tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post7615555048715025923..comments2024-02-12T03:52:56.970-05:00Comments on Politics and World News: Glenn Beck Rally Attendance Another Controversial TopicJennifer Bensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15060649035555013556noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-88393930645795691622010-09-01T11:54:22.210-04:002010-09-01T11:54:22.210-04:00This is why most people, regardless of ideological...This is why most people, regardless of ideological position, disregard the "Main Stream Media". The networks and some of the cable news continually discredit themselves, either by mis-represnting facts, not checking the facts or simply coloring factual reporting with editorialized reporting. You don't need an overhead shot of the rally to figure out that estimates of "87,000 +/- 9000" was woefully understated. To think these News Establishment takes pot shots at internet reporting. talk about living in glass houses! Good-bye ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, et. al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-54230097428717235892010-08-30T12:43:07.008-04:002010-08-30T12:43:07.008-04:00"The Restoring Honor rally attendance could h..."The Restoring Honor rally attendance could have really reached into the hundreds of thousands. Given the photos of the event, news coverage, and more - that estimate sounds a lot more palatable."<br /><br />'A lot more palatable' according to whom? Becuase it just is?<br /><br />Ok, first of all: if this rally wasn't political, why are there so many Beck supporters saying it was hundreds of thousands of people? Why would you even care if it wasn't political? It happened, and it satisfied you, right?<br /><br />Secondly to numbers: some of the photos look like a large crowd, others show how deceptive the eye can be. If you posted the CBS photos of the event you can see an awful lot of green space the further you get from the memorial with people spread out a fair bit. Additionally in the places they are packed in closer, you see an awful lot of people lying down or sitting on LAWN CHAIRS. Hardly standing room only -- one person in a lawn chair takes up the room 2-3 people would have stood in to hear Martin Luther King speak in the 1960s.<br /><br />87,000 is still a lot of people. And 87,000... and remember it could have been as high as 96,000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-13663576653623506232010-08-29T23:36:48.566-04:002010-08-29T23:36:48.566-04:00It amazes me that anyone with a brain cell would s...It amazes me that anyone with a brain cell would say there were less than 300,000 people there – it just kills the left that “We The People” have decided to stop being bullied around by big government, which is exactly why our ancestors risked everything to come to America and fight for their freedom and against an oppressive government. We are also tired of “God” being a bad word. Say what you want but all those in attendance came for one reason and it wasn’t for Glenn Beck!!! We came to make a statement that we believe in God and in our Constitution and we stand together ready to fight to protect our rights!!! The days of us sitting by and doing nothing are over so get ready here we come!TWalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-66050085149750900542010-08-29T21:23:02.043-04:002010-08-29T21:23:02.043-04:00It's easy for people like Beck and Palin to st...It's easy for people like Beck and Palin to stir up the crowds and collect a fat paycheck by criticizing the efforts of others. I'd like to see who they expect to convert their vague talking points into public policy. Boehner? McConnell? Romney?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-5760488209848223412010-08-29T18:22:23.510-04:002010-08-29T18:22:23.510-04:00Most of us don't hate Glenn Beck and the conse...Most of us don't hate Glenn Beck and the conservatives that lie...we pity & just ignore them and think those that follow these clods don't have a clue. What idiot would want to do away,after paying in for a lifetime, with social security or medicare... Many of these folks are out there and have no clue what these "leaders" would do to them if they get their way. Masses(even in the millions)doesn't equate to brains in many cases. This one in particular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-64390466486601380762010-08-29T18:16:51.677-04:002010-08-29T18:16:51.677-04:00Why doesn't someone pull the records for the M...Why doesn't someone pull the records for the Metro total? Most of the Metro trips in the morning were at "crush levels" (the drivers term)and leaving riders waiting for next metro. Wonder how the money totaled at the end of the day -- which, by the way, does not include all the buses and automobiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-83445790848142863432010-08-29T18:11:40.597-04:002010-08-29T18:11:40.597-04:00"CBS news reported yesterday that the attenda..."CBS news reported yesterday that the attendance at the rally was 87,000. That is the figure that we reported, as it came from a credible agency."