Up to 2 Million March on D.C. to Protest Big Spending

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  1. MrJayremmie

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    Did these protesters get pissed off and get together to protest Bush spending us into oblivion?

    If not, then I couldn't care less about this.
     
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    These people don't notice big spending habits when a Republican is the cause. They only notice them, or think they only happen, count and are caused by, Democrats.

    So to answer your question, they did not get together and protest when Bush spent a shit load of money, bailed out the banks and invaded a country that had nothing to do with 9/11.
     
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  3. Denny Crane

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    Bush's approval rating upon leaving office suggests republicans weren't exactly happy with the job he did, and the spending especially.
    :dunno:
     
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    Where are people getting this 2 million number from? DC fire dept. estimates 60-70K.... I understand crowd science is never exact but there has to be some pretty wacko algorithms out there.
     
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    Yah, years after the road to Shambala already had been driven on.
     
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    Well I think it's clear that the DC FD was just following Obama's command, and downplaying the whole # of people who were there..
     
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    Why is it so difficult to understand that it isn't a binary thing? It isn't either "over-spending", or not "over-spending".

    Obama is spending much, much more than Bush ever did. It is perfectly logical that people who care about government spending would be much, much more upset now. More extreme spending should elicit more extreme protesting.
     
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    I think what you mean to say is that Obama is including the Iraq war in the budgets numbers (which the previous administration didn't include in the budget), and people are freaking out about that. And I think you also meant to say that we're still on Bush's budget, and not Obamas. And I think you meant to say that Obama had nothing to do with the 700 billion that went to the Bank Bailouts.
     
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    How many women has Glenn Beck killed?

    I've never watched Beck, but I don't have someone who has committed homicide as my avatar, either.

    :)

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    Wow, what a bunch of gibberish. Are you honestly trying to deny that Obama's spending and budgets are worse than Bush's? Amazing. The blinders on some Obama supports' are indredible. A one-time $700 billion bank bailout is going to look like a drop in the bucket.

    link
     
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    Holy crap. If you didn't know any better, you'd think Obama is trying to ruin this country.
     
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    I suppose rather than honestly adressing the grievances of the protesters, it's simply easier to dismiss the opposition as ignorant, uneducated, ill-informed and racist.
     
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    Very interesting. I'm looking on all the news sites for reporting on this supposed 2 million-person march on Washington.

    Nothing. Not on Yahoo, not on CNN.com, and Drudge, who would be reporting about this story personally, since it's so huge? Well, no, it links to a story on the British Daily Mail website, which seems to be the root of the entire story.

    It's not even on Foxnews.com, which would be screaming this fact at the top of their lungs for weeks.

    If a racist old white idiot screams in the woods, does it make a sound that should be ignored and/or laughed at?
     
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    I dunno, that guy in your avatar looks like a serial killer to me.

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    Thanks for making my point for me even though you have no comprehension of it.
     
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  16. bodyman5001

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    It is a little picture but those look like dimples. Are there any confirmed serial killers that had dimples?

    Maybe they all did and I missed it. Hmmmmm?
     
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    well he did advocate the killing of nancy pelosi so he's sorta kinda on par with sen kennedy.
     
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  18. barfo

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    Absolutely. Bobby "Dimples" Dalrimple killed 13 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma between 1935 and 1938. Most of those killed were doctors; one was a handyman who was unlucky enough to go by the nickname "Doc". Dalrimple was angry over a botched medical procedure which left his face pitted and scarred.

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  19. bodyman5001

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    You are just a fucking genius...or a google master. Either way, thanks.

    Now I gotta go google search that to see if you are lying.

    Wait, I found something about a movie called Too Fat to Fight released in 1918? How old are you?

    Or are YOU Bobby Dalrimple? I couldn't find any info on google. The only way you could know about it is if you were involved.


    Interesting.
     
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  20. bluefrog

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    I thought the same thing, since this is obviously a huge event. I mean, even Fox news!?!?!!! There's definitely SOME media bias but even right wing leaning press didn't give it much attention.

    Just speculating, maybe they don't want to seem supportive of this movement by giving them air time. OR maybe the event planners didn't publicize it well and media outlets simply missed it???

    Anyway, I expect this all to change next week. There will be more press after all the attendees return home, "blog" and/or upload their video to "You tube"
     
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