just back from rally on the Mall (pics-different take)

[handmade34]

Thank you all for going and/or for supporting the Rally... I fell in love with everyone there


5am just getting signed in


waiting for our assignments


as much fun as bumper cars in the cool morning


Lincoln at dawn


before the people arrived


my peeps


my peeps


thank you Michigan State


the cutest one there

[nmbluesky]

1. We are different color!!!!!

[handmade34]

10. we are many colors

and flavors, and styles... it was awesome

[madokie]

2. Thanks

rec

[handmade34]

17. was worth it, even if I got a bad sunburn on my head

:-)

[Solly Mack]

3. k&r

[bigwillq]

4. Great pics!

K and R

[G_j]

5. K&R

[ProSense]

6. Excellent. The last one

looks like one of the speakers. :)

[handmade34]

13. she was a sweetie

I tried to get a better picture but I was working and couldn't position myself well..

[blm]

44. you did a great job....

thank you

[livetohike]

7. Lincoln at dawn - what a beautiful pic. Well, all of them are

great :-). Thanks for going. Were you a volunteer?

[handmade34]

12. I did access control

there at 5am and walking back to Pentagon City by 8pm... I'm exhausted... didn't sit down once, but the people's energy kept me going

[livetohike]

24. It must have been electric

:-). Thanks for volunteering and have a nice, relaxing night.

[deutsey]

8. Nice photo of Lincoln. n/t

[lunatica]

9. Thanks for the perspective

rec'd

[Motown_Johnny]

11. Holy Crap.... If DU ever has a photo contest where Rallies are the theme

you will have multiple entries



I love "Lincoln At Dawn"

[Odin2005]

14. Much more colorful than Beck's KKK rally.

[handmade34]

16. like night and day

today everyone was smiling and hugging and giving me much positive energy... I wish I could have bottled it all

[SargeUNN]

42. Our Most powerful weapon

if we will use it more.

[bdamomma]

15. what great pictures thanks for sharing

we are a rainbow!!!!!!!

[tavalon]

18. That last picture was teh cute

What a cutie!

[defendandprotect]

19. Nice work -- !

[blaze]

20. Thanks so much for volunteering!!!

(And for the photo of the cutest one there!!) <g>

[BlueIdaho]

21. Thank you for your service to this great event! nt.

[handmade34]

22. as they say...

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth

[BlueIdaho]

26. So true!

[renate]

23. absolutely beautiful pictures!

Thank you so much for volunteering! I bet you had a fabulous fabulous fabulous time!

[applegrove]

25. Must have been a great day!

[spartan61]

27. Loved all the pictures,

especially the one with the MSU flag. Then they went on to beat Wisconsin!! What a great day!

[handmade34]

34. my republican family is in Michigan

that picture is going straight to them

[Enthusiast]

36. Congrats on the win over

the Badgers. I always pull for Michigan State until they play my Buckeyes. The Spartans have a lot of Ohio natives on the team. Your punter is from my area. Punter? Punter/holder/quarterback, lol.

[Bitwit1234]

28. You can see from this rally what the real America is all about

and the difference from Beck's all white crowd. and every time you hear the a**holes say they want their country back it makes you maddern' hell. This country belongs to ALL Americans, Americans of all colors, all religions and all different classes of wage earners. Not just white and rich. I tell you one thing the people who showed up at the mall today are gonna fight them like hell to keep THIS AMERICA FOR EVERYONE.We won't give up and we won't give in. I wish every republican and tea bag believer in congress gets kicked out. We know it won't happen but it is what we are praying for.

[handmade34]

32. next to me was a woman

with sign "I GOT my country Back!" priceless and wish I had gotten a picture

[mntleo2]

37. I noticed it was very mixed crowd too, not all old white people

...and I AM an old white person, lol.

I liked the fact One America was just that, with people speaking of all ages, races, and creeds who were standing together as the REAL America from almost all walks of life. Not like Beck's crowd with mostly well paid retired crazy eyed old white people who think they don't have their country. Yeah "their country" was run by almost all racist, classist, white men, a time for which I would prefer not to return.

While I am myself an "old angry white person" it is not for the same reasons as these purposefully superficial and ignorant Becksters, who are for the most part still acting out their self-centered, two-faced, youth-hating Boomers who "forgot" that one of their own said once, "Never trust a person over the age of thirty..." (first uttered by Jack Weinberger for the San Fran Chronicle, but also attributed to Bob Dylan, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and others).