<br /><br />CBS is a "credible agency"? CBS is less credible than the TV preachers. I've never seen an outfit so hell-bent on destroying themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-41645553320274956332010-08-29T18:09:58.238-04:002010-08-29T18:09:58.238-04:00Watched the whole thing on the tube, and have to s...Watched the whole thing on the tube, and have to say I was impressed with the whole affair. Pretty amusing how the opposition is trying to down play this one. Of course not sure I would be to proud considering myself to be in opposition of a rally that was based on honor though. Just one more case of how the liberal left really does not have any credibility anymore.Frank Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-35578326973282298452010-08-29T18:08:48.721-04:002010-08-29T18:08:48.721-04:00CBS is pronounced "See B S" ...CBS is pronounced "See B S" ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-43964471068786671072010-08-29T18:04:05.131-04:002010-08-29T18:04:05.131-04:00CBS....who listens to THEM???? Last time I switch...CBS....who listens to THEM???? Last time I switched to watch them, I decided to make an estimate of the number of reporters they employ. As I have a math degree, and some classes in statistics, my estimation is entirely credible. I counted 0 reporters...that is a ZERO, and not a typo. <br /><br />I decided to be fair, I should do same for the entire alphabet "main stream" media. Naturally this ruined my day, but again, my very credible estimates were a big fat ZERO.<br /><br />That is why for example, Katie Couric, can only draw a little over 4 million couch potato welfare-drawing viewers on a given morning. They've lost their channel flipper under the couch cushions, and are too lazy to get up and flip channels by hand! <br /><br />Glen Beck was able to draw a quarter of that number to pay charter buses to travel up to 1000 miles or more, to fly from as far away as California, to drive in the traffic we saw yesterday, and to walk miles from bus or metro drop-off areas, to stand in the hot sun all morning, with no food to eat, and then to only be able to get a few steps beyone the Washington Monument where the speeches were heard on the many speakers posted throughout the area. <br /><br />87,000???? We probably saw that many trying to catch the Metro, as our bus came in. The stations were full, overhead walkway bridges were full, and they were lined up 4-5 deep, all the way down the hills to the parking lots on both sides of the overhead bridges. It was the same at station after station. CBS succeeded only at making fools of themselves....AGAIN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-75370371533578092312010-08-29T17:56:13.835-04:002010-08-29T17:56:13.835-04:0087,000 people COULD have been the actual number of...87,000 people COULD have been the actual number of Beck Supporters. Nobody really knows. I read where they deciphered what they thought were Beck supporters, minus tourists and minus anti-Beck people and came up with 87,000 people. I was there. With these calculations, even though I saw three anti people together, there must have been another 400,000 people who were anti Beck that I did not see because I saw the number of people and it was not even close to 87,000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-46782803095456159202010-08-29T17:49:43.243-04:002010-08-29T17:49:43.243-04:00For every person there, there were many others oth...For every person there, there were many others others watching on webcasts and TV. At one point, facebook showed 129000 plus watching the their live webcast. May the people be heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-75417888776090410912010-08-29T17:36:35.796-04:002010-08-29T17:36:35.796-04:00I just looked at the photo cited above which held ...I just looked at the photo cited above which held the 100,000 people in St. Louis. I was also at the National Mall yesterday. I just now looked at both areas on Google Maps at the same scale. The Beck crowd was many times larger in size, although perhaps not as dense in some areas. My best guess is 300,000 or more were there yesterday. Could have been 500,000. No way it was smaller than 200,000.<br />Also, the remarkable thing about the crowd yesterday is that the rally got very little pre-publicity, except on Beck's TV and radio shows. I'm on a bunch of e-mail lists and I frequently get appeals to do this or that. I never got an e-mail to come to the mall. I was shocked to see so many people.Fletcher Armstronghttp://www.fletcherarmstrongblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-83497867766187974102010-08-29T17:32:46.373-04:002010-08-29T17:32:46.373-04:00I was there.... The subway alone could not handle ...I was there.... The subway alone could not handle the crowd ... Train after train full... Great speakers, great rally, and great crowd (no fuss no mess)well over 500,000. Thank you Glenn Beck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-25821501141333987712010-08-29T17:28:24.770-04:002010-08-29T17:28:24.770-04:00All you loons who think that the 87,000 number is ...All you loons who think that the 87,000 number is somehow "biased" need to read this:<br /><br />http://stevedoig.com/archives/250<br /><br />Basically the same methodology was used to estimate the number in attendance at Obama's inauguration (800,000) and was widely embraced by the right wing. Now those same methodologies are used to estimate this crowd and they're somehow biased? Please.euphgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735904882260895431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-60678472242326827632010-08-29T17:22:24.311-04:002010-08-29T17:22:24.311-04:00I