Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Unwashed Masses

AP reports U.S. Park Service crowd estimated sizes, based upon aerial photography.
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/politics-12/1232463851184730.xml&storylist=topstories
I am confident that today's DC crowd was twice the Bicentennial July 4th celebrations.
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  1. zimJanuary 20, 2009 at 6:08 PM

    from the article:

    "In 1996, Congress barred the Park Service from making crowd estimates."

    what's the point of that? it wasn't even 9/11 yet!

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  2. JustJoePJanuary 21, 2009 at 6:12 AM

    yeah, I saw that too - but the previous historic events gave a nice baseline.

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