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- Allegory For Barack Obama
Exclusive: Beyoncé lip-synched Star Spangled Banner at inaugurationBeyoncé did not sing the national anthem live at President Obama’s inauguration.Millions of viewers around the world were stunned by the singer’s spectacular rendition of...
- Pamela Geller Has An Opinion
Pamela Geller is upset that someone has held a rally against the Ground Zero mosque. Robert Spencer writes at Jihad Watch of the rally: For the record, neither Pamela Geller nor I were at this clearly poorly organized and ill-conceived protest yesterday....
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Comparing Tea Party 9/12/09 To Obama Inauguration Crowds From AJ Strata: Updates BelowI have been doing some research analyzing photos and crowd data to try and ascertain the crowd size of the 9/12/09 Tea Party protests (which I blogged on here). It seems...
- Cnn Report Actually Compares Upcoming Inauguration To Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca - Video 1/16/09
Embedded video from CNN Video Just when you think you have heard everything from the liberal media, they best their own record for ludicrous reporting. Here is a CNN report that actually compares the upcoming Presidential Inauguration to the Muslim...
- Inauguration Madness
Having lived here in the greater D.C. area all my life, I’ve seen twelve inaugurations come and go (1960 – 2004). Some local disruption is, of course, unavoidable for those of us living so close to the seat of federal power. But the upcoming inauguration...
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A Political Rally vs. A National Event
The Obama Inauguration was not a political rally. It is a national event.
The Obama Inauguration drew an estimated 1.8 million people.
The Lyndon Johnson Inauguration, by comparison, drew 1.2 million people.
By comparison, the Johnson Inauguration was bigger in relation to the relative sizes of the American population at the times of the inauguration.
But, I don't think that counts, because, as I said, Inaugurations are National Events, not Political Rallies.
The Obama Inauguration drew an estimated 1.8 million people.
The Lyndon Johnson Inauguration, by comparison, drew 1.2 million people.
By comparison, the Johnson Inauguration was bigger in relation to the relative sizes of the American population at the times of the inauguration.
But, I don't think that counts, because, as I said, Inaugurations are National Events, not Political Rallies.
The largest ever Political Rally, previous to yesterday, was the Earth Day political rally was, essentially, a free rock concert featuring the B-52's, who were at the time riding a wave of popularity with their huge hit Love Shack:
http://www.riverwired.com/blog/earth-day-blast-past
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/23/us/earth-day-1990-music-and-oh-yes-earth-day-in-park.html
http://www.riverwired.com/blog/earth-day-blast-past
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/23/us/earth-day-1990-music-and-oh-yes-earth-day-in-park.html
- Allegory For Barack Obama
Exclusive: Beyoncé lip-synched Star Spangled Banner at inaugurationBeyoncé did not sing the national anthem live at President Obama’s inauguration.Millions of viewers around the world were stunned by the singer’s spectacular rendition of...
- Pamela Geller Has An Opinion
Pamela Geller is upset that someone has held a rally against the Ground Zero mosque. Robert Spencer writes at Jihad Watch of the rally: For the record, neither Pamela Geller nor I were at this clearly poorly organized and ill-conceived protest yesterday....
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Comparing Tea Party 9/12/09 To Obama Inauguration Crowds From AJ Strata: Updates BelowI have been doing some research analyzing photos and crowd data to try and ascertain the crowd size of the 9/12/09 Tea Party protests (which I blogged on here). It seems...
- Cnn Report Actually Compares Upcoming Inauguration To Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca - Video 1/16/09
Embedded video from CNN Video Just when you think you have heard everything from the liberal media, they best their own record for ludicrous reporting. Here is a CNN report that actually compares the upcoming Presidential Inauguration to the Muslim...
- Inauguration Madness
Having lived here in the greater D.C. area all my life, I’ve seen twelve inaugurations come and go (1960 – 2004). Some local disruption is, of course, unavoidable for those of us living so close to the seat of federal power. But the upcoming inauguration...