find it interesting that all these wingnuts view...I find it interesting that all these wingnuts view everything as an attack. I would estimate that there were a minimum of 87,000 fear-mongering, schizophrenic, delusional psychopaths in attendance. The question I had was what "honor" are they supposedly "restoring"? Are we talking about making amends for all the lies and tremendous deliberate erosion of liberties that were stricken upon our nation from 2001-2009? It would seem that we should have held an event for "restoring honor" in late January or February 2009. It would be to a more fitting time for such an event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-58497837177169175542010-08-29T17:19:18.492-04:002010-08-29T17:19:18.492-04:00The numbers were close to a billion. D.C was shut...The numbers were close to a billion. D.C was shut down for the most part because of it....in fact,all major Interstates on the East Coast were total grid-lock due to the crowd attendees. Im mean, it was nuts. Total chaos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-78044220100335646062010-08-29T17:18:39.293-04:002010-08-29T17:18:39.293-04:00I attended this amazing event....there were droves...I attended this amazing event....there were droves of people packing into this event..we finally just got off the metro and walked because there were so many people trying to get on. We continued walking and I wish I could see an air shot because there was solid lines and lines of people making their way down. We got there fairly early and made our way about half way down the reflecting pool. I was amazed with this large of a crowd that everyone was so nice and sharing. We met a wonderful lady named Pam that shared her blanket and food with me, my daughter and my 8 year old grandson. We also met people from Cuba and Russia. I was not aware until I heard the news that evening that there was another event going on. The news actually made it sound like there were more people at that event than at the Restoring Honor Rally......and the news also failed to mention that Martin Luther Kings niece was at the Restoring Honor Rally, which by the way she was wonderful. I don't get it CBS, if you are going to report the news please get it correct! And for what purpose do you do this? Maybe you should get all your people together and watch the video!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-59962025568520063292010-08-29T17:18:09.668-04:002010-08-29T17:18:09.668-04:0087K? What a major joke! I was there and witnesse...87K? What a major joke! I was there and witnessed people cram into the wooded areas that ariel shots can't capture. You can't even see the many port-a-johns that were setup. Liberal Bloggers: Unless you were there, shut up already with your lies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-73308513400719956542010-08-29T17:18:07.667-04:002010-08-29T17:18:07.667-04:00I was there and I counted 899, 991 ...and if you c...I was there and I counted 899, 991 ...and if you count the U.S.D.A.F. (United States Duck Air Force) flyby, that breaks the 900,000 mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-31505027304149217822010-08-29T17:15:07.649-04:002010-08-29T17:15:07.649-04:00I was there. I was able to reach a point approxim...I was there. I was able to reach a point approximately 1/4 mile from the steps, but could get no closer, because of the size of the crowd. I could see the top of the Memorial, but had to watch the speeches on one of the huge TV screens they has set up. Even at my 1/4 mile post, it was wall to wall people, hoping to get closer, but most, arriving at 9:30 to 10:00, like we did, never made it any closer. We didn't even try to make it down the center area, alongside the pool, choosing instead, to take a route towards the left, (physical left, NOT political left!!) where we saw possible walking room. We didn't get very far though, until we could no longer move forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-87594206804234007282010-08-29T17:05:20.183-04:002010-08-29T17:05:20.183-04:00for every one person who attended there were 5000 ...for every one person who attended there were 5000 at home who feel the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-12026864495092796642010-08-29T17:02:37.876-04:002010-08-29T17:02:37.876-04:00i wasnt there but a friend of a friend of a friend...i wasnt there but a friend of a friend of a friend said there was at least 1 billion in attendanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-87167627934623312962010-08-29T17:02:36.680-04:002010-08-29T17:02:36.680-04:00Well, I watched most of it online and the online c...Well, I watched most of it online and the online count was over 120,000 and that was about 11:30 central time. 87,000? What a joke. CBS - Certainly Bull S__t.blue jean babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971480185574376442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167519509406116316.post-69230235660257567792010-08-29T17:00:22.556-04:002010-08-29T17:00:22.556-04:00Of course the Main Stream lying meadi will LIE abo...Of course the Main Stream lying meadi will LIE about the attendance. They HATE Beck and all conservatives.<br />I make sure I never buy any product advertised on any of the main stream lying stations like CBS, NBC, ABC, MSPMS, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com