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D3V 2010-11-01 08:44 AM

Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert Rally
 
Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Estimated 215,000

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Quote:

An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.

The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance at the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which took place on the Mall in Washington. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 10 percent. (See some of the pictures used to create the estimate here.)

CBS News also commissioned AirPhotosLive.com to do a crowd estimate of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August. That rally was estimated to have attracted 87,000 people. Amid criticism from conservatives that the estimate was low, CBS News detailed the methodology behind it here.

TBD reported that because of the high turnout many would-be rally attendees retreated to bars to watch the event.



The National Park Service does not estimate crowds. The New York Times' Brian Stelter wrote on Twitter during the event that the Park Service privately told Viacom there were "well over 200,000" people at the rally, according to an executive.

Stewart joked during the rally that there were ten million people present and, in reference to the difficulty of making crowd estimates, solemnly promised to "count them all."

Comedy Central's permit for the event said it was expecting 60,000 people, though, as the Wall Street Journal notes, it ordered enough port-a-potties for 150,000.
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On a side note: Glenn Beck's rally attendance guestimated around 75-85,000.

!King_Amazon! 2010-11-01 09:51 AM

I've heard from first-hand sources that there were tens of thousands of people who couldn't even make it to the venue because traffic/parking were so bad. Also, after the fact, every restaurant in sight had a humongous wait because of the crowds.

I'm happy to see it was successful as far as turnout goes. I hope its message is successful.

BORKED

Good closing speech IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3HbU__x9c in case the embed doesn't work.



This is completely unrelated but pretty cool. Zach Galifianakis lit up a joint on Bill Maher's show last night and tried passing it around. The chick works for Fox News, I believe, and she's a conservative. The guy in the middle is a teabagger. I was cracking up so hard.

BORKED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5J-FBpcPc

D3V 2010-11-01 11:18 AM

LOL. He's the man! And that Jon Stewart speech was awesome. It's sad that we take our comedians more seriously than our news anchors. That turnout is just monumental. I just love when the "media's" stereotype and false perpetuation can be proven wrong. Thank you Jon Stewart.

Skurai 2010-11-01 12:51 PM

My buddy Noah left Thursday so he could make it to this. I tried to find him in those pics, but, meh.

D3V 2010-11-01 02:05 PM

Find some parking lot pictures, and look for his ark.

Wed-G 2010-11-01 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by D3V (Post 691825)
Find some parking lot pictures, and look for his ark.

Rofl.

Skurai 2010-11-01 07:09 PM

What? Oh! I get it... <_<'

Skurai 2010-11-02 10:00 PM

He got back home, today. He had some pictures. He seriously found Waldo, while he was there. Out of a good 250,000 (or whatever), he fucking found Waldo.

!King_Amazon! 2010-11-02 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Skurai (Post 691838)
He got back home, today. He had some pictures. He seriously found Waldo, while he was there. Out of a good 250,000 (or whatever), he fucking found Waldo.

I saw at least a couple of "Waldos" in pictures from the rally. One of them had a big sign saying "I'm right here!"

Also, you say that like finding Waldo would be hard IRL. The only reason finding Waldo is even remotely hard in the "Where's Waldo" pictures is because there are loads of other things that are striped like him. IRL he would stick out like a sore thumb.

D3V 2010-11-03 10:41 AM

http://www.tvworthwatching.com/contr...ALLY-Waldo.jpg

!King_Amazon! 2010-11-03 10:48 AM

rofl.

Skurai 2010-11-07 05:34 PM

Fuck you.

D3V 2010-11-09 08:41 AM

http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_imp...arge_wlado.JPG

Skurai 2010-11-09 03:22 PM

Only one Waldo in this pic is the real one. It's the fifth one in the third tow.

!King_Amazon! 2010-11-09 04:35 PM

This makes me want to try to get a girl to dress up as Waldo for me just to see if I can. Waldo fetish.

D3V 2010-11-10 10:54 AM

Waldo fetish huh? i'm sure there's waldo porn already out there.

Skurai 2010-11-11 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !King_Amazon! (Post 691927)
This makes me want to try to get a girl to dress up as Waldo for me just to see if I can. Waldo fetish.

D:
That's weird, even for me...

!King_Amazon! 2010-11-11 02:34 PM

It's all about the glasses.

KagomJack 2010-11-13 03:50 PM

You've given me the inspiration to attempt really creepy conversations with girls now during parties.

"I like my girl to dress up like Waldo and hide in my dirty clothes."

WetWired 2010-11-13 03:51 PM

o_0 0_o

Skurai 2010-11-14 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KagomJack (Post 691983)
You've given me the inspiration to attempt really creepy conversations with girls now during parties.

"I like my girl to dress up like Waldo and hide in my dirty clothes."

like girl I dress to up I clothes hide my in Waldo like dirty.

KagomJack 2010-11-15 12:03 AM

Way to ruin it you little cockmongler.

Skurai 2010-11-17 08:00 PM

Thank you. I tried my best.

D3V 2010-11-19 01:23 PM

BORKED


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