get a CBA and once the company and union agreed we got to vote on it. Basically we got what we would have gotten without a union with the of union dues, which is equal to the first two and a half hours worked each month. Since the union has been voted in we have had several meeting and the vote on the CBA. Less than 10% of the workforce attends theese meeting and the CBA was voted in with less than 50 employees voting. So to see that small of a croud when there are hundreds of thousand of union memebers in this country is normal. From what I have been told by this union (it is a big nation union, something to do with Hoffa) it is typical for 5% or less of chapters members to participate and decide the fate of the other 95%.
It definatly seems the unions have created an inviroment where they cannot loose. Not matter who is watching.
rossiemay
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 12:56pmYou Certain to notice, that Obama has broad shoulders. Because it takes broad shoulders to carry TWO FACES. Hey OBAMA!!! I am a CONSERVATIVE. GIVE ME THE KEYS. And get Your Head out of the Trunk.
Report Post »Wishbonenova
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 6:22pm@alcarfl
Believe me, the bulk of union members, the working class, are only members because they have to be.. There are many who have a strong work ethic, and like to use their skills to be productive citizens. It’s only due to mandatory membership and/or thuggery that they belong. These people are not going to discrace themselves by being seen at such an event. SEIU is possibly the most destructive legal entity in America at this time..
Report Post »alwaysfree2bme
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 7:04pmSo very true PATHETIC!!! To think they gave out food besides. “Wow” what a mess they left behind.Not at all concerned about our planet as the Liberals are constantly professing.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 7:56pmI have a hunch SICBOY… They were all in the porta-potty smoking dope.
Report Post »Protoham
Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:23amI looked all over the net and the above photo is the only overview photo I have seen. If there is anyone with a photo that shows anything different I would like to see it. However, living about 40 miles from DC I know how much rain we had the days before the rally and I know that the area under the trees, where I was for the Restoring Honor Rally, had to be a muddy mess. And speaking of mess, what gives with all the Trash?? I hope they send a big bill to Mr. Ed for the trash clean up!!
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