Something's up at the One Nation rally

[proud2BlibKansan]

Tons of cops. Sidewalks blocked - they have been open all day. Seven guys -security- up on top of Memorial. There has been only one since 9 am.

There's also a ton of people here. It's literally jam packed.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. A bunch of helicopters too

[HipChick]

16. It's DC...not that unusual for beefed up security

when events are taking place

[TexasObserver]

2. recommend

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Are you watching on TV?

What are they saying?

[EFerrari]

5. FSTV is on the speaker, now interviewing Sharpton.

:shrug:

[TexasObserver]

6. I'm watching on C-SPAN.

I'm watching the speakers. Haven't watched any news coverage. Tried that, but the coverage was so very limited.

MSNBC says they have some segments on it coming up, but I'd have to sit through Alex Twit. She's insufferable.

Not as bad as Mika, but bad.

[tabatha]

9. I am watching live of MSNBC web site.

No commentators.

[TexasObserver]

11. I like to watch it on my TV, so that limits it to CSPAN and the cable news channels.

[pinboy3niner]

8. A lot of us switched from MSNBC to C-Span...

...because C-Span is staying on the speeches.

There's an *official* comment thread on the event.

[suffragette]

4. Thanks for the on-the-spot report

[sabrina 1]

7. Thanks for the report.

It's not a surprise that there would far more security at a progressive rally, than at an armed Tea-bagger rally. Those hippies are so threatening without their guns! :eyes:

[mucifer]

10. I'm guess there was a lot of security at the tea bag rally.

I was in Grant Park in Chicago on election night. Security was very intense. We didn't mind. :)

[haele]

17. Actually, the Tea-bag party members have a lot of insecurity -

which actually made them easier to herd about and control. They were obviously upset about the amount of non-white people speaking at the Beck event, but did they storm the stage, boo, or become obnoxious? No. They sat passively in place waiting for someone to tell them what to do with their anger.
Dam'Dirty Hippies are far more unpredictable and uncontrollable than a well-ordered tea-bagger.
Why, we might have anything from a puppet show to a dance party to a riot break out un-announced in the middle of the mall when we get bored or upset.
Or we might just wander off.

Haele

[TexasObserver]

12. "Mostly say 'Hooray for our side!'"

[Motown_Johnny]

14. Paranoia strikes deep

[Xipe Totec]

13. Headline just says thousands

And it was only up briefly on Yahoo portal.



http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Activists-gather-Lincoln-Memorial-participate-One-Nation-Working-Together-rally/photo//101002/480/urn_publicid_ap_org06814ed71c6b4ff08c268a789bf46be0/#photoViewer=/101002/480/urn_publicid_ap_org96d9d62152e54288b214830305a02c7e

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. They just told us there are more here today than at all of Beck's rallies

[Xipe Totec]

22. I would not doubt it.

The Ministry of Truth is hard at work.

[lonestarnot]

15. Rugh ro. Don't like the sounds of that.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

18. I'm here and it's a good crowd. Still people straggling in!

I fear that official counts will be off because people are constantly arriving

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. They did just keep on coming, didn't they?

[davidwparker]

20. Maybe O is about to stop by ...

I'm watching the CSPAN stream.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. We think the additional security was for Jesse Jackson

[mzteris]

21. half the notice, half the hype, half the planning...

and twice the attendance. . . (ok - don't know if it's twice, but it's a whole damn lot!)

[McCamy Taylor]

25. Security is normal in DC. They are probably trying to keep the protesters safe from domestic terror.

If you see undercover cops trying to start fights, that is a different matter. However, I can not imagine DC police doing that.