Maybe they had a point back then 'cause look at these old selfish Becksters now never learning one damn thing from their own times ...

Just sayin' lol

Cat in Seattle

[Tesha]

41. Well, speaking as a, well, not exactly old but no pair of spring chickens white couple, ...

...Mr. Tesha and I noticed the same thing. In fact, on the ride
on the Metro from West Falls Church to DC, we spent the entire
time talking to a no-spring-chicken-either black guy who had
just retired and was now the Executive Director of something
like the Coalition of Black Trade Unions in the NoVa area. Our
conversation only ended because he had to get off at Foggy
Bottom because that was near his volunteer assignment for
the rally.

But at the rally, one could really find the entire spectrum of
Americans in all colors and languages *INCLUDING* the
Americans who were here long before we came along and
"discovered" the place.

This was a far cry from Whitestock.

Tesha

[handmade34]

45. the quick ditty

"this land is OUR land..." was pretty cute from the Native American Comic

[treestar]

29. Thank you!

[cilla4progress]

30. What a wonderful sentiment,

and images. Thank you very much.

[barbtries]

31. love the -pictures

wow you had a long day. thank you.

[LawnKorn]

33. K&R

[Enthusiast]

35. K&R! But, WTF?

These people don't have teh crazy in their eyes. :crazy:

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. Wonderful pictures!!

Well done.

[lame54]

39. What time were people getting there to sit up front...

We are going to Jon Stewarts rally and want to be in front

[handmade34]

40. by 7am

a few were setting up there camp chairs and claiming their seats

though... as I told a few people that couldn't see the stage... it's aboout the energy and just being there... no real need to be front and center to feel it, to experience it... I didn't see any one of the speakers and it couldn't have been a better experience for me

[lame54]

43. sounds great - but I still want up front

[sabrina 1]

46. A real representation of what America looks like and

no censorship of signs! They weren't scared of what anyone might say? How did they do that? :sarcasm:

[pleah]

47. K&R

:yourock: :woohoo:

[handmade34]

48. t-shirts

I was given extra one nation volunteer t-shirts... have a couple medium and a couple large if any of you want one... 1st come, 1st...

[Vickers]

49. All that diversity is so SCARY!!!!!1!!!!1!!!!!!!!!

:sarcasm:

Love the Lincoln photo, btw. :thumbsup:

[handmade34]

51. it is scary

:D

--well, it really is for some-- the "other" can be very intimidating if we don't understand or care to... and many older white folk don't care to (as well as some others)...

I have always considered myself lucky to have had opportunity (often forced) to live amongst or work with many others... I was born into poverty on one side of my family and solid middle class on the other. I now have to go all over the United States into neighborhoods, from very wealthy (Newport RI to Beverly Hills) to very poor (Trenton to anywhere USA, under bridges!). I witness extreme opulence and abject poverty. I have been homeless, and I have stayed in penthouses in Manhattan.....

I have learned to love most of the people (usually can't tolerate self-righteous men in suits though)

[Kajsa]

50. Thank you so much for volunteering!

The photos are great!
The cutie-pie in the last one
is sooo happy!

The photos of " my peeps" made
me smile and warmed my heart.
They are my peeps too, and they
come from all backgrounds and
income levels!

And we SMILE!!
Not one batcrap crazy eye in the whole bunch!
We make sense and don't have to resort to lies
to prop up our goals.

Thank you, again.

You reminded me to be grateful
for who I am!

:) :hug:

[handmade34]

52. ...and we smile!

I had my back to the stage watching to keep people in the right place and I looked out over the sea of people in front of me... ya, I was weeping now and again at how beautiful they were (we are)

[Kajsa]

56. That is so true, Handmade34!

We are a beautiful group!

:grouphug: :hug:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

53. your post articulated what I wish I could put into words.

and lastly, "You reminded me to be grateful
for who I am!"...........yes.




:)

[Kajsa]

55. Thank you, Blanche!

Thank you for the kind words.
:)
We are good people, and
we need to remember that!

:) :hi:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

54. Wonderful! Heart-Warming! Inspiring!

Thank you!!!!!!

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